Atossa Soltani, founder and board president of Amazon Watch, tells us her story of immigrating to the United States during a revolution, and how her passion for politics, activism, and nature led her down the path of her own career.

Jordan Harbinger is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host and communications and social dynamics expert. The Jordan Harbinger Show is currently one of the most popular podcasts in the world.

Robbie Samuels, keynote speaker, talks about the importance of networking and changing careers.

Galen Karlan-Mason is the CEO and Founder of GreenChoice, a data-driven platform empowering informed food choices. He attended Brandeis University as an undergrad where he was recruited to play soccer. And that was his main focus until he went abroad and studied in Peru, where he started a nonprofit focused on youth empowerment. When he returned to the US, he set about learning how to build sustainable businesses that had ethical consciousness and could promote sustainable,...

Courtney Hagen is the Chief Talent Officer for Littlejohn, a private equity firm that invests in mid-market companies. She talks about her wild career path and how she let her strengths and interests lead her into new jobs and fields. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu (http://brandeis.edu) Resources: -LinkedIn: littlejohnllc.com (http://littlejohnllc.com/) From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a production of (http://crate.media)

Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, a professional speaker, a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review. Dorie has been recognized as a branding expert by many places, the Associated Press, Fortune Inc. Magazine. She's the author of three books -Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out. Dorie was described by The New York Times as an expert at self-reinvention. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu (http://brandeis.edu) Resources: Learn more...

Our guests today are two brothers, Shawn and Devin Young. They are the co-founders of Classcraft, which is an award-winning engagement management system used by five million students and educators worldwide to gamify their classroom experience. Classcraft is a platform that empowers teachers to address social-emotional issues, and to manage, sustain, and develop engagement in school by making it feel like a game. It’s not a game though, it's a platform where teachers can give points to...

Alex Assal is the CEO and Co-founder of Whoomies, a flat-sharing community in France with the goal of giving people better access to housing and creating better living situations. Alex graduated fairly recently from the IÉSEG Business School in Paris, and very soon after founded Whoomies. Based on his experience of trying to find roommates in New York and Singapore, and the similar experiences of his co-founder, Lauren, they saw a gap in the market to streamline the experience. Instead of...

Lisa Loeb is a Grammy-winning singer songwriter who was launched into the spotlight with a platinum selling number one hit song, Stay. She is a trailblazing independent artist. She continues to publish records, she writes music for TV and film, and she’s also the owner and designer of Lisa Loeb Eyewear. She talks about her multi-passionate interests and how she launched her music career from college. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu (http://brandeis.edu)...

Kalsoom Lakhani is the Founder and CEO of Invest2Innovate, supports and unleashes the potential of young entrepreneurs in growing markets like Pakistan. She's also partner at I2I Ventures, Invest2Innovate's early stage investment fund for Pakistan, and the country's first female-founded institutional fund. She's trained young entrepreneurs and changemakers in Kosovo, Nepal, Cambodia, Ireland, Bangladesh, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.   Kalsoom is a third culture kid, which means that she spent...

Stephen Ost is the Vice President of Product at Paradox, where he leads the product development of their AI recruiting assistant named Olivia. Paradox works with enterprise and mid-market clients to transform their global talent acquisition and candidate experience. Steven got his bachelors in Computer Science at the University of Arizona, where he was recognized as a College Entrepreneur of the Year by Entrepreneur Magazine.   While at college, Stephen developed an interest in startups and...

Desmond Lim is an entrepreneur who moved to the US from Singapore in 2013 and graduated from both Harvard and MIT. After that, he relocated to San Francisco to start Workstream.is, a text-based hiring platform for companies hiring hourly workers. Desmond founded his first business after high school, a Thai food restaurant, to help pay for college. Before joining Merrill Lynch for three years, he's represented his native country, Singapore, in basketball, playing in the South East Asian Youth...

Today's guests are Jason Mitchell and Eric Dieter. They oversee and run an agency called Movement Strategy, which they co-founded in 2009. The agency is an independent, social-led creative agency with a focus on digital marketing initiatives. They use social features and tools and are on the cutting edge of digital trends. They have done work for partners such as Under Armour, Warner Brothers, and Netflix.   Movement Strategy is a full-service social media agency. When Eric and Jason came...

Norman Tran is the Head of Design at Tradecraft, where he helps smart people going through professional inflection points figure out what's next while avoiding potential failures. Norman created emotional intelligence training at Mission U, a tuition-free college alternative that helps underrepresented adults get roles at companies like Spotify, Survey Monkey, and Accenture. He has facilitated Stanford Graduate School of Business’ flagship course on emotional intelligence. And he's helped...

Today's guest is Yossuf Albanawi, the Co-Founder and CEO of Pilleve, a digital health company that helps patients, care providers, and payers prevent the long-term costs associated with opioid abuse and addiction. After struggling with substance abuse at a young age, Yossuf was able to recover with an early intervention from a loved one. Since then, he's been working on the frontlines of the addiction crisis that's taken over 70,000 lives last year.   For more information, visit:...

Selena Soo is a publicity and marketing strategist for entrepreneurs, experts, and authors who want to reach millions with their messages. Her signature approach comes down to building powerful and long-lasting relationships with influencers and the media in a thoughtful and authentic way; She’s a bridge builder, helping people in need find the people who can help them.   “I'm really passionate about helping these entrepreneurs who are doing amazing things go from feeling like this hidden...

David Klein is the CEO and Co-Founder of CommonBond, a FinTech Company that gives students and graduates better ways to pay for higher education. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and Times' Genius Companies, CommonBond has funded over $2.5 billion in student loans and helped more than 300 companies offer common bond for student loan benefits to their employees. It's also the first finance company with a one-for-one social mission, where for every loan CommonBond funds, it...

Tayo Rockson is a writer, speaker, consultant, and media personality who runs UYD Management, a strategic, leadership, and consulting firm that helps organizations incorporate sustainable diversity and inclusion practices. As someone who's lived on four continents, he is an authority in communicating effectively across cultures. He also hosts the popular As Told by Nomads podcast and his new book, Use Your Difference to Make a Difference, which is about how to connect and communicate in a...

Adam Smiley Poswolsky is a millennial workplace expert, an international keynote speaker, and the best selling author The Quarter Life Breakthrough and The Breakthrough Speaker. Smiley helps companies attract, retain, and empower millennial talent through speaking on the topics like employee engagement and intergenerational collaboration.   A lot of companies are now struggling with retention and keeping young people longer than six months, a year, which is incredibly costly. Millennial...

Ronit Avni is a tech and media entrepreneur and Peabody Award-winning producer who works at the intersection of tech and social impact. She is the founder and CEO of Localized, a career tech platform that connects educated talent in emerging markets with global businesses, drawing on diaspora networks at scale.   In our episode today, Ronit shares how she transitioned from drama to political science in college, fusing your interests in a career that is creative and fulfilling, and why...

Ruby Lee is an online side hustle business coach who, after side hustling for almost four years, developed what she calls the Own Your Hustle Movement in 2018. People from all around the world seek Ruby out when they want to learn how to launch an online business, grow a personal brand on social media, and generate long-term diversified income streams, even while working full time.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Instagram: @_rubylee_  Facebook group: Own...

After about a decade in the music industry working for major and independent record labels, recording studios, music publishers, and music industry trade publications, Dwight Heckelman left the corporate world for academia. In 2005, he chaired and designed the music industry program at Hocking College, later serving as the Career Development and Job Recruitment Coordinator at the Berklee College of Music.   Then, in 2010, Dwight founded Groove U, a revolutionary two-year Music Industry...

Xian Li serves as Senior Vice President for Production for SK Global Entertainment. In this role, she is in charge of enhancing and expanding the company's slate of Asia-focused, global-minded film and TV projects, following the success of SK Global's co-financed and co-produced film Crazy Rich Asians.   For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu   Resources: Learn more at skglobalentertainment.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/xianli From the Dorm Room to the Boardroom is a...

Today's guest is Lauren Maffeo, who has spent most of her career reporting on and working within the global technology sector. She started as a freelance journalist covering tech trends for The Guardian and The Next Web from London, and today, Lauren works as an Associate Principal Analyst at GetApp, where she covers the impact of emerging tech like AI and blockchain on small and mid-sized business owners. For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu