On this episode of Contrary Radio, Josh Abramson of College Humor, BustedTees, and Vimeo tells us about: Building a media business as a freshman at the University of Richmond Running experiments that ultimately led to BustedTees and Vimeo Team

Brandless cofounder Tina Sharkey

Apr 26th, 2019 15m 19s

On this episode of Contrary Radio, Tina Sharkey talks about: Studying International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania Lessons from 20 years of e-commerce and brand-building The importance of team-building from day one

Sam Yagan of SparkNotes and OkCupid

Nov 27th, 2018 27m 9s

On this episode of Contrary Radio, we cover how Sam started SparkNotes in college and OkCupid in business school, making the decision to sell his company, and transitioning from a “super math nerd” to an effective leader and communicator.

SoFi cofounder Dan Macklin

Nov 27th, 2018 22m 40s

In this episode of Contrary Radio, we cover why Dan worked at a bank for 12 years out of undergrad, how business school at Stanford made SoFi possible, how to build a moat when the product you’re building is somewhat commoditized, and the brand

Airbnb cofounder Nathan Blecharczyk

Nov 25th, 2018 24m 7s

This is the first ever episode of Contrary Radio, a series of conversations for university-based founders. Airbnb co-founder Nate Blecharczyk tells us how he learned to code, why he shutdown his successful business in college, and some lessons

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