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In this episode, we sit down with Barbara Humpton. Barbara grew up to parents who were both math professors so initially set her eyes on being a math professor “when she grew up.” After taking a job at IBM and working on a globally impactful
Lynne grew up in the bay area and accidentally learned what she loved to do when she was helping a friend become more physically independent by helping her up stairs, and taking her to the gym. So after getting her undergraduate degree, she do
Bracken began his career in accounting after college. After working in accounting roles for an accounting firm and then PepsiCo he transitioned into brand management early in his career. He first worked at Procter & Gamble, then moved into a
Kara grew up in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona and naturally developed the skill of persistence growing up. In her early years she worked many different jobs including working at a toy store, interning for a local senator, and waiting tables
Wes was born in Canada, grew up in Columbia, and lived in Southern California . He admits his dyslexia and ADHD growing up caused him to hate school and didn’t attend college after high school. After high school, Wes took the first job he was
In this episode, we sit down with Jeff Roe, CEO of Premera Blue Cross. Employing over 3,200 people, Premera Blue Cross is the largest health plan insurance provider in the Pacific Northwest, serving more than 2 million people. Jeff grew up in
Seattle's Former Police Chief Carmen Best published her book “Black in Blue” in October of 2021, and it was the #1 book in new releases when it came out. Carmen grew up in the Puget Sound area to a loving mother and a father who was in the mili
Howard Behar grew up in North Seattle, attended Roosevelt High School, and struggled to find his way early on in his life. He took some courses at Everett community college but didn’t finish school because he was directing his energy towards h
Mike Clayville is the Chief Revenue Officer of Stripe, a payment processing company that is building the economic infrastructure of the internet. Their mission is increasing the GDP of the internet -- and Stripe is valued at almost $100 billio
In this episode, you’ll get to hear from Howard Tiersky. Howard began his career in theater and performing arts before starting his consulting career at Ernst & Young. There, he would build E&Y’s first website and get exposed to a whole new w
A fourth generation Puget Sound native and nascent New Yorker, Kurt has always felt passionately about authentic, full-flavored foods, free of artificial additives. Kurt is the owner and head chef of Sugar Mountain, a creative food company that
In this special episode, we chat with Chris George, a serial entrepreneur who has successfully started and managed 7 businesses in his career (most recently Founder of Certified). His first business that he started in college, was a debt colle
In this episode, we cover the man behind the largest biotechnology IPO in history, Steve Harr. Steve co-founded Sana biotechnology, a company that went public earlier this year (2021) and raised almost $600 million dollars in its IPO. Sana i
In this episode, we hear from Finimize CEO & Co-Founder, Maximillian Rofagha. He grew up in Berlin, Germany, attended a very diverse, international high school, and went on to study economics and international relations in Scotland. He did a
Mary grew up on a very rural, cattle ranch in New Mexico just above the US-Mexico border, where she learned to drive when she was just seven years old and had no television in her home. She attended Williams college, in Massachusetts town nea
Today’s guest is Scott Torrey, PayScale CEO. Scott always knew he wanted to be in business, so he attended a commerce-focused college and worked in consulting after college. After an 8-year career in consulting, Scott pivoted and joined Concu
Today’s guest is Surabhi Gupta, Robinhood’s VP of Engineering. Surabhi grew up in India and pursued an education in computer science. She participated in an internship with Microsoft, and her research focused on artificial intelligence and n
Today, we make history. It’s the first time we’ve had an executive from the city on our show. All of our guests before this show have been business executives. Today’s guest is Debra Smith, Seattle City Light’s CEO. She graduated with a fina
Today’s guest is Adena Hefets, CEO & Co-Founder of Divvy Homes. She grew up in Long Island, New York to immigrant parents who lived paycheck to paycheck, and were not financially stable, and this drove her ambition to be financially independen
Today, you will hear from Ryan Hogan, CEO & Co-Founder of Hunt A Killer. He joined the Navy out of high school, got admitted into a very competitive military program after 6 years of hard work, started multiple businesses that needed multiple
Melinda Lee began her professional life as an attorney out of college, but transitioned into the media business. She admits that she’s always had a passion for pop culture and being in the media business in some form, but didn’t think it was p
Our guest today is Matias Muchnick, co-founder & CEO of NotCo – A Chile-based AI-driven food technology company that is redefining food. They’ve raised over $110 million dollars, including a big investment from Jeff Bezos! So, you’ll want to
Welcome to the first episode of of Connecting YOU!It's the segment that makes us unique! We connect YOU, the audience, to one of today's top executives.This week we connect Abinav Viswanathan, a relatively new software engineer, working at Amaz
In this episode, Ash & Aleksey (our podcast producer) do a quick recap of Naveen's story, the podcast episode that was released yesterday. What does going to the moon mean for the future of humanity? How does Naveen's story line up with the
It's been about 9 months since we first conducted this interview with Naveen Jain. If you haven't listened to Naveen's story yet, it has been one of our most downloaded podcasts of all-time, so it's worth a listen. If you have listened, we've
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