Moving Up

Hear directly from marketing and business leaders. Secrets to success, struggles along the way, optimal career paths and life in general.

Business
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How Billionaires set goals
Geoff Woods runs the business behind The 1 Thing, the highest rated business book of all time. Actionable discussion on how to invest your time.
29 min
127
Fabrice Grinda - Lay out the options
Fabrice left Mckinsey to be a tech entrepreneur. Did that, made millions, gave it all away to have nowhere to live and less than 100 items. His journey and how to write yourself an email to help make important life decisions.
38 min
128
Howard Lindzon - It’s all about getting equity
Howard tell us why the more paper you have the better. Public vs private markets and how you should be investing. Career path recommendations for wannabe entrepreneurs
29 min
129
How to become a VC - Ali Hamed
Ali discusses his scrappy and creative start to becoming a venture capitalist. The steps he took and his advice on how to become a vc without working for one. How to have others network on your behalf and a little on crypto investing at the end.
35 min
130
Hack the entrepreneur
How to shift your thinking to the mindset entrepreneurs need. Working on the hard stuff, pushing yourself and then rubbing success in everyone’s face.
25 min
131
Be a doer
Chris Powers, real estate and startup investor, tells us how important it is to be curious and genuine. The advantages of not knowing what you’re doing and what to do if you don’t have a network.
31 min
132
There is no success without compassion
Dale Godboldo is the first movie star to be on the podcast. We chat about his entrepreneurial and social passions along with the business of being an actor.
28 min
133
Gotham Gal - Pioneering investing, blogging and...
Joanne Wilson tells us why she has been investing in strong female founders since 2007, blogging since 2003 and how it’s all about pursuing happiness.
25 min
134
Urs Cete - Corporate VC and an analyst job offer!
Urs Cete runs venture investing for Bertelsmann Digital Media. His path to becoming a VC and what skills set him apart. A day in the life and how to pitch a VC.
28 min
135
Making a career out of what makes you happy
Enlightening conversation with storyteller Jordan Taylor Wright. How to remove stress from your life and how the universe will reward you for being yourself.
27 min
136
Bryan Birsic CEO Wunder Capital - Building some...
The future of solar power and how to invest in it. A framework to not let fear guide your decision making and Bryan's philosophy for how to change jobs.
26 min
137
How to make money on the side in real estate
Mark lays out how to start investing in real estate. How he left his IB job and now works 2 hours per week.
17 min
138
Discovering what you want – learnings from McKi...
Caleb Williams chats about why choosing to go to HBS was a hard decision. The difference between life at McKinsey and Bridgewater and how his goals led him to venture capital.
30 min
139
Disrupting the GMAT Business
Bhavin started Magoosh while getting his MBA at Berkeley. He walks us through what that was like, deciding not to return to Deloitte after school and losing his co-founder.
32 min
140
Leadership principles from the military (entrep...
Kelly helps entrepreneur’s build businesses and has invested in over 70 companies. What a VC looks for and thinks about, his relationship with the president (Apprentice Season 2 winner) and why leadership is the only thing that matters for start-ups.
29 min
141
What to focus on
Pete left Bain to become a speaker, author and podcaster. What he learned at Bain that helped him become an entrepreneur and the hypothesis driven thinking necessary to succeed. Also, takeaways from 276 episodes of How to be Awesome at your Job.
28 min
142
Brendan Wallace - Disrupting real estate
Brendan Wallace, Co-Founder of Fifth Wall Ventures discusses tech colliding with the built world. How they raised over $200m for their first fund and what to do if you didn’t start your career at GS.
29 min
143
Opportunity in Crisis
Energy trading guru Gene Rubio discuses how to go from back office to front office and then start your own company. How to be honest with yourself and how you can hustle your way to success.
31 min
144
Dropping out of Wharton for YC - Behind the Cur...
Ronald is at a crossroads. Having just graduated from Wharton and taking a start-up through YC, he doesn’t have a job, nor does he know what he will do next. His flaws, how to find happiness while unemployed and a look into his process. Also, what’s a search fund?
33 min
145
IB Survival Tactics and a Job Offer!
Chad shares his 3 hacks for working 100-hour weeks. He walks us through his decision process for 3 incredible offers – a job at Andreessen Horowitz, being the first employee at Dollar Shave Club (which sold for $1B) or starting his own company. How he is starting his own VC fund now and wants you to work at it!
36 min
146
How to become an entrepreneur from the founder ...
Craig Walker tells us what it’s like to have Google buy your business then leave and have Google fund your new business. How you don’t need a grand plan for your career, his advice on how to make it as an entrepreneur and why you don’t need a desk phone!
36 min
147
Leaving banking to become a film director
How to find out what you’re made of and why mixing your passions doesn’t work. Also, best practices for applying to B-school, from a Wharton grad and current admissions consultant.
32 min
148
Drugs, fear, focus and taking a punch – leaving...
Rolly left his trading job at RBC, moved to Peru and became a cage-fighter. What he was thinking while making the decision and his mind-set that prepared him to make such a radical choice. How he thinks about risk and not letting uncertainty get in the way of opportunity.
31 min
149
Sales and trading at Merrill to software engineer
Ray grew up loving to code. He got a job on Wall Street from a non-target school before becoming a software engineer. Ray discusses his willingness to go anywhere for an opportunity, why the Bay Area is so good for tech, and how to get a job through your connections.
38 min
150
How to get into Harvard Business School and the...
Nupur just earned his MBA from HBS. He left investment banking and a job at Nickelodeon to start a media business. How to get into Harvard business school, when to take the GMAT and the best part of B-school. signup.newsbling.co
42 min