Moving Up

Alda’s journey from lawyer to venture capitalist. What she learned working alongside Peter Thiel and Sean Parker. Working for both the hedge fund Clarium Capital and the venture fund Founder Fund at the same time and what her dream job is. www.ansarada.com

Building a credit card company from scratch. Raising over $200 million at 20 years old. Dropping out of Stanford and how a CEO’s responsibilities evolve. www.ansarada.com

The power of cold emailing. Why unstructured networking is the way to do it and how to engineer serendipity. www.ansarada.com

Paul describes the idea behind Cushion and how he got it to market. Also, his philosophy to excel at everything you do and run as fast as you can to starting your own company.

A very early employee at LinkedIn and then early at Google, Leo discusses how/why he got those jobs and more career advice.

Eric talks about his investment in Payclub. His new venture Hustle Fund and beginning his post college life starting beatthegmat.com.

Niki went straight to the buyside after college at Vista Equity Partners. Wanted to get his hands dirty outside of finance, saw that the grass is not necessarily always greener, got back into private equity and is now a VC.

Life’s too short to not be passionate about what you do. Trying lots of things in your 20s. How to succeed in venture and important advice for your first year on the job.

Finding confidence with your skill set. Why group chat is the new social network and life hacks at the very end.

Starting her career off in solar power in India, getting a job at Google, business school and then venture. Recognizing themes in your career and embracing ambiguity.

How to connect with people and build a network. Creating habits and making yourself uncomfortable.

Investing in stuff that makes life easier, finding your passion and how there’s no shortcuts in the hustle of careers.

Starting a business at 40 taking it public 5 years later and then selling to eBay for $620m. The value of an MBA, how he became a CEO and why making the wrong choice could be the right one.

How to start a business while working for GS and BCG. Being honest with your current employer and advice for making the jump.

Deciding on startups vs the buy-side. Developing flexible decision making and the secrets of climbing the ranks and making partner in 5-years.

How Venmo came to be, why they incorporated the social stream and how it was life or death at the end.

Comparing working at Google vs. startups. The non-obvious part of being in venture. The pre-seed investing market and the conflict between ambition and discipline

Daniel launched his career at Apple and then became a startup guy before that was common. His quest to find a job that connects both sides of the brain, what goes into design at Apple and my favorite piece of advice ever (at the end).

David is an investor at a top vc fund. His path to get there went through banking but was filled with challenges and required some creativity – even persisting after getting fired. Going from being a financial advisor to investment banker, proving that your serious and exchanging hard work for the opportunity to learn.

Not chasing roles or titles but focusing on the people you will work with and turning down amazing jobs and lots of money in pursuit of learning