177. Where business schools fail in the Digital Age Nov 15, 2023

A top MBA can be the best investment you make in your career. BUT most business schools haven't adapted to the Digital Age, despite pressure from employers & students.

Listen to this episode if you have an MBA, are considering one, or work at a business school.

You will learn:

  • What's missing...
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148. What I didn't get at Chicago Booth for $180,000 Apr 27, 2023

An MBA from a top school can be a great investment. But most business schools have not updated their curricula for the Digital Age and the new world of work. 

Listen to this episode to hear what Sophia Matveeva loved about her MBA and the two vital skillsets her business school didn't teach....

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93. Lessons from the Netflix C Suite Apr 06, 2022

How do you get to the top of a tech company as a non-technical professional? How can you drive innovation, when you’re not building the technology yourself?

That’s what you’ll learn from this interview with David Wells, ex CFO of Netflix and chair of the board at Wise.

Learning...

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73. How I transitioned into a career in tech Nov 17, 2021

Lots of smart people want to transition into careers in tech, but don’t know how to get started. If that sounds like you, then listen to how Alexandra Soroko went from finance to tech leadership.

Today, Alexandra is Head of Merchant Sales at Visa in France, and connects fintech...

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62. How I used accelerators to build a tech business Sep 01, 2021

Andi Govindia has gone through three accelerators on her start-up journey. This helped her build a business model, find co-founders and get her first major clients.

Andi leads Riviter, a visual search company that uses AI to predict fashion and beauty trends, and counts L'Oreal amongst its...

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46. How technology moves money around the world May 12, 2021

When you make a payment, your money doesn’t reach the destination bank account straight away. Instead, it goes through an underground railroad of payment providers and intermediaries to reach its destination.

In traditional banking, this process is expensive and slow, but new fintech...

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34. How I Built A Fintech AI Business As A Non-Technical Founder Feb 17, 2021

Sophia Matveeva spoke to Jung Seok Kung (JS) founder of Aizen, a fintech company which uses AI to support decision making and manage risk for banks. JS is a non-technical founder, who now leads a company that processes 10,000+ algorithms in real time.

If you want to learn what AI is in practice...

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31. How To Transition Into Venture Capital Jan 29, 2021

A career in venture capital is lucrative and exciting. Yet, it is also hard to get into, and once you're in, staying successful isn't easy.

Sophia Matveeva spoke to Silicon Valley venture investor Nilesh Trivedi principal investor at J Ventures and Chicago Booth MBA.

They talked about what makes...

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6. Intro to Product Management with Facebook's Rags Vadali Dec 02, 2020

In this episode Sophia Matveeva talks to Rags Vadali about what product management is, what PMs do and what you need to get a job in PM.

Rags Vadali has managed product at Google, Facebook and various start-ups, and like Sophia, has an MBA from Chicago Booth. This interview is an...

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4. What Non-Technical Founders Need to Know About Tech Nov 20, 2020

David Segura is a perfect example of how non-techies can thrive in technology. His first venture, Giant Media, was a native video advertising exchange which David sold for millions to an ad tech company backed by TPG & JMI in 2014. Since then David has invested in almost 50 startups, many of...

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