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Jake Schwartz is a serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor. Until 2020, Jake Schwartz served at CEO of General Assembly (GA), the global leader in education and career transformation, which he co-founded in 2011. He grew GA to over 1,000 employees on five continents. In 2018, GA was acquired by The Adecco Group. Jake Schwartz co-founded and serves as Chair of Brave Health, a mission-driven company focused on expanding access to high-quality, affordable care for mental health and addiction. Jake Schwartz was named E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014 and one of Crain's “40 under 40” in 2015. Jake holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former CFA Charterholder.When you hear the founding story of any startup, it can often feel like it was destined.That the end was clear at the beginning and the founders held an unwavering gaze.We often think launching a successful company requires:Defining roles from day oneHolding to an unchanging visionWork through a clear path to get there.That's one way to do it!But what if there's another approach?What if building a successful startup isn't about following a strict formula, but about embracing serendipity and intuition?Jake Schwartz, Co-Founder and former CEO of General Assembly, didn't have a conventional playbook. Looking back a decade later, he felt like they were forming a band.Just get together, start creating, figuring things out as you go.What I took away from this discussion:Passion > perfect plan. Flexibility > rigidity early on. Evolution > clear vision.By following their intuition and leaning into serendipity, Jake and his co-founders discovered a unique formula for success.Learn more about Jake and Brave Health | Websitehttps://bebravehealth.com/Connect with Alisa! Follow Alisa Cohn on Instagram: @alisacohn Twitter: @alisacohn Facebook: facebook.com/alisa.cohn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisacohn/ Website: http://www.alisacohn.com Download her 5 scripts for delicate conversations (and 1 to make your life better) Grab a copy of From Start-Up to Grown-Up by Alisa Cohn from AmazonLove the show? Subscribe, Rate, Review, Like, and Share!

Online, 10th-11th July, 2024 Schedule: https://mauticon.mautic.org/en/global/mcg-24/schedule/ Tickets: https://mauticon.mautic.org/en/global/mcg-24/tickets/ General Assembly (GA): https://community.mautic.org/assemblies/general-assembly/f/20/meetings/139 Joining the GA: https://community.mautic.org/assemblies/general-assembly/f/24/

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Marti Ratcliff, the GA Lead of the EPC, to share some of the exciting things happening at this year's event and how you can make the most of it.

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Megan Steele, GA Coordinator from Hope Church in Cordova, Tennessee, to share the theme and heart of this year's denominational meeting.  Megan also reveals some of the new opportunities for families with children/students at this year's meeting as well as an exciting time of fellowship at GA 2024 for everyone to enjoy.

While Carl is globetrotting, fulfilling speaking engagements about what is (thus far) his magnum opus, Todd makes a promise to the loyal listeners of this podcast. As he's the only host present, our megachurch minister sits down with a good friend to discuss a pressing issue in their common denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).  It's Fred Greco, pastor of Christ Church in Katy, TX, a General Assembly (GA) veteran trained in the art of unambiguous language. The two discuss this year's passing of Overtures 23 and 37 at the GA and why the PCA should adopt them and amend the Book of Church Order. What are these overtures about? Why are they so significant for the future of the denomination? Todd and Fred review the proposals and discuss the objections raised by those who oppose them. Listen thoughtfully, because even if you're not in a PCA church, the same issues may soon be knocking at the door of your denomination.

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Matthew was a guest of StartCon, Australia’s largest startup and growth conference. It was held at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. When he was young, Matthew Brimer spent his days taking apart old electronics and dreaming of space exploration. A child of the Midwest, he was raised on the belief that hard work and passion could turn even the grandest dreams into realities. As he grew older, he continued to hold tightly to this conviction, and, with the blood of two entrepreneurial parents pumping through his veins, Brimer knew he wouldn’t be stuck in his high school job selling ice cream forever. Always that tinkering kid at heart, Brimer wanted to be an inventor. And he ultimately achieved his dream, but in a way he never would have imagined while growing up. He became an inventor of businesses, of communities, of experiences. Co-founder of several brands to date, including dance party/lifestyle brand Daybreaker, VC firm The Fund, and most notably online education platform General Assembly—Brimer has developed an incredible knack for building passionate, engaged communities. Today, General Assembly has 20 campuses and more than 35,000 alumni, and Brimer serves as a mentor to members of the next generation of entrepreneurs through his role at The Fund, a New York City community of founders that he co-founded. And it all began with an old piece of furniture and a lucky break on eBay. Extracurricular Activities In 2005, during Brimer’s freshman year at Yale, he and a few buddies noticed that some of the buildings were under renovation and the university was selling the contents in the process. After perusing the items for sale, they decided to buy an antique piece of furniture to see what they could get for it on eBay. They took a couple photos of the item, posted it and hoped they could make a few extra bucks from the sale. They had purchased the piece for $50. It sold for $1,000. Minds blown, they rushed back to the buildings, bought more items and the college freshmen launched a small online business in the antique furniture space. Having caught the entrepreneurial bug, Brimer wanted to try his hand at something a little bigger—something that required more technical skill. In 2007, he and four other college students launched the website GoCrossCampus.com, an online game that turned college rivalries into a wildly popular online battle. “We made every first time founder mistake in the book. It ended up a few years later becoming a total failure,” Brimer says. “But for a while we were the largest college gaming network in the country.” He acknowledged that with too many founders and no way to generate new revenue, the project was doomed to fail, and GoCrossCampus shut the doors to its battleground in 2010. But while his first project may have ended, Brimer’s desire to create new things had only begun to grow. He graduated, moved to New York and freelanced as a web designer while he spent all his free time immersing himself in the tech space. Although the city was bursting with brilliant entrepreneurs and new, exciting ideas, Brimer soon realized that bringing them together to interact and exchange those ideas was a challenge. What if, he wondered, there was a physical building dedicated specifically to serving those in the tech space? What if there was a place where they could work alongside each other and learn while building meaningful community? With that dream in mind, Brimer, Jake Schwartz, Adam Pritzker, and Brad Hargreaves co-founded General Assembly in early 2011. Education for the 21st Century General Assembly launched as a place for coworking, education, and community, under a single membership model, and this system worked well at first. But Brimer quickly noticed that, to better serve members, a greater emphasis had to be placed on building out the educational branch of the brand. “There’s this huge skills gap between where traditional higher education leaves off and where the 21st century begins,” he says. “College education isn’t changing that much relatively speaking. But the 21st century—in terms of what employers are looking for, in terms of the talent they’re hiring, in terms of the skills you need to be effective in any industry today—that’s moving quickly.” Brimer says that a traditional university education can leave graduates in tech fields woefully unprepared for the challenges ahead, and this was the gap he hoped General Assembly could fill. So they eliminated the coworking aspect of the business and doubled down on providing quality education from stellar instructors. According to Brimer, these practical training programs on digital skills taught by actual practitioners currently working in the space were the most powerful, the most transformative thing they could provide. He wanted to equip students with valuable skills that enabled them to land a new job, upgrade their current position or pursue their passions in the digital economy. Brimer and his cofounders threw themselves into the new phase of their business, raising more capital, expanding their curriculum both online and off, and launching a new branch that offers corporate training and assessments to large companies. They also built out a credentials program and launched a philanthropic wing designed to lift up those with talent and tenacity from all socioeconomic backgrounds. With this grand expansion came a need to cement the trust consumers had in the brand. From day one, Brimer placed a significant focus on delivering measurable outcomes at General Assembly, as a way to build firm trust in the brand. He wanted to answer the question, “What can I do after experiencing this product that I couldn’t do before,” with an unequivocal answer: get a job in tech. It’s no secret that a college degree doesn’t necessarily guarantee a job after graduation, and this, Brimer feels, is a major issue right now for traditional colleges and universities. “So here you have spent all this money, all this time getting a college degree and it doesn’t guarantee you a job anymore,” he says. “The outcomes are a little nebulous.” Brimer and General Assembly wanted to provide something with more certainty. By supplying classes in coding, data, design, marketing, business, and career development, as taught by instructors with the most up-to-date information, Brimer feels that General Assembly fills the gap left by traditional education, more directly preparing students for a career in the industry. The co-founders of General Assembly also made a concerted effort to attract instructors who were not only excellent in their fields, but also who cared deeply about passing their knowledge and skills on to others. Brimer says that the best instructors at General Assembly are those who love giving back and empowering others, even if they’ve never had any teaching experience. Today, according to its website, there are more than 250 expert instructors. With an ever-evolving curriculum, and continued expansion, General Assembly is bound to continue making a splash in the tech world. Brimer began as a cofounder, later transitioned into a part-time position, and this summer he stepped into a new role as an external “evangelist for the company,” when the Adecco Group acquired the brand for $412 million. While his day-to-day work at General Assembly may have come to a close, he is still extremely passionate about what he was able to accomplish during his time there, and is excited to see what new frontiers they are able to conquer in the years to come. Brimer is no longer the kid tinkering with household electronics in Missouri, but with free time to concentrate on new ventures, he’s still dreaming big. “It would be a hilarious thing,” he says, “to explain to my 6-year-old or 8-year-old self what it is that I am, have been, and will be.” 4 Ways To Establish Trust in Your Brand When competing with major colleges and established universities, the way Matthew Brimer was when he co-founded General Assembly, it is absolutely essential to establish deep trust in the brand as quickly as possible. But all brands, not just those in the education space, have to find a way to build a bridge of trust between company and consumer to become successful. These are four of Brimer’s best tips on how to establish trust for your brand. 1. Deliver Measurable Outcomes Brimer says that one of the best possible ways to build trust in your brand is to deliver outcomes that are clear and measurable. To decide what that outcome is, he recommends asking, “What is possible for a customer after engaging with the brand or product that would have been completely unattainable before?” By nailing down the measurable outcome and then delivering it, it turns word-of-mouth references into undeniable, tangible results. 2. Celebrate Success Stories Once you’ve determined what “measurable success” for your brand looks like, it’s time to celebrate those who have achieved it! Brimer says that even prestigious colleges only gained the clout they have because of the success of their alumni. In the same way, the successes of others who have interacted with your product reflect back onto your brand. 3. Establish and Adhere to Core Values By crafting a definitive and concrete set of core values you can stand by, customers learn what they should expect from your products and services. Brimer says that by delivering on those values, you can develop an invaluable level of trust with consumers that can only come from maintaining integrity. 4. Stay Humble Brimer says that, all too often, as companies grow larger, so do the egos of the people at the top, preventing them from quickly acknowledging mistakes and accepting feedback with humility. “The more human of a relationship you can have as a company with your users, the more trust you’re going to have,” he says. “Trust goes away when it’s a faceless brand—a faceless corporate entity—interacting with live humans on the other side. That’s when things go downhill.” Key Takeaways Why we need to stop asking children what they want to be when they grow up How buying an antique piece of furniture at Yale sparked his first ecommerce business How he and his friends built the largest college gaming network in the country How General Assembly got started The philanthropic arm of General Assembly GA’s $412.5 million acquisition by Adecco Group What it’s like post-acquisition and his involvement in General Assembly GA’s hybrid approach of both online and in-person classes Why, from an employer perspective, General Assembly is a great source for talent acquisition How GA built trust in their brand in the early days What they look for in a General Assembly instructor

In this episode, Kyla, Casey, and Carol explore what the perception of Model UN is on the internet and discuss what it got right and what it got wrong. They also delve into the differences between General Assembly (GA) and Crisis committees and explain each. Play this for anyone who doesn’t understand what’s going on when we say MUN: your parents, your grandparents, your neighbors, your friends, maybe even yourself. Follow @MUN01podcast on Twitter for episode updates, MUN memes, and bonus content. Email us at MUN01.business@gmail.com for inquiries or if you are a collegiate delegate who’d like to be on the show. Now on Apple Podcasts, please rate & review!

Sharon Bowen, Former US Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner and Seneca Women Partner, on advancing women in the economy and around the world. Carolyn Tastad, P&G North America Group President, on equality and diversity in the workplace. Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum Executive Director, on how business leaders are navigating the immigration clampdown and the rise of nationalism.  Jake Schwartz, Co-Founder and CEO of General Assembly (GA), on closing the skills gaps for individuals and companies. 

A few months after its recording I finally decided to realease the first episode. It starts with a short introduction of myself and this podcast project and the idea behind it. Then I introduce the institutions that I talk about here in the coming episodes. The United Nations (UN), the General Assembly (GA) and the General Debate. With the help of short clips from the old and new president of the GA I try to understand myself what the UN is doing. After that we hear clips of people talking about the General Debate and what they do in that eventful week. With the first 4 statements I finally jump into the General Debate for real. The Secretary-General of the UN is talking about the UN itself and his new job as Secretary-General. The President of the General Assembly addresses the delegates and remembers them that people outside expect results from the UN. Brazil starts as the first country because they always are the first ones. Speaking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement it begins with two of the most common topics mentioned during the General Debate. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was mentioned during the Debate here for the first time, which later that year led to the Peace Nobel Prize. The USA had the first UN speach by Trump. Topics were: the USA has a good economy, the UN has a lot of potential, North Korea is a threat and were threatened, the Iran Deal is bad, refugee crisis, UN reforms and the Human Rights Council, Cuba isn't the feel good story this year and Venezuela has a bad economic system.

Startup Story: Discussing the genesis of Daybreaker and General Assembly with Matt Brimer Back in 2013, Matt Brimer decided to try an experiment. He wanted to find out if people would show up for an early morning dance party in the middle of the week, before work. And they did. 150 people bought tickets to the first event, and the community grew at a rapid pace. Daybreaker now gets 500+ people at each event and has spread to cities around the world. The concept for Daybreaker replicated the genesis of General Assembly, which also began as a social experiment. Brimer and three friends wanted to create a place where people could come together for entrepreneurship, collaboration, and learning. Since its inception in 2011, General Assembly (GA) has turned into a global education company that offers classes and workshops focused on in-demand skills, like technology, design, and business, that helps its students get jobs and entrepreneurs start businesses. In this Lean Startup webcast, we’ll talk to Matt about how he built General Assembly into a powerful education community and how he’s turning Daybreaker into a global lifestyle brand. Watch the webcast here: https://youtu.be/_lpHJFNlvY8

     Rev. Joe Cherry - What Moment  Brought Tears To Your Eyes? -  Tell That Story! Rev. Cherry is  minister at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland. Before  moving to Cleveland he and his partner the Reverend Denis Paul  lived in the  Central Valley of California, where they both had ministries. Joe was the only  minister serving three counties while there. Joe has been a UU for 19 years and his home church is the First Unitarian Society of Chicago.  He graduated from the Meadeville Lombard Theological School. He also served  at the UU church in Dukinfield, UK. (About 8 miles East of Manchester) for a summer internship.  Questions for Joe that you'll hear the answers to: What was your experience in the UK UU Church? What special project have you worked on? What is the biggest pain people are expressing when they are coming into Unitarian Universalism? How do we let people more fully know that this faith can be for them. What is the biggest hurdle to get over in order to express Unitarian Universalism? Are we lost for words when trying to explain Unitarian Universalists to people? What's the best way to speak about Unitarian Universalism with ease? Joe's Gems: "As your minister it isn't important what you believe or where you end up. What's important is that you're  engaged in the process..." "...helping people to come to a place of greater peace." "We have a homecoming experience as we discover we are UU." "What moment in your life since being a UU brought tears to your eyes? that's what you should be talking about." Joe turned the interview on me asking: "What is it about you that makes you one of us (a UU)" How will you answer this question? Popular Quotes Rev. Joe Referred To: If it is not the desire for heaven or social approval, it is the desire for the feeling of self-satisfaction which comes from following the dictates of conscience or from retaining one’s self-respect by being true to one’s ideals. – Marshall M. Knappen, Tudor Puritanism "I am a human being, nothing human is alien to me." - Terence (2nd century) Joe's published Prayer he created in a workshop that has been used in various venues from General Assembly (GA) to the Selma worship service. "If we have any hope of improving the world and ourselves we must be bold enough to step into our discomfort, brave enough to be clumsy there, and loving enough to forgive ourselves and each other. May we as a people of faith be so bold, so brave, and so loving."   Final Credits: music thanks to: "Carefree", "Open Those Bright Eyes", "Sweeter Vermouth" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/