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Oct. 17, 2022

Reflections on Graduate Theory

This episode is a conversation between James Fricker and Joe Wehbe, celebrating the end of season one of Graduate Theory. To stay in touch, subscribe to the newsletter: https://graduate-theory.beehiiv.com/subscribe All links ...

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Oct. 10, 2022

Nan Meka | On Choosing a Startup That's Right For You

Nan Meka is VP at Pet Circle and a Fellow at Afterwork VC. All links in one place: https://linktr.ee/graduatetheory Direct Links https://www.graduatetheory.com https://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprout https://www.graduatethe...

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Oct. 3, 2022

Graduate Theory Compilation - Part Two

This episode is a compilation of episodes 1-25 of Graduate Theory. Graduate Theory Newsletter https://graduate-theory.beehiiv.com/subscribe Content 00:00 Intro 01:16 26 - Abhi Maran 03:43 27 - Kerry Callenbach 05:54 29 - Lace...

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Sept. 26, 2022

Graduate Theory Compilation - Part One

This episode is a compilation of episodes 1-25 of Graduate Theory. Graduate Theory Newsletter https://graduate-theory.beehiiv.com/subscribe Content 00:00 Intro 01:07 1 - Joe Wehbe 02:04 3 - Darren Fleming 04:12 4 - Scott Mcke...

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Sept. 19, 2022

On Achieving Work-Life Balance

This episode is a deep-dive into work-life balance and how we can deal with it. Read More https://graduate-theory.beehiiv.com/subscribe All links in one place https://linktr.ee/graduatetheory Direct Links https://www.graduate...

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Sept. 12, 2022

Dave Lourdes | On Becoming The Best You Can Be

Dave Lourdes is a professional speaker, elite performance coach and facilitator. His experience exceeds three decades and over 700 workshops, seminars and special events, addressing more than 15,000 people in talks and semina...

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Sept. 5, 2022

Mykel Dixon | On Rediscovering Your Creativity

Mykel Dixon is an award-winning speaker, author, musician & globally recognised authority on creativity, leadership and the human future of work. Read More https://www.graduatetheory.com/46-mykel-dixon All links in one place ...

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Aug. 29, 2022

Brendan Humphreys | On Developing Your Engineering Career

Brendan Humphreys is the Head Of Engineering at Canva. Read More https://www.graduatetheory.com/45-Brendan-Humphreys All links in one place https://linktr.ee/graduatetheory Direct Links https://www.graduatetheory.com https://...

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Aug. 22, 2022

Lisa Leong | On Moments of Truth and Pattern Discovery

Lisa Leong is an ABC Radio National broadcaster, media commentator and business consultant. Read More https://www.graduatetheory.com/44-lisa-leong All links in one place https://linktr.ee/graduatetheory Direct Links https://w...

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Aug. 15, 2022

Caleb Maru | On African Startups and the Power of Accountability

Caleb Maru is the Head of Programs at EntryLevel and a Partner at Proximity Ventures. He is passionate about startups in Africa and writes about his learnings in his newsletter. Read More https://www.graduatetheory.com/43-cal...

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Aug. 8, 2022

On Creating a Lifestyle Career Plan

Today's episode has no guest, rather it is a chat with me about the importance of creating a life and career plan for yourself. Graduate Theory Newsletter https://www.graduatetheory.com/42/ All links in one place https://link...

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Aug. 1, 2022

Gabriel Guedes | On Tales of Spontaneity and the Perils of Optionality

Gabriel Guedes (aka GG) co-founded Lyka Pet Food and currently leads its Operations. Previously, GG was an Associate Partner at Bain & Company where he worked for over 10 years. He is also an angel investor and advisor. Gradu...

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July 25, 2022

Elaha Gurgani | On Exploring Curiosity and Building Your Tribe

Elaha Gurgani is employee #19 at seed-stage tech startup, Relevance AI. She’s previously connected with and hosted events with thought leaders Sahil Lavingia and Sahil Bloom. Since moving to Sydney earlier this year, she has ...

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July 18, 2022

Elizabeth Knight | On Defining Yourself and Your Mission

Elizabeth Knight is the founder and director of Purposeful. She’s previously been a director at various startups and is now also co-founder of her no-code business, Next Revolution. Her mission is to help young people find th...

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July 11, 2022

Juliana Owen | On Building Your Career in the Australian Job Market

Juliana Owen was voted Top 10 Career Coaches to be watched in 2021 by the Australian Business Journal. Originally from Brazil, she has over 2 decades of global experience working across strategy, people and culture, and recru...

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July 4, 2022

The Best Of Graduate Theory

This episode contains some of the best segments from the entire Graduate Theory catalogue. These are the moments that listeners have loved, and those that have created a lasting impact. Graduate Theory Newsletter https://www....

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June 27, 2022

Max Marchione | On Independent Thought And The Value Of Courage

Max Marchione is the Founder of the angel investing group Ultraviolet Ventures, the Founder of Next Chapter, has interned at Goldman Sachs and works part-time at venture fund GGV. He is currently studying Maths and Finance at...

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June 20, 2022

Cheran Ketheesuran | On The Journey To Banking and Consulting Graduat…

Cheran Ketheesuran is in his final year of commerce and law at the University of Sydney. He’s a former Investment Banking intern at Macquarie, current investment intern at OIF Ventures and incoming graduate at McKinsey. Gradu...

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June 13, 2022

Robby Wade | On The Importance of Perspective

Robby Wade is a former banking manager, who is on a mission to revolutionise the industry of chat. He’s a former COO of Vid, and Founding Partner at asset investment group, Nebula Partners, and now CEO and Co-Founder of ThisA...

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June 6, 2022

Jack Boxer | On Waking Up and Chasing Your Dreams

Jack Boxer is the Founder & CEO of Golden Hour, a lifestyle design brand helping people to chase the uncommon life. Graduate Theory https://www.graduatetheory.com/33-jack-boxer Follow Jack Golden Hour https://www.instagram.co...

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May 30, 2022

Don't Follow Your Passion

This podcast features Steve Jobs, Cal Newport, and Ben Horowitz in investigating whether you should follow your passion when choosing a career. All links in one place https://linktr.ee/graduatetheory Direct Links https://www....

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May 23, 2022

Gene Rice | On The Journey from Grad to Grown-up

Gene Rice is Chairman Rice-Cohen International, one of the top executive recruiters in the world. He has recently co-authored a book with his daughter Courtney called “Grad to Grown Up”, sharing 68 tips to Excel in Your Perso...

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May 16, 2022

Yaniv Bernstein | On Engineering The Perfect Work Culture

Yaniv Bernstein is the founder and COO of his startup, Circular. He has 10 years of work experience at Google, and recently was VP of Engineering and COO at Airtasker. He is also the co-host of his own podcast, the …

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May 9, 2022

Lacey Filipich | On Negotiating Your Financial Future

Lacey Filipich graduated as valedictorian in chemical engineering before starting work in the mines. Since then, she’s accomplished many things including becoming financially free, giving a TEDx talk, writing a book called “M...

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