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Reflections on Graduate Theory
17-10-2022
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/subscribeAll links in one place:https://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular EpisodesDan Brockwell | On Startups, Corporate and The Impor...

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Reflections on Graduate Theory
17-10-2022
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/subscribeAll links in one place:https://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular EpisodesDan Brockwell | On Startups, Corporate and The Impor...
Nan Meka | On Choosing a Startup That's Right For You
10-10-2022
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/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular EpisodesDan Brockwell | On Startups, Corporate and The Importance of Personal Brandinghttps://youtu.be/BRjk31I3PiwOn The Journey To Banking and Consulting Graduate Roles with Cheran Ketheesuranhttps://youtu.be/P_BB_...
Graduate Theory Compilation - Part Two
03-10-2022
Graduate Theory Compilation - Part Two
This episode is a compilation of episodes 1-25 of Graduate Theory.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://graduate-theory.beehiiv.com/subscribeContent00:00 Intro01:16 26 - Abhi Maran03:43 27 - Kerry Callenbach05:54 29 - Lacey Filipich13:36 30 - Yaniv Bernstein16:25 31 - Gene Rice20:00 34 - Robby Wade22:02 35 - Cheran Ketheesuran26:09 36 - Max Marchione28:50 38 - Juliana Owen31:41 39 - Elizabeth Knight33:45 40 - Elaha Gurgani35:33 41 - Gabriel Guedes38:12 43 - Caleb Maru39:21 44 - Lisa Leong40:46 45...
Graduate Theory Compilation - Part One
26-09-2022
Graduate Theory Compilation - Part One
This episode is a compilation of episodes 1-25 of Graduate Theory. Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://graduate-theory.beehiiv.com/subscribeContent00:00 Intro01:07 1 - Joe Wehbe02:04 3 - Darren Fleming04:12 4 - Scott Mckeon06:00 5 - Oscar Trimboli07:19 6 - Ishan Galapathy10:53 7 - Lidia Ranieri14:45 8 - Andrew Akib16:22 9 - Aiden and Eric21:25 10 - James Fricker23:40 11 - Haynes D'Souza26:47 12 - Adam Ashton29:19 14 - Ingrid Messner33:17 15 - Dan Brockwell36:01 16 - Michael Gill44:44 17 - Aaron...
On Achieving Work-Life Balance
19-09-2022
On Achieving Work-Life Balance
This episode is a deep-dive into work-life balance and how we can deal with it. Read Morehttps://graduate-theory.beehiiv.com/subscribeAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular EpisodesDan Brockwell | On Startups, Corporate and The Importance of Personal Brandinghttps://youtu.be/BRjk31I3PiwOn The Journey To Banking ...
Dave Lourdes | On Becoming The Best You Can Be
12-09-2022
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 seminars worldwide, from everyday employees to middle management as well as C-Level audiences.Read Morehttps://graduate-theory.beehiiv.com/subscribeAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buz...
Mykel Dixon | On Rediscovering Your Creativity
05-09-2022
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 Morehttps://www.graduatetheory.com/46-mykel-dixonAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular EpisodesDan Brockwell | On Startups, Corporate and The Importance of Pe...
Brendan Humphreys | On Developing Your Engineering Career
29-08-2022
Brendan Humphreys | On Developing Your Engineering Career
Brendan Humphreys is the Head Of Engineering at Canva.Read Morehttps://www.graduatetheory.com/45-Brendan-HumphreysAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular EpisodesDan Brockwell | On Startups, Corporate and The Importance of Personal Brandinghttps://youtu.be/BRjk31I3Piwhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/15-dan-brockwel...
Lisa Leong | On Moments of Truth and Pattern Discovery
22-08-2022
Lisa Leong | On Moments of Truth and Pattern Discovery
Lisa Leong is an ABC Radio National broadcaster, media commentator and business consultant.Read Morehttps://www.graduatetheory.com/44-lisa-leongAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular EpisodesDan Brockwell | On Startups, Corporate and The Importance of Personal Brandinghttps://youtu.be/BRjk31I3Piwhttps://www.grad...
Caleb Maru | On African Startups and the Power of Accountability
15-08-2022
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 Morehttps://www.graduatetheory.com/43-caleb-maruAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular EpisodesDan Brockwell | On Startups, Corporat...
On Creating a Lifestyle Career Plan
08-08-2022
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 Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/42/All links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular EpisodesDan Brockwell | On Startups, Corporate and The Importance of Person...
Gabriel Guedes | On Tales of Spontaneity and the Perils of Optionality
01-08-2022
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.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/41-gabriel-guedesAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduat...
Elaha Gurgani | On Exploring Curiosity and Building Your Tribe
25-07-2022
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 started a micro-grant fund for side projects and connected with people across the tech industry.She recently started her own newsletter, aiming to curate lessons from thought leaders and tech.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/40-elaha-gurganiAll link...
Elizabeth Knight | On Defining Yourself and Your Mission
18-07-2022
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 their place in the world.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/39-elizabeth-knightAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/insta...
Juliana Owen | On Building Your Career in the Australian Job Market
11-07-2022
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 recruitment.She’s the founder of her brand New Mind Consulting.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/38-juliana-owenAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps...
The Best Of Graduate Theory
04-07-2022
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 Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/37-on-the-best-of-graduate-theoryAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular...
Max Marchione | On Independent Thought And The Value Of Courage
27-06-2022
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 the University of Sydney.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/36-max-marchioneNext Chapterhttps://www.nextchapter.to/All links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzspro...
Cheran Ketheesuran | On The Journey To Banking and Consulting Graduate Roles
20-06-2022
Cheran Ketheesuran | On The Journey To Banking and Consulting Graduate Roles
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.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/35-cheran-ketheesuranAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatethe...
Robby Wade | On The Importance of Perspective
13-06-2022
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 ThisApp.Graduate Theoryhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/34-robby-wade/Contact Robbyhttps://this.so/https://www.linkedin.com/in/robby-wade/https://twitter.com/jointhisappAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.gra...
Jack Boxer | On Waking Up and Chasing Your Dreams
06-06-2022
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-boxerFollow JackGolden Hourhttps://www.instagram.com/itsgoldenhr/https://goldenhr.com.au/Utopiahttps://www.instagram.com/utopialearning/https://utopialearning.com.au/Graduate Theoryhttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.c...