Synopsis
Long-form, conversations with really interesting people about their career journeys, highs, lows, and lessons learned. Great, authentic, career advice because every career is an amazing story. Hosted by Tom Leung, CEO of Anthology. More at Anthology.co
Episodes
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From Exeter to Yale to Corporate Law to becoming a Life Coach for Moms
25/07/2016 Duration: 01h07minCaroline Green's journey from high-achieving Ivy Leaguer to re-discovering her authentic purpose as a life coach for determined moms.
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Food Entrepreneurship Stories from Portland
21/05/2016 Duration: 54minThe story of Wild Friends peanut butter company and growing the business at Green Zebra Grocery.
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From PM at Google to SVP at Marchex to Co-Founder of 2 startups (Part 3 of 3)
19/02/2016 Duration: 01h04minWe turn the tables this interview with our host, Tom Leung, getting interviewed by his career coach, Jane Faulkner, about his time after Google as SVP of Product at a small cap public company followed by his two startups.
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From Harvard to Product Management at Google (Part 2 of 3)
08/02/2016 Duration: 01h03minWe turn the tables this interview with our host, Tom Leung, getting interviewed by his career coach, Jane Faulkner, about his time at Harvard Business School, Microsoft, a Kleiner Perkins startup, and the product management team at Google.
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The Journey to Harvard Business School (Part 1 of 3)
01/02/2016 Duration: 01h08minWe turn the tables this interview with our host, Tom Leung, getting interviewed by his career coach, Jane Faulkner, about his childhood, undergrad at Bowdoin, first job in management consulting, and getting in to Harvard.
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One Y Combinator Founder's Tale of Elation, Reality Checks, Pivoting, and Scale
11/01/2016 Duration: 58minJessicah Mah's journey as the 19 year old co-founder and CEO of YC startup Indinero and their journey over the last 5 years.
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The Education of an International Experiential Educator
04/01/2016 Duration: 01h27minWe talked with Vicki Weeks about her career journey from growing up in Seattle, studying at Bowdoin College in Maine, teaching in Peru, getting her Master's degree in Education at Harvard, and eventually helping set up the Lakeside School's global education programs before opening her own educational consulting firm.
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From McKinsey Consultant to HR
28/12/2015 Duration: 51minThis was a follow up interview to our original Career Stories podcast with Chris Louie, SVP of Talent at Nielsen. In this interview, we got a chance to dive deeper into his time at McKinsey (including what he didn't love about it) as well as how he navigated his moves at Nielsen from corporate strategy to marketing to talent acquisition.
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From Wharton to Mckinsey - Lessons learned.
21/12/2015 Duration: 01h02minCareer discussion with Chris Louie about how he started out in a rotational program at Lucent after doing his undergrad at Wharton before getting his Columbia MBA and serving as a strategic management consultant at Mckinsey before taking his current executive role at Nielsen.
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What's it like working as a member of Congress' Chief of Staff?
14/12/2015 Duration: 01h09minCareer discussion with Daniel Kroese about how he started out in finance as a currency trader, then worked on the Romney Readiness Team, before running the campaign and now serving as Chief of Staff of a US Congressman.
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What was it like being at Google during the formation of Google Plus?
29/11/2015 Duration: 01h04minCareer discussion with Jonathan Sposato about his current career chapter from starting Picmonkey (taking it to tens of millions of users), to its eventual sale to Google, and then his work at Google as part of the Google Plus initiative. We wrap with discussion of Picmonkey and his latest initiatives.
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What's it like presenting to Bill Gates in a strategy review session?
16/11/2015 Duration: 49minCareer discussion with Jonathan Sposato about his mid career chapters from joining Microsoft in the 1990's to presenting to Bill Gates on web strategy to starting his second company which would then get acquired by Google.
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Growing up all over, finding your identity, selling your first company.
08/11/2015 Duration: 01h06minCareer discussion with Jonathan Sposato about his early career chapters from growing up in Brooklyn and Hong Kong, finding his identity in Seattle, and starting what would turn into a serial entrepreneurship career starting his first company a year out of college.
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Working for the DOJ, United Nations, and World Wildlife Fund
26/10/2015 Duration: 01h17minCareer discussion with Michelle Kuruc about her career arc from law school to prosecuting undercover operations at the Department of Justice to working at the United Nations in Rome, to heading up Ocean Policy at the World Wildlife Foundation.
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How to get a job at Facebook (and then how to get promoted).
14/10/2015 Duration: 50minCareer discussion with Richard Sim about his 5 years at Facebook, how he evaluates job candidates for his team, and how he's managing his transition from individual contributor to team manager and leader.
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From Exec at a Silicon Valley Startup to Director of Product Marketing at Facebook
08/10/2015 Duration: 49minBiographical career interview with Richard Sim about his journey from Anchor Intelligence to Director of Product Marketing at Facebook. This is part three of a three part interview. Business advice, management advice, career tools, and good conversation.
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Getting an MBA, working at Microsoft, joining a startup's founding team
29/09/2015 Duration: 01h01minBiographical career interview with Richard Sim about his journey from Wharton to Microsoft to Anchor Intelligence. This is part two of a three part interview. Business advice, management advice, career tools, and good conversation.
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Growing up as a minority immigrant, going to Berkeley, starting in management consulting
20/09/2015 Duration: 48minBiographical career interview with Richard Sim about his journey from Maryland to Berkeley to management consulting to a 1999 dot-com startup. This is part one of a three part interview. Business advice, management advice, career tools, and good conversation.
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Starting out as a designer, getting drafted by Microsoft and Google
13/09/2015 Duration: 01h04minBiographical career interview with Andre Tacuyan about his journey from Guam to Vegas to Pacific Lutheran University to Microsoft to design at Google. Business advice, management advice, career tools, and good conversation.
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From Queens to Ivy League to Wall Street to Silicon Valley
05/09/2015 Duration: 57minBiographical career interview with Jessica Gilmartin about her journey from Queens, New York, to Cornell to Wall Street to London to Wharton to Silicon Valley. Business advice, management advice, career tools, and good conversation.