Career Meets World with Edward Gorbis
Business & Economics Podcasts
Our flagship podcast is aptly called Career Meets World, hosted by founder Edward Gorbis. The goal is for our audience to learn the life-changing secrets to help them maximize their leadership potential and share the untold stories of successful leaders. Our guests are some of the most successful people across a multitude of industries, including Technology, Finance, Consulting, Advertising, Real Estate, and many more. If you have any questions or want to connect with me, then email my team at hello@careermeetsworld.com.
Location:
United States
Description:
Our flagship podcast is aptly called Career Meets World, hosted by founder Edward Gorbis. The goal is for our audience to learn the life-changing secrets to help them maximize their leadership potential and share the untold stories of successful leaders. Our guests are some of the most successful people across a multitude of industries, including Technology, Finance, Consulting, Advertising, Real Estate, and many more. If you have any questions or want to connect with me, then email my team at hello@careermeetsworld.com.
Twitter:
@careermeets
Language:
English
Contact:
6502292072
Episodes
Careers and Entrepreneurship Oscillate | Austin Belcak
7/7/2021
Edward welcomes Austin Belcak on the show. Austin is the founder of CultivatedCulture.com where he helps people land jobs they love without traditional experience and without applying online. Austin’s job search system stems from his personal experience transitioning from a new grad with a biology degree, a 2.58 GPA, and a job in healthcare to landing interviews and offers at Microsoft, Google, and Twitter.
We Discuss: 1) His 200 business ideas that did not work 2) Why he decided to work at...
Duration:00:41:48
Landing A Career in AI & ML | Aishwarya Srinivasan
7/2/2021
Edward welcomes Aishwarya Srinivasan to the show. Aishwarya is an AI & ML Innovation Leader at IBM Data & AI. She holds a post-graduate in Data Science from Columbia University. During her engagements, she primarily focuses on bringing in machine learning research to create business value. She is very focused on expanding her horizons in the machine learning research community including her recent Patent Award won in 2018 for developing a Reinforcement Learning model for Machine...
Duration:00:25:58
Want To Get Into Venture? Trust the Process | Delian Asparouhov
6/24/2021
Edward welcomes Delian Asparouhov to the show. Delian is a principal at Founders Fund. Before joining Founders Fund, he was a principal at Khosla Ventures, head of growth at Teespring, and founder of a healthcare company called Nightingale. Delian is Bulgarian, attended MIT, and likes to ski and play soccer.
We discuss 1) What his Bulgarian parents wanted him to become 2) Dropping out of MIT 3) The impact of interning at Square and meeting Keith Rabois 4) The future of Venture Capital 5)...
Duration:00:38:16
CEO Life, Customer Success, and Personal Growth | Nick Mehta
6/16/2021
Edward welcomes Nick Mehta to the show. He is an American technology entrepreneur and is currently the CEO of Gainsight. Prior to that, he was the CEO of LiveOffice, which was sold to Symantec. He is often credited for creating the customer success category.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Duration:00:34:04
Building Silicon Valley’s Top Immigration Law Firm | Sophie Alcorn
6/9/2021
Helping immigrants thrive requires a dedicated focus. In today's episode, I chat with Sophie Alcorn, who founded Alcorn Immigration Law, the fastest-growing immigration law firm in Silicon Valley, and the 2019 recipient of Global Law Experts’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services” award. Sophie is certified as a specialist attorney in immigration and nationality law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She writes a weekly...
Duration:00:34:11
The Road To Reinvention | Josh Linkner
6/3/2021
In this episode, I chat with a 5X entrepreneur and leadership connoisseur. Josh Linkner is a Creative Troublemaker. He passionately believes that all human beings have incredible creative capacity, and he's on a mission to unlock inventive thinking and creative problem solving to help leaders, individuals, and communities soar. Josh has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million, and is the author of four books including the New York...
Duration:00:36:36
From HBS to Leadership Cohorts | Shivani Berry
5/26/2021
When you have a deep passion for helping people, you should pursue it wholeheartedly. In today's conversation, we chat with Shivani Berry, who is the Founder of Ascend, a program to empower women with the skills to grow in their careers and be influential leaders. She is a career coach and product leader with experience in go-to-market and finance at fast-growing and established top-tier companies. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School. Her work experience has taught her it’s the soft...
Duration:00:34:19
The Undaunted Journey To Success | Kara Goldin
5/19/2021
Kara Goldin is the author of Undaunted and Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint Water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. The Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Previously, Kara was VP of Shopping and Ecommerce at AOL where she helped lead the growth of its shopping and e-commerce business to over $1 billion in revenue. She is an active speaker and writer and, in 2017, she launched...
Duration:00:50:47
Immigration, Lawyer Lifestyle & Sleep Fitness | Matteo Franceschetti
5/13/2021
Dynamic careers make for the best founders. Matteo Franceschetti made multiple pivots from law to solar energy to founding the world's leading sleep fitness company. Matteo joins us for a powerful discussion today. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, the world's leading sleep enhancement company. Matteo holds multiple patents in tech and health and is a Member of the Forbes Technology Council. Prior to Eight, Matteo co-founded two cleantech companies - GIR and Global Investment. He...
Duration:00:29:10
Mindfulness In Your Career Journey | Steve Schlafman
5/5/2021
Steve Schlafman is a professional certified coach and Founder of High Output. He is an angel investor, facilitator, speaker, former operator, and recovering VC. This episode is a wide-ranging, emotional journey through the nooks and crannies of investing, introspection, meditation, and sobriety.
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Duration:00:47:11
Growing up in Brooklyn, Startup Culture, and Angel Investing | Jason Calacanis
4/28/2021
Jason Calacanis joins the conversation today to discuss how his childhood shaped him today, his early days in media, how poker influences his decision-making and some actionable tips for angel investors. He is an entrepreneur, angel investor in over 250 startups, host of the This Week in Startups podcast, and co-host of the legendary All in Podcast with Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks, and David Friedberg, and the best selling author of Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups--Timeless...
Duration:00:42:12
From Working At Target To Financial Independence | Robert Farrington
4/23/2021
Financial independence is often discussed in college but never blueprinted. In today's episode, I chat with Robert Farrington, who is a Millennial Money Expert and Founder of The College Investor. He is on a mission to help millennials get out of student loan debt and start building wealth for their future. Robert is the quintessential master of his money. In his early 30s, he’s showing us all how it’s done. In this episode, you’ll hear Robert share how he’s managed to pay off debt and make...
Duration:00:29:37
Endless Pain to Endless Success | Scott Leese
4/1/2021
Some of the most successful leaders have some of the most challenging stories. In today's episode, I chat with Scott Leese, a 6x Sales Leader, 3x Author, 3x Entrepreneur, and 1x Unicorn builder, who serves as a strategic advisor and consultant to dozens of companies around the world. He specializes in building sales processes and salespeople, maximizing new customer growth, increased average contract value, and upselling and retaining customers. This is one episode you will not want to...
Duration:00:37:27
Uncovering Confidence | Ashvin Vaidyanathan
3/18/2021
Ashvin Vaidyanathan is the Chief Customer Officer at Gainsight - the Customer Success Company. In his role, Ashvin manages the Customer Success, Professional Services, and Technical Support teams. Prior to Gainsight, Ashvin was at McKinsey & Company consulting with companies on Marketing, Sales, and Customer Experience transformations. When not at Gainsight, Ashvin is an advisor at Not In Our Town - a not-for-profit organization that uses documentary film, and new media to stop hate, and...
Duration:00:34:58
SPECIAL: My Immigration Story Wasn't Linear
3/3/2021
Growing up, I spent most of my childhood living in my own imagination. Teachers would constantly mark me down on my report card for staring out the window and daydreaming. Creating my own reality was the only way I could cope with all of the bullying, name-calling, and alienation that I went through from elementary school to high school.
I felt the same way in college and for many years in the workplace, constantly battling between “the immigrant way” of doing things and the current...
Duration:00:16:33
From Anxiety to Confidence | Kyle Elliott
2/24/2021
If you've ever woken up with anxiety about your career and how to get on track, then this episode is for you. In today's episode, I chat with Kyle Elliott, who is the founder and career coach behind CaffeinatedKyle.com. His goal is simple – to help people find jobs they LOVE (or at least tolerate). He is a trusted career expert, and Kyle's words have been featured on Forbes, Fast Company, The Muse, and The Ladders, among dozens of other leading publications.
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Duration:00:33:56
Healthcare Executive Turned Leadership Coach | Dr. Benjamin Ritter
2/17/2021
If you're in the midst of a transition in your career or business, then this conversation will fire you up. In today's episode, we chat with Dr. Benjamin Ritter is an expert in Organizational Leadership and for the past 10 years has been coaching others to create a career they love. He is the Founder of Live for Yourself (LFY) Consulting and is an empowerment coach, regional learning manager for YPO, national speaker, podcaster, author, consultant, mentor, teacher, and passionate about...
Duration:00:40:09
Build Your Personal Brand in Public | Justin Welsh
2/10/2021
You don't have to have everything figured out early in life to achieve success. In today's episode, I chat with Justin Welsh, who has a decade of experience building two $50M+ ARR businesses, teams of 150+, and helping raise over $300M in capital from VC firms. Over that 10-year period, he played the role of SVP of Sales and Chief Revenue Officer at high-growth, transactional SaaS companies. He's intimately familiar with the challenges and complexities of building an SMB SaaS business...
Duration:00:39:47
Content Diet, Curiosity, and Confidence | Polina Marinova Pompliano
2/7/2021
From childhood as a Bulgarian immigrant to becoming a prolific writer at FORTUNE, this episode is filled with gems that will leave you craving for more. In today's episode, I chat with Polina Marinova Pompliano, who is the founder of The Profile, a new media company that features long-form profiles of successful people and companies each week. Previously, she spent five years at FORTUNE where she was the author and editor of Term Sheet, FORTUNE’s industry-leading dealmaking newsletter....
Duration:00:47:01
Underdog Turned Into A Winner | Jonathan Javier
1/27/2021
Are you fired up to go to work every day or wondering how to make the transition to align yourself with your true mission? If you're hungry to learn how an underdog turned into a winner, then dive into this episode with Jonathan Javier! He is the CEO of Wonsulting, and he worked at Google, Snapchat, and Cisco and he is just great. We'll go through many important topics during the interview so you might want to take some notes! We discuss his personal growth journey, finding your passion,...
Duration:00:38:15