Podcasts about kenzie academy

Melissa Paciulli: Engineering to Coding School Director Melissa Paciulli is Executive Director of the Kenzie Academy from Southern New Hampshire University. It's an online coding and tech school that offers certificate programs in software engineering, UX design, and cybersecurity. Why be in school for years when you can be in school for months? Sounds good to me! We chatted about how someone with degrees in math and civil engineering ended up heading an online coding school. Want to contact Melissa? Hit her up on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissapaciulli/. __ TEACH THE GEEK teachthegeek.com/tips for public speaking tips Prefer audio? Go to podcast.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

Dive into the world of web design. Explore the role of UX Facilitator with Mya Williams of Kenzie Academy. Learn more about Mya's design work, what she loves about teaching, and the people around her that gave her the confidence to pursue her STEM career. MORE Learn more about Kenzie Academy: https://kenzie.snhu.edu/

Jacob Haar, Founder and Managing Partner at Community Investment Management, talks about debt capital and its social impact on financial inclusion. Jacob shares CIM's inspiring mission of improving inequality through innovation lending, clarifies how equity and debt investors view startup investment opportunities differently, and gives founders useful tips for approaching venture debt investors.In this episode, you'll learn:[1:21]  How international development experience inspired Jacob to become a credit capital investor and the type of companies he invests in.[8:43] When is the right time for a founder to talk to a credit investor?[14:01] The future of debt investing and opportunities in underserved communities and emerging markets18:58 How debt investors evaluate founders for credit: focused on risk but concerned about growth too.Non-profit that Jacob is passionate about: JusoorAbout Guest SpeakerJacob Haar is the Founder and Managing Partner of Community Investment Capital, and leads the firm's investment and operations. Before founding CIM, Jacob led debt investments in micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) lenders in emerging markets and since then, has invested in innovative FinTech companies that enable underserved communities to access capital in the United States and in emerging and frontier markets.About Community Investment ManagementCommunity Investment Management (CIM) is a San Francisco-based institutional impact investment firm that provides strategic debt capital to underserved communities and markets to advance financial inclusion and promote economic development. CIM's portfolio includes: HoneyBee, Rho Business Banking, Brigit, Salary Finance, Camino Financial, Founders First Capital Partners and Kenzie Academy.Next Week's EpisodeComing up next week in Episode 70, we have a special guest, Patrick Eggen, Co-Founder and Partner at Counterpart Ventures, to talk about his contrarian approach to investing and why he invests in founders that target non-trivial problems.Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode that will drop next Tuesday. Follow Us:  Twitter | Linkedin | Instagram | Facebook

Episode Summary:What would happen if you took Silicon Valley smarts and talent and applied it to helping social impact entrepreneurs scale their enterprises? Doug Galen decided to find out. Motivated by his daughter's drive to make the world a better place, Doug founded RippleWorks, an organization that has now helped social ventures in 59 countries and counting. This is his story.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Doug GalenDoug Galen has been building innovative and disruptive companies for some twenty-five years. Doug Galen is the Co-Founder and CEO of RippleWorks. RippleWorks is relentlessly focused on the needs of social ventures, providing the practical support impactful entrepreneurs and their teams need to improve more lives. We work in 59 countries and have a portfolio of 110 organizations of which these ventures have helped 216 million people.In addition to RippleWorks, Doug teaches Startup Garage at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Doug sits on the Boards of Heifer International and Kenzie Academy as well as advises early-stage companies.Prior to RippleWorks, Doug served as Chief Revenue Officer at Shopkick, a mobile app startup backed by Kleiner Perkins and Greylock that successfully sold to a Fortune 50 company, SVP of business and corporate development at Shutterfly where he helped grow revenue from $50 million to $500 million and a successful IPO, VP and GM of new ventures for eBay where he helped create eight new business units with revenues of $500 million and was employee #3 and Vice President of Sales and Business Development for E-LOAN which had a successful IPO.Insights from the Episode:Understanding the ability to bridge from where you are to where you want to go in your career.How to pursue what you love doing: pursue it and stop when it is not working.How to acknowledge when you are out of sync and figure out what you have to do about it.How to marry purpose and impact into your day job and enjoy and feel happy about your work.Quotes from the show:“Naivety is a blessing and a curse when you are starting a company” -Doug Galen [14:53]“Trust isn't always in a great product or about speed, rather it is in the testimonials and attaching credibility to your company” -Doug Galen [20:10]“Trust is almost like the underpinnings of a capitalist society” -Sydney Finkelstein [26:12]“It's important to build a company that adds value and withstands hard times” -Doug Galen [23:05]“Money is a scarce resource, but so are skills and the ability to scale an organization” -Doug Galen [43:13]“There are a lot of people in the world who would like to help and give back but they do not know how to or where to begin” -Doug Galen [45:25]“Some of our best lessons in life come from our mistakes” -Doug Galen [43:59]“When an organization becomes really big, a great strategy is to zoom in on their operations and focus on something narrow that you can do better than them” -Doug Galen [1:04:20]“Don't go after what you should do, go after what you want to do. And if you go after what you want to do and it doesn't work, it is okay to stop and start over” -Doug Galen [1:07:00]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastDoug GalenWebsite: Homepage - RippleworksFacebook: Doug GalenLinkedIn: Doug GalenTwitter: @DougGalenSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

I invited on 3 graduates from Kenzie Academy to share their honest and unfiltered reviews of the coding school. Honestly, I feel like this was one of the realest episodes I've done. I didn't have to get past any marketing layers of the program. These guests were able to be completely honest about the flaws and still clearly explain why they enjoyed the program. Enjoy!Host/Guests:Don Hansen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/donthedeveloper Chris Warren - https://www.linkedin.com/in/itscdubb Jason Newman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-newman-5a779967 Erick Walker - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erick-walker-0433981ab ---------------------------------------------------❤️ If you find my content helpful, support me on Patreon and get access to perks - https://www.patreon.com/donthedeveloper

Neste episódio convidamos Daniel Kriger - Co-Fundador e CEO da Kenzie Academy Brasil para falar sobre as oportunidades no mundo da programação, e como a Kenzie está trabalhando para formar profissionais completos para ingressarem no mercado de tecnologia rapidamente. Tudo isso sem mensalidade e com alta qualidade de ensino. Quer saber mais? Aperte o play e ouça este episódio! Compartilhe e comente, seu feedback é muito importante para nós! Siga-nos em nossas redes sociais! @manausdigital.br

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, SNHU has acquired boot camp provider, Kenzie Academy. Back in 2015, SNHU announced a partnership with Flatiron School to combine their degree program with a bootcamp curriculum and apprenticeship. But now, they’re apparently planning to integrate the bootcamp model more directly as a standalone offering.

When you're a mission-driven early stage tech company headquartered in the heartland, does it change the fundamental skills you need as a Finance Business Partner? Not exactly, but you'd better be comfortable wearing extra hats. Dana Price, CFO of Kenzie Academy, shares smart career hacks for Finance Business Partners and how a strong network can propel your success at any career stage. Listen in!

Today’s guest on #MWL is Chok Ooi, Co-Founder and CEO of Kenzie Academy. We discuss diversity in tech, tech as the equalizer, and Kenzie Academy’s mission to empower new technologists.

This episode was recorded the Wednesday after my brother tried to take his own life. Thank you so much Mark for opening my eyes to the benefit of being alive. Mark Harsley is the Founder of Kite Mail, an advocate for social injustice, and graduate of Kenzie Academy. He has won numerous start up events and spent countless hours in isolation that enabled him to create solutions to problems surrounding those whom are incarcerated. He went from dropping out of Purdue University to pursue entrepreneurship, to becoming incarcerated, to learning how to code and creating an application that changes the way we connect with our loved ones whom are behind bars. In this episode of Too Be Blunt, we talk about the true meaning of "it is the thought that counts". Mark’s upbringing taught him to focus heavily on his faith. He takes time to be vulnerable with us and tell us his story of being locked up even though it often times makes him uncomfortable. We discuss how he went through a period of uncertainty and the lessons he was fortunate to learn that got him through the hardest moments of his life - like his mama being sick while he was away and how it made Mark feel helpless. We talk about Mark's definition of fear and how he "lives in it" on purpose. Mark talks about how he started channeling his emotions and harnessed it for positive impact. Mark and I talk about anxiety and how to find balance in your life when the pain is heavy. He believes in a world where people accept the good and the bad. He loves helping people find the "sweet spot" to maintaining a healthy relation with the "yin and the yang". "I am actually extremely uncomfortable with what I have to share with people. I do it because I know people are helped and impacted. This is how I achieve balance". Welcome to Too Be Blunt. We look forward to sharing our vulnerability with you in hopes that it encourages you to go on your own journey of self-discovery.

John Harden is the Principal Software Engineer at the Indianapolis tech firm Kerauno and he’s the self-proclaimed "Longest Job Holding Millennial". Tech is booming in Indiana and John’s been in the middle of it for 10 years, since he first started working at Kerauno’s parent firm, Axia, when he was only 16-years-old.    In the first half of the episode, you’ll hear John speak about his unique experience in tech from coming in second in a national web application development competition in high school to beginning his career at only 16-years-old to being named a member of TechPoint’s Tech 25 class of 2017 and serving as a mentor for both Kenzie Academy and Eleven Fifty Academy.   In the second half of the episode, you’ll hear John speak about how networking has positively impacted his career so far and how he believes you should be focused on setting a “get better attitude” that will help you to achieve what you’re after which includes eliminating excuses and waiting on specific dates to begin making progress towards your goals.

Coming to the states with two suitcases and a pocketful of dreams, Chock Ooi is currently the CEO of Kenzie Academy. Chok is a startup veteran working at places like Loopt and AgilityIO, and is a 500 Startups mentor. He has a background in Finance and Technology at Goldman, Bank of America, and BNP Paribas during the financial crisis. Today, Chok talks about how he has realized his dreams to help people break into tech and his thoughts on income share agreements (ISAs). Career Karma now has over 30,000 members. Please come check it out and learn more about income share agreements where we've put together a comprehensive report highlighting emerging players, innovators, and potential influencers.

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Whether we like it or not, the world is changing at the speed of light. Whether in the workplace, through technology, or simply earning a degree/specialty training, we are experiencing major disruptions all around us. And higher education is no exception. The big question many ask from this up and coming generation is, do I even need a 4 year degree? On this episode, we're sitting down with the Co-Founder & CEO of Kenzie Academy, a computer coding boot-camp, so to speak, to find out how their institution aims to tackle this very issue. ---- Do you have a question? Looking to get help on a business decision? Know a great guest for our show? Email roipod@iupui.edu so we can help your organization make a better business decision. ---- Ready to take your next step? Check out if a Kelley MBA is right for you: https://bit.ly/34637ie

Details behind a $260 million plastics-to-fuel plant in northeast Indiana; Project Lead the Way looks to the workforce of the future; the Indiana Chamber gives its Vision 2025 report card; a new app aims to help doctors gain credentials; the new general manager of the Kenzie Academy coding school is in-studio; the first female NBA assistant general manager talks her first draft; and the Insiders tackle some of the top news of the week.

Today’s episode is a recording of a live fireside chat with two amazing guests who flew in from the Valley and Portland, Maine to be here. This is the third of our Innovation Series in partnership with Kenzie Academy, a design and coding school right here in Indianapolis, Indiana. Before we begin the discussion with our guests, Chok Ooi, the founder of Kenzie Academy introduces the brand new General Manager of Kenzie Academy, Danielle McDowell. Chok and Danielle will update us on the amazing things going on at Kenzie Academy and tell us what’s new. Now, let’s meet our fireside guests... First up is Ian Peters-Campbell. Ian has an inspiring story having gone from being kicked out of high school and being homeless to a very successful career in tech. His background includes Mobile & Web Development, Enterprise Architecture, AI/Big Data, Business Intelligence, QA, and more. He got his start in tech as an intern at Napster. Since then, he’s worked with companies like Loopt, Green Dot, and Stickbuilt. He is now VP, Global Platform Services at WEX and living in Portland, Maine after spending his professional career in the Valley. Our next guest is Jayesh Sureshchandra. Jayesh has an extensive background in engineering and leading engineering teams, working with several Silicon Valley companies. He was one of the first developers at Salesforce, where he helped build the force.com program. He has spent the last 6 years as at Duetto, focusing on using data analytics to optimize hotel revenue. Jayesh is now managing a global team at Duetto as their VP of Engineering. In this episode with Ian Peters-Campbell and Jayesh Sureshchandra, you’ll learn: --- How to stand out as a software developer today --- What the future looks like for software developer jobs --- How the role of software developer changing --- The best ways to increase salary as a software developer --- Some of the best ways to continue to learn and hone the craft of programming --- Some of the lesser known expectations/duties of a software developer --- The most important skills needed to be an exceptional software developer --- How to make the transition from individual contributor to team leader If you like this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes. You can also follow us on Soundcloud or Stitcher. We have an incredible lineup of interviews we’ll be releasing every Tuesday here on the Powderkeg Podcast.

John Harden is the Principal Software Engineer at Kerauno. Kerauno is a workflow and communication software company that just raised a $25M Series A. When he’s not leading a high-growth development team, he’s mentoring for two coding academies, Eleven Fifty and Kenzie Academy. Hiring coding bootcamp alumni is a controversial subject in development circles, and I’m excited to dive into it.In this episode, we talk about his experience both hiring and mentoring coding bootcamp alumni, finding mentorship early in your career, and the importance of “tech jams” when scoping a project.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/18. Special Guest: John Harden.

Networking is similar to a contact sport like football, soccer or basketball. If you don’t really put in the work, then you might as well stay on the sideline. Building a network can be a little intimidating -- whether you are just starting out, navigating a career change or are even mid-career and just need a boost. On today’s episode of Powderkeg: Igniting Startups, you’ll learn from two serial entrepreneurs that built entire networks full of career-changing relationships, all by using some really practical professional networking tips that you can start using today. First, you’ll hear from Evan Burfield. He is the CEO of Union, a digital platform that connects innovators around the globe, and one of the co-founders of 1776, the nation’s largest network of entrepreneurial incubators with 10 campuses across 5 states. Starting as a persistent young entrepreneur, Burfield has built up a successful set of businesses and helps startup ecosystems across the country thrive. Broadcasting live from Nigeria is Stephen Ozoigbo. He launched the African Technology Foundation to globalize innovative technologies of New Africa, and is Managing Partner of a US State Department program called LIONS@frica that helps launch and expand technology companies in Africa. Working largely on an international scale, he has been involved in a number of startups across the globe. This podcast episode was recorded in front of a LIVE studio audience as part of the Innovation Series at Kenzie Academy, a tech and coding school focused on apprenticeship as a way to skill-up the next generation of the tech workforce, located right here in Downtown Indianapolis. During this engaging conversation, Stephen and Evan share how they’ve built the relationships they needed to get their ideas off the ground, and their networks today as they change the world with their companies.   In this episode you will learn: -- How to get a mentor to accelerate your growth -- Professional networking tips to grow your career. -- How successful professionals network and where they started from -- Why a network connection is more than just a tool for communication -- How making a business connection is similar to making a new friend -- Why it’s always, always better to give than take If you like this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes. You can also follow us on Soundcloud or Stitcher. We have an incredible lineup of interviews we’ll be releasing every Tuesday here on the Powderkeg Podcast. Check it out at powderkeg.com/itunes.

John is the Principal Software Engineer at the Indianapolis tech firm Kerauno and he’s the self-proclaimed "Longest Job Holding Millennial". Tech is booming in Indiana and John’s been in the middle of it for 10 years, since he first started working at Kerauno’s parent firm, Axia, when he was only 16-years-old.  In this episode, you’ll hear John speak about his unique experience in tech from coming in second in a national web application development competition in high school to beginning his career at only 16-years-old to being named a member of TechPoint’s Tech 25 class of 2017 and serving as a mentor for both Kenzie Academy and Eleven Fifty Academy.

It wasn’t long ago that world-changing technology could only be built in a few places, by a few people, at prohibitively high costs. But that time has passed. High-speed internet and cloud computing have opened opportunities for people everywhere to build disruptive technologies at reasonable cost. The inspiring story of global tech entrepreneur Kamran Elahian shows not only how world-changing technology can be built by anyone from anywhere, but how also going from failure to success can be a joyous experience at every step. Elahian is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, venture capitalist, and self-described “innovation catalyst” who’s co-founded and scaled 10 companies leading to 6 exits, 3 unicorns, and $8 billion in market value. Building on his long career in Silicon Valley, Elahian now serves as chair of Global Innovation Catalyst, where he’s helped 38 governments around the world create innovation ecosystems so their countries can grow and thrive in the 21st century and beyond. As part of our Innovation Series collaboration with Kenzie Academy, Kamran Elahian flew out from San Francisco to join us for a candid chat about his entrepreneurial career. He also shares how he went from failure to success when he easily could have slid into a victim’s mindset. In this episode, Kamran details his journey from growing up in Iran to becoming a prolific Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He also defines his concept of “iTechpreneurship,” and explains what it means to be an innovation catalyst and “entrepreneur without borders.” In this episode with serial entrepreneur and innovation catalyst Kamran Elahian, you’ll learn: --- Why creating chaos and disruption is the best way to avoid chaos and disruption. --- How high-speed internet has changed the face of global tech innovation. --- How failure can teach you about your personal strengths and weaknesses. --- The importance of not “playing the victim” in life and business. What Kamran is doing today to advance tech entrepreneurship around the world. If you like this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes. You can also follow us on Soundcloud or Stitcher. We have an incredible lineup of interviews we’ll be releasing every Tuesday here on the Powderkeg Podcast. Check it out at powderkeg.com/itunes.

The U.S. tech industry is booming, but there’s a shortage of skilled talent to match all the new positions being created. The Bureau of Labor Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics have estimated there will be 1.4 million open computer science jobs in 2020 and only 400,000 computer science graduates to fill them. That means anyone with tech skills such as coding will be in great demand for the foreseeable future. Fortunately, there are many ways to learn these skills besides the traditional path of a college degree. Our two guests today are huge advocates of one popular alternative: coding schools and bootcamps. Ruben Harris, co-host of the Breaking Into Startups podcast, is also the CEO of Career Karma, an organization that matches people who want to learn to code with the right support circle and coding bootcamp for their needs. And Chok Ooi, who serves as chairman for his startup AgilityIO, also runs Kenzie Academy in Indianapolis, a coding school that focuses on helping students without a prior technical background break into the industry. In this episode originally broadcast live from the Powderkeg offices at Industrious Indianapolis, Ruben and Chok discuss how learning to code can ignite your career in tech. Drawing from their insider perspectives, they explain how to begin charting your career path, how to find the coding school that’s right for you, and why coding school models devoted to diversity and inclusion will be instrumental in closing the widening tech talent gap. In this episode with Ruben Harris and Chok Ooi, you’ll learn: --- Tips for charting your career path and telling your personal story. --- How to connect with people who can help you advance your career. --- Why nontraditional education is needed to close the tech talent gap. --- What to look for when choosing a coding school. --- The clear benefits of diversity and inclusion for tech talent pipelines. --- Ruben’s and Chok’s best advice for people who want to break into tech. If you like this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes. You can also follow us on Soundcloud or Stitcher. We have an incredible lineup of interviews we’ll be releasing every Tuesday here on the Powderkeg Podcast. Check it out at powderkeg.com/itunes.

In this MarTech Interview, we speak to Mike Prasad. Mike has diverse experience as a technology entrepreneur, investor, and strategist with expertise in marketing, branding, UI/UX, product development, cross-market finance, and platform creation. Mike focuses on applying new technologies and initiatives, from macro-level strategy to hands-on execution. Mike developed the brand for Kogi BBQ (http://kogibbq.com), which launched the food truck industry in Los Angeles. He shares how he accomplished it, by deliberately developing a great brand, researching social media as a mechanism, and pulling in the right audience to quickly spread the word. Food truck popularity spread rapidly across the country... and it all started with the Kogi brand! Mike was recently in Indianapolis to speak at an Innovation Series with Kenzie Academy (https://www.kenzie.academy/) and stopped by the DK New Media studio to sit down for a chat. Mike's diverse background is incredible - he launched his career doing web development before companies even understood the Internet. Years later, he's developed, helped, and invested in some of the best brands in digital media. On this episode, we discuss the successful strategies that Mike utilized to launch brands virally utilizing influencers, social media, and... most importantly, an intentionial and well-researched brand strategy. We also speak in detail about Mike's latest venture, Tinysponsor (https://tinysponsor.com/), and discuss the unique sponsorship marketplace that Mike's put together to connect brands with influencers. Special Guest: Mike Prasad.

Indianapolis is turning into a hotbed for technology and startups. In 2016, 43 technology companies committed to add over 5,000 full-time jobs. These tech jobs pay twice the median average wage. Two-thirds of the $77 million in 2016 venture capital in Indiana companies went to technology companies (three-quarters of all companies who received VC) and since 2000, $7 billion in acquisitions and IPOs from more than 2 dozen companies has materialized. According to SmartAsset, Indy is ranked the 4th best city for women in tech for gender pay gap, income after housing costs, and women as a percentage of the technology workforce and four-year tech employment growth. Kenzie Academy is a tech apprenticeship school, pioneering a new model in education. We’re developing future tech leaders with the skills, passion, and purpose to meet the demands of growing companies. Founder Chok Ooi was successful - working both on Wall Street and Silicon Valley - but decided to open the Kenzie Academy here in Indianapolis. Here Chok's story and how the Kenzie Academy goes beyond a "Coding School" and prepares its students for full-time technology job with their immersive learning environment. Special Guest: Chok Ooi.