To The Top: Inspirational Career Advice

Pete Flint is a General Partner at NFX, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He was the co-founder of Trulia, the popular real estate app that merged with Zillow and valued Trulia at $3.5B. Trulia has 50 million monthly users. Pete moved to the US (not knowing anyone) to attend business school at Stanford. He also earned his masters in physics from Oxford University. Pete discusses the hard decisions he and his team had to make during the recession around 2008 when Trulia pivoted business models to survive. He also discusses what he looks for in culture, the four reasons to attend business school, and more.

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Bayard Winthrop is the CEO + founder of American Giant, an apparel brand that was coined of making the greatest hoodie ever made by Slate Magazine. AG is also known for sourcing and manufacturing their apparel in the US. Bayard is one of the most forward thinking leaders in the apparel industry. His is obsessed with quality, creating apparel that is American made, and leading his people with compassion. We discuss a range of topics from career advice, his journey, why cheap isn't cheap, and more.

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Bruce Smith is the CEO and founder of Hydrow which is like the Peloton of rowing. It's designed as a connected fitness device that has classes in a live outdoor reality setting. Bruce was also an elite rowing coach. He won the Head of the Charles, coached the US Lightweight Eight to a Bronze medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and was the former Executive Director of Community Rowing in Boston.

In this episode we discuss:

• How his team was able to bring the product to market in half the time
• Why it was important to nail the live outdoor reality aspect of Hydrow
• The values Bruce looks for in a hire
• Why rowing has some of the best benefits of any other alternative for fitness, and more..

Check out Hydrow at www.hydrow.com

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Adam Schefter is a Senior NFL Insider at ESPN. He joined ESPN as an NFL Insider in August 2009, and now appears on a variety of programs, including NFL Live, Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, SportsCenter and more throughout the year. He also hosts his own ESPN Audio podcast, “The Adam Schefter Podcast”, and regularly contributes to other ESPN platforms, such as ESPN.com and ESPN Radio.

Before joining ESPN, Schefter was a reporter/analyst for NFL Network (2004-08) and a sportswriter for more than 15 years for the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, where he covered the NFL and the Denver Broncos. 

A former president of the Pro Football Writers of America, Schefter has authored five books. His most recent, The Man I Never Met: A Memoir (co-authored by Michael Rosenberg), is a powerful story of loss and hope, centered around his family and the memory of his wife Sharri’s first husband, Joe Maio, who died in the September 11 terror attacks.

In this episode we discuss:

• His memoir, The Man I Never Met
• How he transitioned to fatherhood later in life
• How he earned the job he has today
• His advice on how to build trust with people
• How setbacks he endured fueled his career and more..

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Jaya Rao is the co-founder and CEO of Molekule. She joined the "family business" after getting her mechanical engineering degree and masters in public policy from Stanford. Her father initially developed the technology for Molekule because her brother, Dilip, had severe asthma. Being one of the thought leaders in solar energy, Dr. Goswami, went to work to and built the prototype to what is now Molekule. Jaya shares sound career advice through her journey as the CEO of a disruptive and innovative brand.

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Joe Boyle is a fourth-generation member of the founding Boyle family and currently Executive Vice President of Columbia Sportswear Company and Columbia Brand President. Through his years at one of the largest outdoor companies in the world, Joe served in several roles of increasing leadership and responsibility, ranging from sales and planning to merchandising and product design.

Joe discusses the heritage of the brand, how they've led through adversity, career advice, and much more.

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Richard Krulik is the CEO of Briggs & Riley, my favorite luggage brand in the entire world. His family has been in the business for nearly a century. Richard shares the story of his family's heritage along with his experience in the business and how he's led the company to be one of the most respected and beloved brands that thoughtfully builds lasting relationships with their customers. Richard shares a mountain of gems ranging from career advice to some of the toughest decisions he's had to make as CEO. 

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Ryan Hawk is widely known as hosting the most dynamic leadership podcast where he's interviewed 350 of the most forward thinking leaders. He's published a new book titled Welcome to Management which is the guide book he wishes he had when he was promoted from an individual contributor to a management role. Admittedly, he was ill prepared. His book should be handed to new managers and would be a great asset to those thinking of management or existing ones wanting to compare notes.

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Bryan Barr is the President of SC30 Inc. where he partners with Stephen Curry and oversees his brand, investment strategy, and philanthropy. He and Stephen were college roommates while they played basketball at Davidson.

In this episode we discuss:

-We unpack the lessons Bryant learned while working at Nike, The Stanford Graduate School of Business, and founding his own startup

-The added pressure of being Stephen Curry's best friend and being the president of SC30 Inc.

-We discuss their investment in Palm and how they are aiming to create a new category of devices to keep people connected to their phones, but not consumed

-We also talk about the things Bryant does to be more mindful and present around the people that matter most

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Chris Herren's story was publicized in 2011 through an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary titled Unguarded. It was the story of his rise and sudden fall of his professional basketball career due to substance abuse. The film also shows how Chris turned his life around.

Over the years, Chris has been telling his new story. The First Day is the evolution of that talk where he weaves in his experiences but truly makes it about the students he's speaking to and about their struggles. His superpower is the ability to connect with these students -- and everyone should watch this film.

In this episode:

-Chris and I discuss why he made The First Day film and the impact he believes it can make

-Jonathan Hock, the producer of The First Day, and I discuss the backstory of this documentary and the initial film he produced about Chris titled Unguarded

-Watch the trailer for The First Day 

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