Culture Lab

Marshall Olney is a current JD and MBA students at Santa Clara University,  prior to being a student Marshall had a career in the U.S Army as UH-60 Black Hawk and Commission Officer, he also had a career as a pilot flying for private companies.  With one impressive and unique resume, Marshall joins the lab today to share his experience in changing careers and his journey.

Friendship, most of us would say we have a pretty good understanding of its meaning right? Well, I thought so until I had a conversation with Dr. Angela Holzmeister. She is a Lecturer at Santa Clara University where she teaches ancient Greek, Latin, ethics, mythology, and friendship.  She is also an MBA candidate at the Leavy School of business and joins us today to discuss the role that friendship plays in our lives and hows it is has become a new taboo for western society. 

We recently spoke to Rusty Wall, a scientist with Maverick therapeutic which is a biotech company that has raised over 125 million over the past 4 years. We discuss the career steps he has taken prior to entering this role, how he ended up being in this venture, and how he manages it all.

3 million people filed for unemployment last week ( update as of today it's 6.6 Million), what does this mean?  Today we bring on Chris, who is an economist as well as a master in public policy candidate at Brown University; who discusses with us the meaning of unemployment and how serious are things getting.  We also bring on Gethin an analyst from an international investment bank to lead us through a discussion on the market's reaction to COVID 19.  Please note all material shared on this podcast are personal opinions and do not reflect advice, nor financial recommendations. 

 Sudip Guha, is a cybersecurity professional, family man, and my fellow MBA candidate at The Leavey School of Business. Despite already being in a leadership position with a very respectable company in Silicon Valley, Sudip joins us to discuss how he continues to go further.  

Post grad you find yourself working ( if you’re lucky)  and it’s great for like 6 months and then summer ends……...and you’re still working, to work, and then work some more basically you’re just working until start asking yourself what’s next My step which I highly recommend a goal flow chart, kind of like a vision board without all the images… Basically you sit down and write on a sticky note where your at today. What’s your current state or current role; this will require some reflection and honesty What do you hope to accomplish in 1 year or where do you want to be in 1 year In between that I would write what steps do you need to take to reach that next sticky note.. Once you have this down you’ll have an idea of what you want and what you have to do now to get what you want. This is a great tool to prep for grad school and a great exercise for interns!

When an industry is dominated by 3 major players, it’s common to not see new entries into the market. However in the music industry this seems to not apply, despite the crushing resources that sony, Universal, and Warner Group have over the market it seems more and more new players  emerge.  This is why I consider artist entrepreneurs of entrepreneurs, because despite the competition, artists have continued to build,pivot, and craft products to win the market. Unlike other entrepreneurs in silicon valley, rappers in silicon valley are doing this with no help from investors, simply girt.

According to  the conference board ( a non profit research organization)  53 percent of the workforce is not happy with their work.  This unhappiness may be due to a lack of interest in their role, industry or working conditions but regardless this is a grim number. In today's episode we will  share the story of Preston Nunez who despite having a promising career on paper, realized he was becoming apart of this grim number. It was  only until he made the conscious effort to quit his job and change his lifestyle that discovered the perfect blend of passion and work.

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