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167: How to Break Into International Affairs & Diplomacy w/ Amb. Rick Barton, Princeton University [Espresso Shots] May 16, 2019

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Ambassador Rick Barton teaches at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, where he serves as the co-director of Princeton’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiatives and Ullman Fellowships. He has served as an American ambassador to the United Nations and the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees at the United Nations, and he was the first Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations under former president Barack Obama.

166: How to Break Into Functional Medicine With Dr Mark Hyman, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine [Espresso Shots] May 15, 2019

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Mark Hyman, MD, believes that we all deserve a life of vitality—and that we have the potential to create it for ourselves. That’s why he is dedicated to tackling the root causes of chronic disease by harnessing the power of Functional Medicine to transform healthcare.

165: How to Pivot From Journalism Into Venture Capital Investing w/ Marcus Brauchli, North Base Media [Main T4C episode] May 14, 2019

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Marcus Brauchli is co-founder and managing partner of North Base Media, a partnership that invests in highly innovative media and technology companies in key growth markets around the world. He also serves as an advisor or director of several, including leading digital sites in Poland, India and Taiwan, and digital-content analytics and monetization technology companies.

164: How to Break Into Philanthropy & Fundraising w/ Johanna Thoeresz, Oregon Community Foundation [Espresso Shots] May 11, 2019

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Johanna Thoeresz is Chief Development Officer at the Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) whose mission is to “improve the lives of Oregonians through the power of philanthropy” and which provides a total of $120 million dollars a year in grants across the state of Oregon in order to accomplish this goal. Johanna is an expert in the field of philanthropy with 30 years of experience. She leads a statewide team at OCF to cultivate a network of high net-worth donors. A graduate of Reed College with a degree in German Literature, Johanna was drawn to the philanthropic development world for the people, and their willingness to share and make the world a better place.

163: How to Break Into Corporate Partnerships at a Non-Profit With Scott Williams, GlobalGiving [Espresso Shots] May 09, 2019

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Scott Williams is a Senior Corporate Partnerships and Product Manager at Global Giving, the largest crowdfunding community connecting nonprofits, donors, and companies in nearly every country. They help nonprofits from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe (and hundreds of places in in between) access the tools, training, and support they need to be more effective and make our world a better place. Scott works with private sector companies to develop programs and use GlobalGiving’s platform as a way to do good, such as through grants or employee engagement. His position has made him well-versed in navigating the charitable nonprofit industry, whether through cold-calling or building relationships with companies around the world.

162: How to Break Into Architecture & Design w/ Simon Jacobsen, Jacobsen Architecture LLC [Espresso Shots] May 08, 2019

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Simon Jacobsen is a founding partner of the internationally acclaimed architectural firm Jacobsen Architecture, LLC with his father Hugh Newell Jacobsen, F.A.I.A. Simon operates a company of nine architects and works throughout the United States, Caribbean, Europe and Asia. The primary focus of his work is custom residential, commercial and institutional architecture, interiors, furniture and lighting design. Simon Jacobsen’s work is widely published in print and television such as The Wall Street Journal, Casa VOGUE, HGTV's Extreme Homes, Architectural Digest, The Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine, DC Modern Luxury, Home & Design, Design Bureau Magazine, HGTV, Entra Magazine and the hundreds of internet publications and design blogs.

161: How to HATCH Your Superpowers w/ Yarrow Kraner, HATCH and H360 [Main T4C episode] May 07, 2019

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Yarrow is the Founder of HATCH and H360, an Aspen Institute Fellow, and named 2015 top 100 creatives in the U.S. by Origins. As a Filmmaker, he has directed projects for Richard Branson, The Rock, P Diddy, and international brands. In 1999, Yarrow created the original online community, Superdudes – 3 years before My Space – enabling users to create online identity, profile, friends lists, and play online games, to earn a chance at crowd-voted fame, and get printed in a deck of trading cards. The platform connected and empowered real life superheroes (there is a superhero within us all), and user engagement was higher than any other youth destination site at that time. The community grew to 1.5 Million users by 2003, when it was acquired by FOX in a bundle with MySpace for $580M. Six months later, Yarrow founded HATCH, a network of influencers accelerating progress on solutions for global challenges.

160: How to Break Into the Field of Data Science w/ Nick Hamlin, GlobalGiving [Espresso Shots] May 04, 2019

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Nick Hamlin is a data scientist and uses statistics and programming, along with his own curious brain, to ask and answer intriguing questions in the non-profit, social sector at GlobalGiving. Under the slogan: “Donate to charity and see your impact with regular updates,” GlobalGiving has become the largest crowdfunding community in the world. Nick works on a diverse array of projects, including measuring the on-the-ground impact of the organizations his nonprofit supports through crowdfunded donations. On his own, Nick has developed GlobalGiving’s ETL system, which allows his colleagues to better manage the data most relevant to their work, on their own.

159: How to Break Into Cancer Research at NIH w/ Dr. Art Shaffer, National Cancer Institute, NIH [Espresso Shots] May 02, 2019

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Dr. Art Shaffer is a Staff Scientist in the Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where he and many other researchers are working tirelessly to find the cure for the 400+ diagnosed cancers. He’s currently working to find a cure for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Art has worked at NIH for almost 20 years and says he wakes up every day grateful and excited to go to work. Art did his undergraduate studies at the University of Delaware where he got a BA in Biology. Eventually he signed up for graduate school at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to pursue his PhD. Pull up a mug of your favorite caffeinated brew and learn how you can break into this fascinating field in this Espresso Shots episode!

158: How to Break Into National Security Law & Startups w/ France Hoang, FH+H law firm [Espresso Shots] May 01, 2019

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Francis Hoang — aka France — is a veteran entrepreneur who has used his impressive skills and experience to build companies across the industries of law, aerospace, and technology. Born into war, France fled Vietnam as a refugee to the United States in the 1970’s and eventually attended West Point, where he graduated in the top 1% of his class. As a Partner with FH+H, France represents, advises, and counsels middle market companies on a wide variety of matters, including sensitive government inquiries and internal investigations, corporate compliance, corporate governance, and government contracts law. Holding an active security clearance, France has unique and extensive experience with the defense, intelligence, and homeland security industries. He has over 20 years of national security experience, including positions in every branch of the US government. Now, France uses his knowledge to help a variety of organizations grow, develop, and function, and has even applied his wide-ranging skill set to establish two of his own startups — Chisel co-working for lawyers and Boodle AI.

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