Josh Geballe

Very different things. And that's certainly one area. Another is helping to make connections that help them get their venture off the ground. And that can be connections to investors, people that might be excited about that idea and want to fund the seed round or the series A to help get the company formed.

Very different things. And that's certainly one area. Another is helping to make connections that help them get their venture off the ground. And that can be connections to investors, people that might be excited about that idea and want to fund the seed round or the series A to help get the company formed.

or connections with people who could become the founding CEO or the founding chief scientific officer, let's say, or other early employees who could take that idea and run with it because if it's a faculty member, they're not going to leave their job at Yale and we need to find a team that can help them get it off the ground.

or connections with people who could become the founding CEO or the founding chief scientific officer, let's say, or other early employees who could take that idea and run with it because if it's a faculty member, they're not going to leave their job at Yale and we need to find a team that can help them get it off the ground.

Or if it's a student, oftentimes it's a more kind of educational experience and we run a number of programs that complement what our students learn in the classroom to help them learn to become innovators and problem solvers and understand what good next steps in their careers might be. Because the reality is very few of them will become founders right away.

Or if it's a student, oftentimes it's a more kind of educational experience and we run a number of programs that complement what our students learn in the classroom to help them learn to become innovators and problem solvers and understand what good next steps in their careers might be. Because the reality is very few of them will become founders right away.

Most of them will go get jobs at other companies, large companies, other startups, but help them prepare for their career journey and help them understand that if they do become a founder in the future, how to know when is the right time to do that and how to organize to be successful at that point in time as well.

Most of them will go get jobs at other companies, large companies, other startups, but help them prepare for their career journey and help them understand that if they do become a founder in the future, how to know when is the right time to do that and how to organize to be successful at that point in time as well.

There's a few bits of advice I find myself sharing rather commonly. I think first and probably most importantly is try to work, especially early in your career, for people who you're really inspired by, who you think you can learn a ton from. I think often people chase a specific job.

There's a few bits of advice I find myself sharing rather commonly. I think first and probably most importantly is try to work, especially early in your career, for people who you're really inspired by, who you think you can learn a ton from. I think often people chase a specific job.

rather than the opportunity to work with individuals who are really spectacular, who can really help get them going in their careers and really help build their base of knowledge and experiences of the best possible ways to lead organizations or to solve problems. I have definitely been fortunate to work with a lot of incredible people during my career. There's so much you can do as one person.

rather than the opportunity to work with individuals who are really spectacular, who can really help get them going in their careers and really help build their base of knowledge and experiences of the best possible ways to lead organizations or to solve problems. I have definitely been fortunate to work with a lot of incredible people during my career. There's so much you can do as one person.

You have the opportunity to work with a lot of great people. Obviously, you get a lot more done. So that's one. I think a second is we all, when we were young and early in our career, were often very impatient, right? Wanted. to you as quickly as possible, get that next promotion or get that next raise or whatever it might be.

You have the opportunity to work with a lot of great people. Obviously, you get a lot more done. So that's one. I think a second is we all, when we were young and early in our career, were often very impatient, right? Wanted. to you as quickly as possible, get that next promotion or get that next raise or whatever it might be.

And I think it's very important for people to try to keep that instinct in check, but really just focus more than anything else on doing the best possible job that you can in the role that you're in today and have confidence that if you're part of an organization that's

And I think it's very important for people to try to keep that instinct in check, but really just focus more than anything else on doing the best possible job that you can in the role that you're in today and have confidence that if you're part of an organization that's

well managed that good things will naturally flow from that and just rather than being overly focused on those next steps and milestones just being really focused on working hard doing a great job at your current set of responsibilities seeking out new challenges and in that role and having confidence that as a result of that the great work that you'll do that new challenges and opportunities will present themselves although then specific

well managed that good things will naturally flow from that and just rather than being overly focused on those next steps and milestones just being really focused on working hard doing a great job at your current set of responsibilities seeking out new challenges and in that role and having confidence that as a result of that the great work that you'll do that new challenges and opportunities will present themselves although then specific

There's been a lot. I think if I had to pick out a couple of most influential writers, I think Nassim Tlaib, author of Fooled by Randomness, Black Swan, Anti-Fragile, among those more popular books, been very influential on me. He's a person who has a pretty sharp edge. And so this turns some people off.

There's been a lot. I think if I had to pick out a couple of most influential writers, I think Nassim Tlaib, author of Fooled by Randomness, Black Swan, Anti-Fragile, among those more popular books, been very influential on me. He's a person who has a pretty sharp edge. And so this turns some people off.