Visionary Entrepreneur, investor and CEO and Founder of the new healthcare startup, LEAGUE, Michael Serbinis shares what he learned building three disruptive startups, selling two of them and working with Kimbal and Elon Musk.
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“The earth is craving people who try to be revolutionary, push the envelope, and take risks,” Natasha Case shared, reflecting on her time as a student at Berkeley. An architect by trade, the first step Natasha takes to fulfill this calling is physically drawing her vision.
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Albert Wegner, a partner at Union Square Ventures, recently wrote a moving post about finding and living our purpose. Despite the question ‘What is your purpose?’ proposing deep self-reflection, a challenge he dually recognizes, Albert’s writing inspired me to ask the guests who join me on 33founders the same question. As 33founders has evolved, my highest goal is to give individuals an opportunity to share their lives outside of their title; Unveiling their desires as well as the drive that keep them awake at night.
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One of the most impactful insights I’ve learned from the First Round Review stemmed from Heidi Roizen when she urged an audience of Stanford students to leave room for good and random things to happen to them. Heidi, an investor at DFJ Venture, is one of Camille Ricketts’ idols who wrote the piece, “8 Rare Gems from Heidi Roizen on Building a Fulfilling Life and Career” simply because the presentation inspired her.
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It’s become a running joke between my dad and me that I have a new best friend every day. The adage stems from the common practice I’ve adopted sprinting out of my interviews and exclaiming “I love them!” seconds after I hang up with our guests on Skype. Hosting 33founders is an enormous blessing for so many reasons.
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The first picture on Park House Academy’s kindergarten roster is a round face with uncontainable curls and missing teeth. Below it reads: ‘Jenna Abdou - Teacher.’ Twelve years later my teaching plans turned into profiling startups on 33founders and as I tuned into the 2015 Launch Festival this week I couldn’t be more grateful.
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When I was 17, my friend asked me if I ever wondered about the meaning of life. Essentially, he explained, he was inquiring if I knew why we were here and what we needed to do to be happy. Taking that my teenage self was more concerned with figuring out how to get my AP Lit teacher to respect me even the slightest bit, I told him I wasn’t sure and we moved on.
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There’s no greater feeling than when you stop holding your breath the instant your team makes the game winning play. The best Sundays are the ones when RG III throws a Hail Mary on 1st down or Alfred Morris sneaks in the end zone to tie the game
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In the words of Oprah, we all have “aha” moments. My aha moment came on a warm August afternoon, sitting in a crowded classroom in Seaver Hall. Professor Oliver, who later became my mentor, started our Rhetoric of Women class with a simple, but life-changing question: Are you heard?
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Seven insights from the S.H.E. Summit conference about women actively pursuing their dreams. 1. "The best return a woman can get is ask for the raise." - Sallie Krawcheck, Ellevate Network 2. "Dream bigger - Who gives a damn what anybody thinks!" - Alexa Von Tobel, CEO and Founder of...
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