From the Dorm Room to the Board Room

Atossa Soltani is the founder and board president of Amazon Watch and has served as the organization's first executive director for 18 years. Currently, she's the Director of Global Strategy for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative, working to protect one of the most bio-diverse ecosystems on Earth.She tells us her story of immigrating to the United States during a revolution, and how her passion for politics, activism, and nature led her down the path of her own career.For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.eduResources:-Learn more at sacredheadwaters.org-Learn more at amazonwatch.org-Facebook: facebook.com/amazonwatch-Twitter: twitter.com/AmazonWatch-Instagram: instagram.com/amazonwatchFrom the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Jordan Harbinger is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host and communications and social dynamics expert. The Jordan Harbinger Show is currently one of the most popular podcasts in the world.On his show, Jordan deconstructs the playbooks of the most successful people on earth and shares their strategies, perspectives, and practical insights with the rest of us. His entire career path, from creating his own degree in school to studying psychology and social skills to stand out in his law firm, is incredibly fascinating.For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.eduResources:-Learn more at jordanharbinger.com-Facebook: facebook.com/thejordanharbingershow-Twitter: twitter.com/jordanharbinger-LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jordanharbinger-Instagram: instagram.com/jordanharbingerFrom the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Robbie Samuels is a keynote speaker and relationship-based business strategist. He's been recognized as a networking expert by Inc.com, Harvard Business Review, Ascend, and Lifehacker. He's the author of the bestselling business book, Croissants vs. Bagels: Strategic, Effective, and Inclusive Networking at Conferences.He talks about networking, find a job that’s right for you, and not being afraid to change careers multiple times in your life.For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.eduResources:-Learn more at robbiesamuels.com-10 Tips for Conference Connections: robbiesamuels.com/dormroom-Read Croissants vs. Bagels: Strategic, Effective, and Inclusive Networking at ConferencesFrom the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Galen Karlan-Mason is the CEO and Founder of GreenChoice, a data-driven platform empowering informed food choices. He attended Brandeis University as an undergrad where he was recruited to play soccer. And that was his main focus until he went abroad and studied in Peru, where he started a nonprofit focused on youth empowerment. When he returned to the US, he set about learning how to build sustainable businesses that had ethical consciousness and could promote sustainable, environmentally-friendly action with their consumers.For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.eduResources:-Learn more at greenchoicenow.com-GreenChoice’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/greenchoicenow-Galen’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/galenkarlanmasonFrom the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Courtney Hagen is the Chief Talent Officer for Littlejohn, a private equity firm that invests in mid-market companies. She talks about her wild career path and how she let her strengths and interests lead her into new jobs and fields.For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.eduResources:-LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/courtneyhagen-Learn more at littlejohnllc.comFrom the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, a professional speaker, a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review. Dorie has been recognized as a branding expert by many places, the Associated Press, Fortune Inc. Magazine. She's the author of three books -Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out. Dorie was described by The New York Times as an expert at self-reinvention.For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.eduResources:Learn more at dorieclark.comStand Out Self-Assessment Workbook: dorieclark.com/joinTwitter: @dorieclarkInstagram: @dorieclarkFrom the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Our guests today are two brothers, Shawn and Devin Young. They are the co-founders of Classcraft, which is an award-winning engagement management system used by five million students and educators worldwide to gamify their classroom experience.Classcraft is a platform that empowers teachers to address social-emotional issues, and to manage, sustain, and develop engagement in school by making it feel like a game. It’s not a game though, it's a platform where teachers can give points to students for completed work, for showing empathy, for helping each other as they go through quest lines and adventures. All of this was inspired by their experiences as students and as working adults.For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.eduResources:Learn more at classcraft.comInstagram: @classcraftgameYouTube: youtube.com/c/classcraftgameFacebook: facebook.com/classcraftgameTwitter: @classcraftgameFrom the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Alex Assal is the CEO and Co-founder of Whoomies, a flat-sharing community in France with the goal of giving people better access to housing and creating better living situations. Alex graduated fairly recently from the IÉSEG Business School in Paris, and very soon after founded Whoomies.Based on his experience of trying to find roommates in New York and Singapore, and the similar experiences of his co-founder, Lauren, they saw a gap in the market to streamline the experience. Instead of just offering the possibility to find apartments on a real estate platform, Whoomies offers the possibility to find people from all around the world who match your interests. You take a survey to give your interests, and the app will match you up with roommates who are the right fit for you.For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.eduResources:Learn more at whoomies.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alexandreassalTwitter: twitter.com/assalalexandreFrom the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Lisa Loeb is a Grammy-winning singer songwriter who was launched into the spotlight with a platinum selling number one hit song, Stay. She is a trailblazing independent artist. She continues to publish records, she writes music for TV and film, and she’s also the owner and designer of Lisa Loeb Eyewear. She talks about her multi-passionate interests and how she launched her music career from college.For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.eduResources:-Learn more at lisaloeb.com-Twitter: twitter.com/lisaloeb-Instagram: instagram.com/lisaloeb-Facebook: facebook.com/lisaloeb-Pinterest: pinterest.com/thereallisaloebFrom the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Kalsoom Lakhani is the Founder and CEO of Invest2Innovate, supports and unleashes the potential of young entrepreneurs in growing markets like Pakistan. She's also partner at I2I Ventures, Invest2Innovate's early stage investment fund for Pakistan, and the country's first female-founded institutional fund. She's trained young entrepreneurs and changemakers in Kosovo, Nepal, Cambodia, Ireland, Bangladesh, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.   Kalsoom is a third culture kid, which means that she spent most of her developing years outside of the country she was born in and have picked up on all different cultures. She lived in Bangladesh for elementary school and Pakistan for middle and high school. A third culture kid can feel like they belong everywhere and also belong nowhere, so their identities can be hard to pin down. This plays into how their identity develops as well.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at invest2innovate.com Follow Kalsoom: twitter.com/kalsoom82 Facebook: facebook.com/Invest2Innovate From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Stephen Ost is the Vice President of Product at Paradox, where he leads the product development of their AI recruiting assistant named Olivia. Paradox works with enterprise and mid-market clients to transform their global talent acquisition and candidate experience. Steven got his bachelors in Computer Science at the University of Arizona, where he was recognized as a College Entrepreneur of the Year by Entrepreneur Magazine.   While at college, Stephen developed an interest in startups and began looking around his world for problems that needed solving. This led to multiple apps and businesses, two patents, and one company acquisition. All of this from asking bigger questions and looking for the next level.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at stephenost.com Learn more at paradox.ai LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/stephenost/ Facebook: facebook.com/stephen.ost Twitter: twitter.com/StephenOst From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Desmond Lim is an entrepreneur who moved to the US from Singapore in 2013 and graduated from both Harvard and MIT. After that, he relocated to San Francisco to start Workstream.is, a text-based hiring platform for companies hiring hourly workers. Desmond founded his first business after high school, a Thai food restaurant, to help pay for college. Before joining Merrill Lynch for three years, he's represented his native country, Singapore, in basketball, playing in the South East Asian Youth Games, and was an infantry officer in the army.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Workstream: workstream.is LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mynameisdesmond Twitter: twitter.com/mynameisdesmond From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Today's guests are Jason Mitchell and Eric Dieter. They oversee and run an agency called Movement Strategy, which they co-founded in 2009. The agency is an independent, social-led creative agency with a focus on digital marketing initiatives. They use social features and tools and are on the cutting edge of digital trends. They have done work for partners such as Under Armour, Warner Brothers, and Netflix.   Movement Strategy is a full-service social media agency. When Eric and Jason came out of school, social media was a space that they were both spending a lot of time on. Facebook was just getting started, as well as some of the other big players today. So they wanted to help companies figure out how to be really effective on social media.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at movementstrategy.com Instagram: @movementstrategy From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Norman Tran is the Head of Design at Tradecraft, where he helps smart people going through professional inflection points figure out what's next while avoiding potential failures. Norman created emotional intelligence training at Mission U, a tuition-free college alternative that helps underrepresented adults get roles at companies like Spotify, Survey Monkey, and Accenture. He has facilitated Stanford Graduate School of Business’ flagship course on emotional intelligence. And he's helped Facebook bring accessible vocational skills to millions of professionals around the world through online micro courses.   After a two-year tour of duty in Silicon Valley as a product designer, Norman realized that the real bugs weren't in software, but they were in people. Since then, he has shifted from designing screens to designing learning experiences.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at tradecraft.com/ Medium: @norman_tran From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Today's guest is Yossuf Albanawi, the Co-Founder and CEO of Pilleve, a digital health company that helps patients, care providers, and payers prevent the long-term costs associated with opioid abuse and addiction. After struggling with substance abuse at a young age, Yossuf was able to recover with an early intervention from a loved one. Since then, he's been working on the frontlines of the addiction crisis that's taken over 70,000 lives last year.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at pilleve.com Instagram: instagram.com/pillevecommunity Twitter: twitter.com/Pilleve1 From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Selena Soo is a publicity and marketing strategist for entrepreneurs, experts, and authors who want to reach millions with their messages. Her signature approach comes down to building powerful and long-lasting relationships with influencers and the media in a thoughtful and authentic way; She’s a bridge builder, helping people in need find the people who can help them.   “I'm really passionate about helping these entrepreneurs who are doing amazing things go from feeling like this hidden gem that no one knows about,” Selena says, “and then becoming a household name in their niche.”   Selena shares her college experiences, why business school didn’t really prepare her to create a business (but how she still got some value from it), and how mentorship helped her create a business following her passion.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at selenasoo.com Read: “Confessions of a Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur” Read: “I’m turning 37! My biggest life + business lessons…” From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

David Klein is the CEO and Co-Founder of CommonBond, a FinTech Company that gives students and graduates better ways to pay for higher education. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and Times' Genius Companies, CommonBond has funded over $2.5 billion in student loans and helped more than 300 companies offer common bond for student loan benefits to their employees. It's also the first finance company with a one-for-one social mission, where for every loan CommonBond funds, it funds the education of a child in need.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at commonbond.co LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/daveklein Twitter: twitter.com/davidxklein From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Tayo Rockson is a writer, speaker, consultant, and media personality who runs UYD Management, a strategic, leadership, and consulting firm that helps organizations incorporate sustainable diversity and inclusion practices. As someone who's lived on four continents, he is an authority in communicating effectively across cultures. He also hosts the popular As Told by Nomads podcast and his new book, Use Your Difference to Make a Difference, which is about how to connect and communicate in a cross-cultural world, is scheduled to come out on September 4, 2019.   Today, Tayo works with institutions of all sorts to help them connect effectively across cultures. He helps them create systems that ensure everyone in the company feels like they belong and their policies are inclusive. He then helps them attract people from diverse backgrounds, making sure that the talent and the leadership reflects the world that we live in.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at tayorockson.com Book: Use Your Difference to Make a Difference Podcast: As Told by Nomads Twitter: twitter.com/TayoRockson Instagram: instagram.com/tayorockson/ From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Adam Smiley Poswolsky is a millennial workplace expert, an international keynote speaker, and the best selling author The Quarter Life Breakthrough and The Breakthrough Speaker. Smiley helps companies attract, retain, and empower millennial talent through speaking on the topics like employee engagement and intergenerational collaboration.   A lot of companies are now struggling with retention and keeping young people longer than six months, a year, which is incredibly costly. Millennial turnover alone costs U.S. companies $30 billion a year because it's incredibly costly to hire someone, train them, and then have them leave after a couple months.   So, Adam is trying to change workforce mindsets and cultures by helping people think about how they can make young employees feel happy, engaged, purpose-driven, and focused on growth in the workplace. “Which I think is possible, but is definitely a little bit of a different paradigm than the traditional workforce engagement.”   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at smileyposwolsky.com Read: The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: A Guide for Millennials to Find Meaningful Work by Adam Smiley Poswolsky Instagram: instagram.com/whatsupsmiley Twitter: twitter.com/whatsupsmiley From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Ronit Avni is a tech and media entrepreneur and Peabody Award-winning producer who works at the intersection of tech and social impact. She is the founder and CEO of Localized, a career tech platform that connects educated talent in emerging markets with global businesses, drawing on diaspora networks at scale.   In our episode today, Ronit shares how she transitioned from drama to political science in college, fusing your interests in a career that is creative and fulfilling, and why improv is a skill that everyone should learn, regardless of your discipline.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at localized.world LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ronitavni/ Twitter: twitter.com/ronit_avni From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Ruby Lee is an online side hustle business coach who, after side hustling for almost four years, developed what she calls the Own Your Hustle Movement in 2018. People from all around the world seek Ruby out when they want to learn how to launch an online business, grow a personal brand on social media, and generate long-term diversified income streams, even while working full time.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Instagram: @_rubylee_  Facebook group: Own Your Hustle From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

After about a decade in the music industry working for major and independent record labels, recording studios, music publishers, and music industry trade publications, Dwight Heckelman left the corporate world for academia. In 2005, he chaired and designed the music industry program at Hocking College, later serving as the Career Development and Job Recruitment Coordinator at the Berklee College of Music.   Then, in 2010, Dwight founded Groove U, a revolutionary two-year Music Industry Entrepreneurship career program located in Dublin, Ohio. Most traditional music education programs, like many formal education programs, don’t actually consider the application of knowledge in the working world – but at Groove U, careers in the industry are front and center. Appropriately, they boast an impressive 96% job placement rate for graduates.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at grooveu.edu Twitter: twitter.com/dwightheckelman From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Xian Li serves as Senior Vice President for Production for SK Global Entertainment. In this role, she is in charge of enhancing and expanding the company's slate of Asia-focused, global-minded film and TV projects, following the success of SK Global's co-financed and co-produced film Crazy Rich Asians.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at skglobalentertainment.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/xianli From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Today's guest is Lauren Maffeo, who has spent most of her career reporting on and working within the global technology sector. She started as a freelance journalist covering tech trends for The Guardian and The Next Web from London, and today, Lauren works as an Associate Principal Analyst at GetApp, where she covers the impact of emerging tech like AI and blockchain on small and mid-sized business owners. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Benjamin D. Stone is a lawyer at the national law firm Mintz, where he helps entrepreneurs, investors, and companies generate both profits and positive social impact around the world.   But before Ben worked at Mintz, he held a wide variety of roles in some very different organization: he was a Managing Director and General Counsel of an international impact investment firm; led a team at American Express fueling high-growth entrepreneurship in the United States; helped start Indego Africa, which is a lifestyle brand and social enterprise partnering with thousands of female entrepreneurs in Rwanda and Ghana; and founded Dollar a Day, a web platform for people to discover small nonprofits, with the founder of Kickstarter.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Check out mintz.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/benjaminstone1 From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Today’s guest, Paul English, is the co-founder of five software companies – Lola.com, kayak.com, GetHuman, Boston Light, and Intermute – and the founder of three nonprofits – summits.org, kingboston.org, and winterwalkboston.org.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at paulenglish.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulenglishboston/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishpaulm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/englishpaulm From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Ginger Gregory is a psychologist, the Executive Vice President, and the Chief Human Resources Officer at Biogen, a company pioneering new therapies and treatments for neurodegenerative, hematologic, and autoimmune diseases. Ginger has a passion for developing people, teams, and organizations, which she pairs with a lifelong love of psychology.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginger-gregory-95788a5/ From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Nick Troiano has spent the last decade working to reform politics. He ran for Congress as an independent candidate in 2014 and, now, he’s leading Unite America, an organization that's trying to bridge the growing partisan divide by electing independent candidates to office who aren't beholden to the political parties or special interests. Then, maybe, they can forge some common ground solutions to the country's biggest problems.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at Uniteamerica.org Connect with Nick at nicktroiano.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicktroiano/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickTroiano From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Claude Silver is VaynerMedia's first Chief Heart Officer. She unlocks employees' potential by forging human-to-human connection; creating cultures of belonging; empowering teams to be purpose-driven, efficient, and strong; and infusing the agency with empathy, humanity, and joy.   Claude's unique perspective on servant leadership and team building comes both from her training in Positive Psychology and her experience in talent management, leader development, coaching, workplace culture, and people operations for 800 plus employees across VaynerX – conversations that have given her a lot of insight into the school-to-workplace transition.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at https://www.claudesilver.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claudesilver/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/claudesilver LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casilver/ From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Jon Hayes is the founder and CEO of RewardStock, a travel startup that helps travelers book trips with frequent flyer miles and travel rewards points instead of cash.   Before becoming an entrepreneur, Jon was a Wall Street investment banker with eight years of mergers and acquisitions experience at Citigroup. But then, he left Wall Street to launch his first startup RewardStock, which was featured on Shark Tank, where Jon secured an investment from the influential investor Mark Cuban.   Jon reminds us that you don’t have to be born extraordinary to solve problems – regular people do the extraordinary every day. So whether you’re considering a high-stress career like investment banking or aspire to be an entrepreneur, Jon has some great advice and insight.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Check out rewardstock.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RewardStock/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewardstock/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rewardstock From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Angela Duckworth is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit with the mission of advancing the science and practice of character development – but you probably know her best as the author of New York Times Bestseller Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at https://angeladuckworth.com Read: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angeladuckworthgrit Twitter: https://twitter.com/angeladuckw From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Kymberlee Jay is a former professional dancer, choreographer, and Nike athlete who founded DoodleDirect, a visual communications company that creates animated videos for internal and external brand communications.   It was a long and winding road that brought Kymberlee from dancing to doodling, but today she shares the mindset and strategies that helped her break into the dance industry without a traditional dance background and then start her own digital communications company.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Kymberleejay.com Doodledirect.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kymberleejay/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kymberleejay/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KymberleeJay/ From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of Crate Media

Stephanie Kaplan Lewis is the co-founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus Media, the number one media brand for college women, which she co-founded in 2009 as an undergraduate at Harvard.   Stephanie and Her Campus have a great story, and it’s one that we’re so happy to share on this podcast because it is truly a case of the dorm room being the boardroom – at least, at first.   We learn how these three undergrads started a media empire from their dorm rooms, how Her Campus is giving college students the opportunity to get work experience today, and why you – yes, YOU – should stop waiting and start that thing while you’re still in college.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at HerCampus.com Apply for a job at HerCampusmedia.com/careers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HerCampus/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HerCampusMagazine Twitter: https://twitter.com/HerCampus From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Crate Media  

Seth Goldman is a change maker in the food industry. He did it first with Honest Tea, the organic and fair-trade beverage brand he launched out of his house in 1998 with co-founder Barry Nalebuff, which was then acquired by the Coca-Cola Company.   Today, Seth continues to play a role with the company as “TeaEO Emeritus,” but has also taken on an additional role as Executive Chairman of Beyond Meat, a fast-growing, plant-based protein that's redefining the way we eat meat.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-goldman-234bb7124/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HonestSeth From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Crate Media

Priya Sapra is the COO and the CPO of SHYFT Analytics, an industry-leading, cloud-based data analytics and insights organization in the life sciences.   Priya is also a self-described serial entrepreneur who has had the privilege of serving on five high-growth organizations since she graduated college. By training, she is a scientist. By practice, she is a makeshift statistician. And through it all, she is a working mom.   Priya gets a lot done, she does it all very well, and she keeps an exceptionally positive outlook on life – and today, we’re going to learn how she does it all!   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Check out https://www.shyftanalytics.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-bhargava-sapra-8981a81/ From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Crate Media

For many years, Roger Nierenberg served as Music Director of the Stanford Symphony in Connecticut, The Jacksonville Symphony in Florida, and as a guest conductor for many symphonies around the world. But today, Roger runs an innovative program that uses his insights from symphonic music to help companies and organizations manage organizational change, called The Music Paradigm.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at http://www.musicparadigm.com/ Read: Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening by Roger Nierenberg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogernierenberg From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Crate Media

Our guest today is Lynn Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Pivt, a tool that helps relocated employees acclimate to their new city right away.   Lynn was a Senior Associate at Autonomy Ventures prior to founding and being the CEO of Pivt, and at Autonomy Ventures, she helped find startups that would be investable for the firm, managed teams, and helped these startups build and grow. She is also a Board Member and the Vice President of Panels for the New York Venture Community and a mentor at For Women in Business at Yeshiva University and Astia.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at http://pivtapp.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-greenberg-3515865a/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynngreenberg10 From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Podcast Masters

Robert Harary is the founder and CEO of OneH, an online platform that connects startups with a global pool of investors and partners based on their shared financial and strategic interests.   Robert is 21 and runs a tech startup, but refuses to wear a hoodie and jeans to work. He runs a platform that connects startups with investors and enables them with the tools they need to grow, but despises startup culture as we know it. He has a fundamentally different way of envisioning and mapping his company's growth and avoids thinking in buzz words. He believes in growing on a balance between hustle, radical clarity, and grounded but intense optimism.   In the same way Mark Zuckerberg runs the most successful social network in history but may be the most socially awkward founder in the planet, Robert may be the least startup-y startup founder you have met in a long time.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at oneh.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertharary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/robertharary?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertharary/?hl=en From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Podcast Masters

Ryder Carroll is the creator of the Bullet Journal and the author of a new book called The Bullet Journal Method.   He has been doing Bullet Journal full-time since April of 2018, but it took a long time to get there. Before that, he was a digital product designer – and before that, he was just trying to make ends meet.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Check out https://bulletjournal.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bulletjournal/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/rydercarroll Watch: “How to declutter your mind -- keep a journal | Ryder Carroll | TEDxYale” From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Podcast Masters

Our guest today is Sarah Green Carmichael, who was an Executive Editor at Harvard Business Review at the time of our interview, where she co-hosted HBR IdeaCast and Women at Work Podcast. Sarah now works as the Idea Editor at Barron’s.   If you’re not familiar, Harvard Business Review is the world's premier management magazine and publication. They publish articles, podcasts, videos, books, and other media with the goal of trying to help people be better managers, get more out of their careers, be better bosses, have more of an impact on the world.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at https://hbr.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/skgreen Women at Work Podcast: https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-women-at-work HBR IdeaCast: https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-ideacast Dear HBR: https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-dear-hbr From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Podcast Masters

Alex Lieberman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Morning Brew, and their goal is to make the younger generation's experience with the business world significantly better. Their core product is a daily email newsletter that gives the reader all the business news they need in five minutes. It's quick, it's conversational, and it covers everything from Wall Street to Silicon Valley.   There are over 700,000 people subscribed to the Morning Brew, and if you’re an aspiring or emerging business leader, you probably should be too.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Subscribe to Morning Brew: https://www.morningbrew.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-lieberman-168a8154/ From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Podcast Masters

Siqi Mou is the Co-Founder and CEO of HelloAva, an AI-powered personal skin care consultant. Prior to starting HelloAva, she was a financial news anchor at Bloomberg TV and held several positions at Morgan Stanley, PIMCO, and the Federal Reserve. Siqi has also been a concert pianist for over 20 years, and she currently serves as the Music Ambassador for Carnegie Hall.   Siqi received her MBA from Stanford, her MPA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and her BA in Economics from Stanford University. She was awarded Inc. Magazine's 30 Rising Stars Under 30 in 2018 and L'Oreal's Women in Digital in 2017.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Podcast Masters

Georges Clement is a co-founder of JustFix.nyc, a nonprofit that supports tenants facing harassment and poor housing conditions with technology to build well-documented cases and connect with community and legal advocates. Georges is also a Kennedy fellow studying the Intersection of Technology and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Previously, Georges was a fellow with Blue Ridge Labs at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a Product Manager at General Assembly, leading the expansion of General Assembly's business programs around the world. He was recently selected as a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Law and Policy, a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and an American Express Emerging Innovator.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at https://www.justfix.nyc/ Georges on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgesclement/   From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Podcast Masters

Maya Pope-Chappell is a Bay Area native who has worked in journalism, healthcare, and now, the tech world. She transitioned from journalism into tech when she joined LinkedIn in 2015, and in her time at LinkedIn, she has covered education, launched a campus editor program, built out content strategies, and worked with influential names in business. Maya also hosts a video series called How I Got Here, which highlights professionals with unique stories and shares their professional journeys.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Maya on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayapopechappell/ How I Got Here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/howigothere/   From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Podcast Masters

Today's guest is Kathryn Dekas, a Senior Manager in Google's People Analytics Group, which aims to bring science and data to all people-related decisions at Google. Kathryn has worked at Google for about a decade, leading projects related to employee onboarding, recognition, performance management, empowerment, citizenship behaviors, and virtual collaboration. Currently, she leads a team of social scientists inside Google that conduct in-depth research about how to improve employees' happiness, health, and productivity, as well as promote employee voice.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at rework.withgoogle.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathryndekas LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kdekas/   From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is produced by Podcast Masters  

Jim DeCicco graduated Colgate University in 2015 and, just a few months later, teamed up with his two younger brothers to create the world’s first Super Coffee. Since then, Jim and his brothers have grown Kitu Life Inc. tremendously, raising $18 million in venture capital and getting the opportunity to pitch on ABC’s Shark Tank (where they received an offer but, ultimately, turned it down). Kitu Life now has 20 full-time employees, and Jim’s role with the company has changed dramatically. Now CEO, he has transitioned from working in the company to working on the company; from making deliveries, stocking shelves, and sending invoices to leading a team of people who can do all of that even better.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at https://www.kitulife.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmydecicco5/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-decicco-b482874b/   From the Dorm Room to the Board Room is produced by Podcast Masters

Welcome to the new student-focused podcast from Dr. Andy Molinsky at Brandeis University's International Business School.