Tim Chen is the founder and CEO of NerdWallet, a company that helps consumers evaluate credit cards and financial products and aims to be tomorrow’s everyday GPS for money matters. On this episode of Founder’s Corner, host and Omidyar Network v

Yancey Strickler, Cofounder of Kickstarter

Sep 25th, 2017 14m 31s

Kickstarter has revolutionized the way businesses and entrepreneurs build communities, launch products, and raise crowdfunded capital. On this episode of Founder’s Corner, Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler recounts the origin story of the

Reid Hoffman, Entrepreneur, Product Strategist, and Investor

Sep 12th, 2017 20m 54s

Renowned Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Reid Hoffman joins the Founder’s Corner podcast for a lively conversation on management, product strategy, and the hard lessons he learned early in his career. Reid is a partner at Greylock and

Jeremy Johnson, Cofounder and CEO of Andela

Aug 22nd, 2017 22m 34s

Jeremy Johnson is the cofounder and CEO of Andela, a startup that is revolutionizing talent distribution in engineering by finding and placing Africa’s brightest developers to help tech giants build better products faster than ever. In today’s

Scott Heiferman, Founder and CEO of Meetup

Aug 7th, 2017 18m 48s

Scott Heiferman is the founder and CEO of Meetup, home to the world’s largest network of local community groups. In this episode, Scott speaks with Rob Veres, venture partner at Omidyar Network, about the origins of Meetup, running a later stag

Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO and President of DreamBox Learning

Jul 24th, 2017 19m 46s

Jessie Woolley-Wilson is the CEO and president of DreamBox Learning, a startup aimed at reimagining learning for kindergarten–8th grade students in mathematics. Jessie has led a remarkable career serving in executive positions at leading EdTech

Gina Bianchini, Founder and CEO of Mighty Networks

Jul 10th, 2017 11m 8s

Gina Bianchini is the founder and CEO of Mighty Networks, a startup empowering organizations and individuals to create their own interest-focused, branded social networks and communities on mobile and web. Gina joins the show to share why enabl

Andy Rachleff, Cofounder and CEO of Wealthfront

Jun 19th, 2017 13m 33s

Andy Rachleff is the cofounder and CEO of Wealthfront, a startup dedicated to democratizing access to investment management. In this episode, Omidyar Network partner Shripriya Mahesh chats with Andy about how he came to start Wealthfront and th

Make Your Customers Successful | Sean Behr, founder and CEO of STRATIM

Dec 13th, 2016 45m 4s

Some founders have had an entrepreneurial spirit since childhood, but Sean Behr didn’t realize he wanted to start a company until relatively later in life. It wasn’t until a few years ago that he decided to start his own entrepreneurial journey

Don't Overthink It | Leonard Speiser, Co-Founder and former CEO, Clover

Dec 6th, 2016 36m 11s

Don’t overthink things. If you don’t have the team to build a great product, go hire great people. If you have a great team but you don’t have customers, focus on establishing a solid customer base. Just focus on the main problem directly in fr

Don’t Be Blinded By Passion | Steve Spinner, RevUp

Nov 29th, 2016 27m 54s

As the first person to use social media for fundraising at the presidential level during both of Barack Obama’s election campaigns, Steve Spinner recognized an opportunity to build automated fundraising software for a neglected but critical mar

Don't Be Afraid to Dream Bigger | Thomaz Srougi, dr.consulta

Nov 22nd, 2016 30m 1s

Entrepreneurs start companies for a variety of different reasons. For Thomaz Srougi, the motivation to turn an idea into a business came from his own community. Thomaz is CEO and founder of dr. consulta. He grew up in Brazil, and after learning

You're Not at Your Best Yet | Sidharth Kakkar, Front Row

Nov 15th, 2016 36m 41s

Hiring the right person for your team is like drafting an athlete out of college: You know they’re good, but you’re often choosing them for their potential and how great they’re going to be. Sidharth Kakkar is the co-founder and CEO of Front Ro

Work With People Who Love Your Passion, Not You | Nancy Lublin, Crisis Text Line

Nov 8th, 2016 29m 47s

To build successful companies and work with great people, you must recognize the value of entrepreneurial instinct, and how to pinpoint people’s superpowers and corral them with a common vision. Nancy Lublin is the founder and CEO of Crisis Tex

Build for Long-Term Success | Turo

Oct 31st, 2016 40m 27s

“Do what you’re passionate about,” is the mantra of many successful entrepreneurs. When it comes to cars and data, there are few out there as passionate about both as Andre Haddad. Andre is CEO of Turo, a peer-to-peer car rental marketplace tha

Combining Company & Product Growth | Skillshare

Oct 21st, 2016 42m 37s

Part of what makes an entrepreneur successful isn’t just her or his vision, but also the day-to-day approach to productivity, motivating others, and communicating both regular activity and major changes. Michael Karnjanaprakorn founded Skillsha

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