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    The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal

    Founded 6.5+ years ago by Vidit Agarwal, The High Flyers Podcast is a global top ranked show exploring the personal and professional journeys behind the most relatable role models shaping our world.

    Enjoy 275+ in-depth (and often rare) conversations with the world’s most influential and relatable role models in business, tech, finance, government and sport — going beyond the headlines to explore their life and work including their formative years, inflection points, industry insights, and how they think, lead and build.

    Episodes are listened to by CEOs, C-Suite Executives, Investors, Founders, and Government Leaders across Australia, USA, India, UK, Singapore, Canada and New Zealand.

    Alongside the podcast, we host an annual High Flyers Growth Summit in Sydney and San Francisco.

    This podcast is one of five products under our parent company, Curiosity Centre.

    We’re proud that more than 60% of our 275+ guests have trusted us for their first-ever public interview — or to go in-depth on their personal story for the first time. These include:

    Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister of Australia), Jason Collins (CEO, BlackRock, Asia Pacific), Brad Banducci (CEO, Woolworths), Keith Rabois (MD, Khosla Ventures), Michael Schneider (CEO, Bunnings), Elena Verna (Head of Growth, Lovable), David Haber (a16z Partner), David Schneider (Growth Fund Co-Lead Partner, Cotaue), Vandita Pant (CFO, BHP), Jodie Auster (Uber’s Global Head of Travel), Shiv Rao (CEO, Abridge), Ryan Beiermeister (Partner, Founders Fund), Jesse Zhag (CEO, Decagon), Rob Giglio (CCO, Canva), Gautam Chari (Head of Capital Commitments, Bank of America), Mel Silva (Managing Director, Google), Jean-Michel Limieux (CTO, Shopify and Atlassian), David Eckstein (CFO, Legora), Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta), John Haddock (CBO, Harvey), Mark Suster (Partner, Upfront Ventures), Niki Scevak (Partner, Blackbird), Craig Tiley (CEO, USA Tennis), Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (COO, Vercel), Paul Bassat (Partner, Square Peg), Bowen Pan (Creator, Facebook Marketplace), Sam Sicilia (CIO, Hostplus), Jack Zhang (CEO, Airwallex), Tim Doyle (CEO, Eucalyptus), Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (CEO, Xero), Sanjeev Gandhi (CEO, Orica), Philip Green (Australia’s Ambassador to India), Vivek Bhatia (CEO, MUFG), Cristina Cordova (COO, Linear) and more.

    Engage with us via:

    Email: contact@curiositycentre.com

    Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com

    X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vidags10

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehighflyers

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    Michael Fox: Countryside sunrise, optimise for rate of learning in career, closing fashion biz, now building meat free movement + worrying stats about our diets! Jan 10, 2022
    Show notes

    The brilliant and inspiring Michael Fox and I chat about his sunrise in broken hill NSW with dad being a mining engineer and mum a part time accountant who went back to uni later on to do a masters and PHD!

    Hear about the importance of optimising for rate of learning, particularly early in your career: as Michael shares his experiences in law, retail and tech which then led to founding Shoes of Prey, a women's fashion company which Michael ended up closing after 10 years of operation. Which is a big step to make so I asked Michael about how he kept the trust of his employees (some of them work with him now at Fable), the importance of systems and routines particularly in the first 3 months after closing the business.

    Michael is now the founder and CEO of Fable Food Co, providing delicious food that is plant based and on a mission to reduce industrial animal agriculture, help you live longer and make the world a better place! You’ll hear a number of confronting facts including one where 95% of Aussies don’t get enough fiber in their diet, wow!

    And as a bonus, I asked Michael about his 41 acre property in the sunshine coast and his personal interest in social communal living, growing fruit and veg and more.

    Enjoy!

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    TIMESTAMPS

    03:31 - Quick facts about Michael

    05:20 - High flyer in Michael’s life

    06:30 - Sunrise

    08:40 - Early childhood influence to figure out new environments

    09:15 - early influencers

    10:50 - posters on the wall growing up

    12:08 - fitting into school being entrepreneurial kid

    14:10 - view of success in life at age 16

    15:15 - Biggest painful learning

    16:00 - Closing shoes of prey after 10 years

    17:15 - mental transition & support

    19:00 - belief to found 2 businesses

    20:20 - focus on rate of learning in career

    22:20 - optimising for learning from Mike Cannon Brookes (co-founder Atlasssian)

    23:10 - attracting talent and building trust

    28:05 - first 3 months after shoes of prey: building systems and routine to reset

    32:40 - living and breathing the Fable mission

    34:40 - Purpose for 41 acre property on the Sunshine Coast

    39:10 - Unknowns about industrial animal agriculture

    40:25 - surprising facts about pigs and social acceptance

    42:08 - Industrial animal agriculture responsible for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions

    44:05 - 95% of Australian’s don’t get enough fibre in their diet

    47:20 - Goals for Fable’s success at the end of 2022

    49:41 - final sprint

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    Read about our recently launched Curiosity Center business and subscribe to the newsletter for articles directly in your inbox!

    Always appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.

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    This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!

    Introducing Curiosity Center: Specific episodes w founders & leaders in every industry, showcasing what they do, why and how to help you thrive at work and achieve your potential! Jan 05, 2022
    Show notes

    Introducing Curiosity Center!

    Listen in to find out:

    • Show highlights of 2021
    • Why, How and where for Curiosity Center

    Subscribe to the curiosity center newsletter here to receive every article directly in your inbox: https://vidags10.substack.com/welcome

    Follow Curiosity Center on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/curiositycentre/

    Follow Curiosity Center on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/curiositycentre/

    Contact Vidit to share your thoughts, questions or advice at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz

    As we get into 2022, I’ll leave you with this: Humility is the soil of knowledge. Curiosity is the water that helps it grow. Empathy is the sunlight that shows us which way to bend.

    I’m excited to go on this journey together to learn, grow, and feed our curiosity. Together we will figure out what we enjoy, and who we can be. Let’s always stay curious, young or old.

    Fly high,

    Vidit

    Crossover Special: Vidit joins Chloe Temple on the Leadership Confidence series - "What I'm learning from 50+ episodes re-imagining the traditional high flyer" Dec 15, 2021
    Show notes

    Thanks to Chloe Temple for inviting the host of this show, Vidit Agarwal on the Leadership Confidence series!

    *****

    Points covered/ timestamps:

    02:10 - celebrating 50 episodes of The High Flyers Podcast

    02:55 - Did Vidit start the podcast with a goal to do 50 episodes?

    04:10 - Release pattern of episodes: weekly vs fortnightly

    05:35 - what is the definition of a high flyer and how did Vidit choose the podcast name?

    08:04 - How relationships have improved thanks to the podcast

    09:35 - Podcast recognised in the top 20 shows

    10:35 - Best leadership lessons from show to date

    17:05 - Most memorable guests

    26:26 - Advice for creating podcast or content online

    34:40 - Whats coming in 2022 and the launch of Curiosity Centre

    38:50 - Domain name choice to stand out

    40:00 - Dream guests for future episodes

    Enjoy!

    Follow Chloe here: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chloe-temple

    Follow Vidit here: https://au.linkedin.com/in/viditag

    Follow POPP here: https://popprovides.com/

    Follow Curiosity Center here: https://www.instagram.com/curiositycentre/ OR https://au.linkedin.com/company/curiositycentre

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    Stay tuned for the launch of CURIOSITY CENTER, coming in early 2022!

    I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.

    Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!

    This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

    Tom Kelly: Italian influences, how to build a start up and raise funding whilst being a doctor with no direct business experience, surgical registrar turned start up founder building the next step in clinical training + secrets for a long life! Dec 12, 2021
    Show notes

    Take flight into Tom's journey - Sunrise in Melbourne, with Italian influences including how his parents meeting at an Italian restaurant, his dad being a chef, and early memories of working in his family’s restaurant business learning how to take orders, process bills and more.

    We go into Tom’s time working as a doctor including his

    - reflections on spending 10 years in the public health system and advice to future medical students

    - The moment that sealed the realisation that its time to go all in on Oscer, the company he’s founder and CEO at, building the next step in clinical training.

    - Secrets picked up from treating patients for living a healthy life

    and if you have an idea and not quite sure on how to turn it into a business - we spend 30 mins spent on how Tom started the business, Oscer whilst being a doctor, learning how to build a no code platform, finding engineers, learning about investment and how VC’s work through podcasts and online content and more!

    TIMESTAMPS

    02:48 - Quick Facts about Tom

    05:45 - Tom’s sunrise in Melbourne (Italian heritage, family restaurant business)

    09:33 - Heroes growing up

    12:20 - Meaning of success at 16

    15:00 - The decision to study medicine

    18:00 - Realising it was time to change and go all in on Oscer

    21:20 - Reflections on 10 years in medicine and if anything would have been different in hindsight

    23:00 - Advice for future medical students

    25:00 - most memorable experience as a surgical registrar and personal impact

    29:40 - Secrets picked up from treating patients for living a healthy life

    33:45 - how Tom started Oscer the business having mainly Medical experience, not commerce

    34:20 - Creating the first online prototype with low or no code options

    38:55 - ignore the business and focus on the problem and customer

    41:20 - How Tom balanced doctor hours + building a business on the side

    44:00 - Adding 1 to a measure of time, putting in the time to reach product market fit

    45:40 - How to find engineers to build product and when to bring them into business

    53:00 - The decision to consider VC funding and learning business metrics coming from a medical background

    55:00 - Learning pitch process and VC funding through podcasts and online content (All in Podcast + The Pitch are Tom’s favourites)

    57:00 - Investing time horizons and securing capital at early stage

    1:01:17 - Biggest difference between surgeon and entrepreneur

    1:03:45 - final sprint and parting thoughts

    Enjoy!

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    I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.

    Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!

    This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

    Andy Miller: Free range childhood, travelling the world in pyjamas, story of launching Heaps Normal: the non alcholic beer movement during a pandemic & 3 years living in China! Dec 06, 2021
    Show notes

    Take flight into Andy's journey -- sunrise in Brisbane, Australia with inspector gadget as his childhood hero, and a desire to be a doctor that ultimately turned into a career in the creative industry, focused on brand, marketing, strategy and story telling. Traveled 10 countries in 10 days in pyjamas and recently co-founding Heaps Normal, an independent, alcohol-free beer company supporting everyday legends to dial the good times up to 11 and still perform at their best the next day.

    TIMESTAMPS

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    03:40 - quick facts about Andy (place of birth, first job and what he does now)

    05:23 - High flyer in Andy’s life

    06:39 - Andy’s sunrise: influence of family and environment

    07:55 - Influence of Parents

    10:20 - Inspector gadget

    12:48 - Playing water polo in later part of high school and then overseas

    14:20 - Desire to be a doctor growing up but realising a creative path to advertising

    17:50 - traveling the world in pyjamas, 10 countries in 10 weeks

    20:17 - Turning point post the trip

    23:30 - Winning Triple J competition to meet Foo Fighters in the UK

    27:40 - Painful learning: re-assessing the success path

    29:05 - Moving to China with his wife for 3 years

    32:08 - Reality of China vs media narrative

    33:05 - keys in brand building and story telling

    36:10 - learning's in agency advertising

    41:05 - change in marketing from craft to reach

    42:58 - magic moment that led to belief for creating Heaps Normal

    44:43 - co-founder Pete reaching out and deciding to build this idea into business

    47:45 - Quiet Beer or Heaps Normal

    50:00 - first 3 months of Heaps Normal with COVID taking over the world

    55:35 - Sending samples to people in the startup and VC ecosystem

    58:20 - Has Heaps Normal met or exceeded expectations

    59:50 - final sprint

    Enjoy!

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    Stay tuned for the launch of CURIOSITY CENTER, coming in early 2022!

    I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.

    Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!

    This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

    Shane Hatton: How he turned an idea into reality into a leadership and coaching practise, author, podcast host & renowned speaker! Nov 17, 2021
    Show notes

    Take flight into Shane's journey - sunrise in Bundaberg, a smallish town in QLD, Australia having varied interests as Shane describes it following themes rather than a specific path whether that be trying the trades, to then studying business because his girlfriend was doing it, how good! and then spending 7 years as a pastor involved with the church community which started from helping his friend with some marketing work.

    Since 2017, Shane has been running his own practise developing remarkable leaders and is a book author, podcast host and speaker. We went in depth as I asked Shane about how he started his practise in 2017, how he found his early clients, how to monetise, providing consistent value and much much more!

    MEMORABLE QUOTES MENTIONED

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    • “good leaders know how to speak and great leaders know when not to”
    • “biggest challenge when starting a business is we don’t know what game we are playing, we don’t know the rules. and because we don’t know the rules, we are open to a lot of well meaning bad advice.”
    • “narrow your topic and widen your sources”
    • “the moment we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget all the questions”

    TIMESTAMPS

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    04:32 - Sunrise, growing up in Bundaberg, QLD, Australia

    07:35 - Batman as hero

    08:15 - Shane in high school

    10:10 - being empowered to follow passion, rather than society

    11:22 - definition of success at 18

    13:15 - pit stops in life, different stages

    14:25 - themes Shane has noticed in people he helps be their best self

    15:56 - Painful learning

    18:45 - Involved with the church for 7 years and transition

    21:33 - realisation that helping people is Shane’s life’s work

    23:28 - turning idea into reality, first 3-6 months of building his practise

    24:22 - Advice from a mentor asking “what game are you really playing”

    26:26 - finding first clients to believe in Shane as a brand

    28:58 - separating from peers, providing value add that is unique

    31:42 - how to price your service and paid vs free

    35:54 - 2 commitments: client is all in and Shane is in your corner

    37:30 - aspiration, location and currency in articulating value

    40:15 - finding balance between book author, podcast host, coaching and speaking

    42:27 - building relationship & trust: firehose vs dripping tap

    43:58 - one piece of advice you give but find hard to follow yourself

    44:55 - unknowns of the work Shane does

    47:28 - sources of information Shane digests

    49:26 - final sprint

    Enjoy and love for you to message Vidit directly to share your feedback.

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    Stay tuned for the launch of CURIOSITY CENTER, coming in early 2022!

    I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.

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    This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

    #48 Blackbird's Nick Crocker: Dealing with loss early on, discovering startups via journalism, selling to Under Amour, Behind the scenes of Venture Capital Nov 07, 2021
    Show notes

    Take flight into Nick's journey -- You know those conversations, we all have them where you have so many questions but the discussion actually covers a lot of ground? That’s how this episode went.

    Nick Crocker shares his idyllic upbringing in QLD, Australia (which for our global listeners that may not be as aware, QLD is Australia’s bush country, laid back with a big % of nature and bush. Hear about Nick’s adventure living in France at 17 that opened up his eyes to the world, foray into journalism and his passion for writing which led to discovering entrepreneurship and as Nick calls it “it was love at first sight”

    TIMESTAMPS

    04:04 - High Flyer in Nick’s life who may not have received the recognition

    05:40 - Nick’s sunrise

    07:35 - Benefits now reflecting on Nick’s countryside idyllic upbringing “rich in love”

    09:00 - Nick in high school including passions, how teachers viewed him

    10:00 - Hero’s growing up outside family unit

    12:03 - Definition of success in life at the age of 16

    13:23 - Nick discovering Entrepreneurship through journalism

    15:50 - Nick’s writing on various topics (available online!)

    17:10 - most painful moment (but learning in hindsight)

    19:35 - most energising and fun moment

    21:20 - Long distance relationship with his wife for 4 years (Nick in the US and Julia in Adelaide, Australia)

    23:05 - experiences in the US founding sessions, selling it to Under Amour (and additionally integrating into US culture coming from laid back Australia)

    25:03 - the motivation to come back to Australia after the US adventure

    27:25 - Nick’s twitter reach out to Niki (blackbird founder) to meet for a coffee and how Nick views cold messaging now (1) does he still do it and (2) what makes him respond to one

    30:10 - Importance of meditation in Nick’s daily routine

    32:30 - Realisation of the weight of words and statements as a VC and board member

    34:25 - Helping a young founder evolve and grow

    36:35 - Favorite board member and why

    38:00 - How does a Venture capital firm make money?

    41:00 - Superannuation not being a savings account, rather it’s funding infrastructure, healthcare, education, startups and more

    42:20 - Nick’s systems and habits to decipher what to read & consume online on various topics of interest

    47:00 - Helping Australian athletes (AFL, Basketball etc) get into investing and mental shift required

    51:30 - what separates a good VC from the pack

    53:08 - Concept at PIXAR of comfort to fail whilst figuring it out (first 2 years of many Pixar movies are very average)

    54:11 - The final sprint rapid fire questions

    PEOPLE MENTIONED

    Michael Batko CEO @ Startmate

    Ben Hudson Executive coach

    Matthew Dellavedova, NBA and Australian Basketball Athlete

    Matt De Boer AFL Athlete + Co-Founder of Athletic Ventures, athlete led investment syndicate in Australia

    James Clear - Atomic Habits

    Enjoy!

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    I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.

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    This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

    BONUS! Building disability support agency Buttons w David Bookman - How it started, economics behind a service provider, NDIS Government scheme structure, painful learnings & success in next 2 years! Nov 02, 2021
    Show notes

    A bonus episode, the second in this series! The first we had Matt Dwyer from Tennis Australia take us behind the scenes of the Australian Open tennis grand slam, being the first sporting event held in a covid normal.

    This conversation with David was focused on the business he has co-founded called Buttons, a disability support agency based in Melbourne, Australia.

    I ask David about how he started this business, economics behind a disability service, how does the NDIS government scheme operate, David’s learning's to date and what success looks like over the next 2-5 years.

    TOPICS COVERED:

    1. How does one start a business?
    2. What are the economics behind a disability service provider?
    3. Building a team of support workers?
    4. How does NDIS work?
    5. how does Buttons work with the scheme? Self managed, plan managed, agency managed
    6. What are the revenue sources for Buttons?
    7. What does a Carer plan look like? Can you take me through how you would create this for a would be patient?
    8. Whats surprised David the most in the journey building Buttons for almost 2 years now?
    9. What is success when building a disability provider focused business?
    10. How do David and his co-founder continue to learn and ask for help?
    11. Whats been one painful learning to date?
    12. What would David want to have achieved in the next 5 years?

    Enjoy!

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    This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

    Chloe Temple - Overcoming challenges at uni in the UK to helping spark change to be our true selves, Building POPP coaching business Oct 19, 2021
    Show notes

    Take flight into Chloe's journey - growing up in the UK in a small tight knit family, looking up to her parents with dad being a business owner and mum as marketing director for a large corporate. Chloe talks candidly about dealing with realisation that University was challenging and how ego and arrogance made Chloe choose economics.


    Through preserving and hard work, things started to look up with Chloe starting her professional career in marketing at Sainsbury’s, one of the large retailers in the UK which after 5 years allowed Chloe to move to Australia to work for Coles, another large retailer in the country.

    I ask Chloe about 3 important topics and we go deep into each. These being (1) mental health and Chloe’s own struggles with depression, (2) How Chloe created a new role for herself at Reckitt and built a team and (3) perhaps the biggest moment of them all, making the decision to leave a steady job she was good at to try her hand at creating the coaching business called POPP and how she made the transition.

    An action oriented conversation which summarises Chloe well and a lot of insights for you the listener to apply to your life.

    TIMESTAMPS

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    05:25 - how would teachers describe Chloe in school

    07:35 - Influences behind be a go getter person

    09:40 - Hero’s for Chloe growing up

    10:30 - planning future life at age of 16, and what’s next

    12:10 - Dealing with realisation that Uni was challenging and how ego and arrogance made Chloe choose economics

    14:15 - Marketing industry placement at Sainsbury’s (one of the big retailers in the UK) whilst Chloe’s classmates went into more traditional fields of finance, government etc

    18:35 - big magic moment in Chloe’s life (finding her why)

    22:40 - experiencing depression for nearly a decade

    24:35 - speaking up about mental health (at work)

    28:10 - sharing mental health status with line manager at work (what I experience, how I manage it, what support you can provide)

    30:45 - moving to Australia from the UK

    34:00 - How to approach a new challenge in life (or role at work)

    40:11 - Chloe’s experience creating a new role at Reckitt (global company with brands like Dettol, Strepsils etc) and how to build a team to deliver the vision

    44:10 - Decision to leave corporate and start her own business and how it came alive

    52:00 - how to go full time on your own business with no fixed income anymore

    53:40 - financial plan when starting a business

    55:30 - Chloe’s role at POPP

    58:34 - How Chloe looks at separating her coaching venture from others and provide an incremental benefit

    Enjoy!

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    This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

    Minal Mehta - Pan Asia upbringing, scaling next billion users for YouTube, tech in the early 2000's vs now, career coach at Harvard & Founding TakeTwo! Oct 11, 2021
    Show notes

    Take flight into Minal's journey -- growing up in India, learning ambition and owning yourself from her mother and the drive to be better from her father; and then going to Singapore to finish her last years of high school!

    Post high school, Minal secured a full scholar to Stanford University, which started her journey in the US and Minal’s foray into tech in the early 2000’s working at Expedia and Amazon in the early days, then doing an MBA at Harvard followed by exciting roles at the likes of LinkedIn and Youtube leading product including building YouTube for the next billion users.

    I also asked Minal about the creator economy, how to build a life post MBA, advice for new graduates, and hear about Take Two, the new venture Minal is building with two co-founders!

    TIMESTAMPS

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    15:10 - Assimilate in a new culture at school: Attending a high school with 300 people per class, all Chinese with Minal being 1 of 7 scholars from India

    16:40 - Applying to Stanford from Singapore

    18:45 - Power of own voice, 2003 after dot com bust studying at Stanford

    24:20 - Opportunity to join Amazon in 2003

    24:55 - Amazon first principles from Day 1 when they started in 2000’s

    27:15 - Learnings early on (work + India) to utilise in career

    28:35 - Why MBA and why Harvard

    30:30 - two benefits from Harvard

    34:05 - building a life post Harvard

    38:05 - What should a graduate look for in first role post study?

    40:15 - optimising for Learning (whether its joining a startup or a reputable brand name)

    40:20 - what have you done, not where have you been

    42:15 - solving a problem that fits with who you are. Example of how Jeff Bezos couldn’t build Google and Larry couldn’t build Amazon

    44:30 - Learnings from working with Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner at Linkedin

    48:50 - the creator economy; getting best reach for your content

    52:40 - Thinking behind LinkedIn groups (Minal was head of product)

    55:20 - Minal starting TakeTwo and story behind going from corporate to entrepreneur

    1:01:30 - Finding co-founders, why, how

    Enjoy!

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    This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

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