Sam Sawchuk is the co-founder of Sandwich for a Story, an initiative which focuses on using Virtual Reality as a tool to help immerse people coping with homelessness in job interview settings. Sam is also a TEDx speaker, startup advisor…
Talking with Mahbod Moghadam (Founder of RapGenius and Everipedia), the most eccentric person I know
Mahbod Moghadam: Founder of Rap Genius and Everipedia Thanks for being here Maboo, give the readers a 2-sentence pitch about yourself. Yo yoooo! I am an Iranian dude who is really into crowd-knowledge! I started Genius.com, which tells you the…
Sameer Jafri: Getting a Shark to Invest in Your Idea
Sameer Jafri is one of my good friends at UCLA. We met freshman year and connected because of our mutual interest in entrepreneurship. In 2014, Sameer started Twazer, an online marketplace for college students to buy and sell their items…
Dave Liebowitz, a viral content creator [Interview]
I started these interview series to get a chance to interview people that I respect, look up to and want to learn from. Over the next few months, I plan to interview friends, colleagues and industry leaders alike to pick their brain…
Steve O’Dell on Mental Models and Leadership
Steve O’Dell is an entrepreneur you need to keep an eye on. Having started multiple companies and having many more on the way, this guy doesn’t seem to stop. I worked with him on a few projects and witnessed the…
How Harry’s (A Shaving Brand) Gathered over 100K Emails in 1 Week
Harry’s, a subscription-based model for grooming products went viral with a very clever campaign. Here’s how they did it. Specifically this post will explain how they gathered nearly 100,000 email addresses in one week (!). This post includes all the email templates,…
Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev shares life experiences, stock picks, and advice
Vlad Tenev, co-founder of commission-free stock trading app, Robinhood, spoke this morning at the UCLA Founder School. The Forbes 30 under 30 and UCLA Math PhD dropout talked about the experiences that led him to cofound Robinhood, the trend that…
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