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Darian Shirazi

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Darian Shirazi interviews First Generation enterpreneurs and founders on how they and their families came to America and built great companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

01/02/2022

Leore Avidar: Founder of Alt & Lob

Leore is the founder and CEO of both Alt & Lob. Hear about his upbringing and how that shaped his negotiation and business style! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
18/01/2022

Garry Tan: Founder of Initialized Capital

Garry Tan is the founder and Managing Partner of Initialized Capital. Born in Canada, Garry moved to the Bay Area as a toddler and now is fighting to save San Francisco! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
04/01/2022

Eren Bali: Founder of Carbon Health & Udemy

Eren Bali is the founder of Carbon Health and Udemy. Hear how he grew up in Eastern Turkey, studied Computer Science, and ultimately made his way to America to build a next generation education platform which just went public in October 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
29/12/2021

Mariano Suarez-Battan: Founder of MURAL

Mariano is the founder and CEO of MURAL. Hear how he started his first company out of school in Argentina in the social gaming space which he eventually sold before moving to the US and founding Mural. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01/11/2021

Max Levchin: Founder of Affirm & PayPal

Max Levchin is the founder of Affirm and PayPal. Hear about how he escaped the Soviet Union as a teenager and built a new life in Chicago before venturing out to Silicon Valley to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27/10/2021

Bilal Mahmood: From Amplitude to Running for State Assembly

Bilal Mahmood is a first generation Pakistani-American. Hear about his life growing up in Palo Alto and eventually returning to Pakistan to finish high school before attending Stanford, founding his company Clearbrain, and selling his company to Amplitude. Now he's running for State Assembly in California to fix income inequality and provide new opportunities for the next generation! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
21/10/2021

Tommy Dang: From Airbnb to Mage.ai

Tommy Dang is the founder of Mage and previously worked for Brian Chesky at Airbnb. Hear the story of how his mother escaped communist Vietnam and came to America in search of a better life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13/10/2021

Erica Johnson: Founder of Modern Health

Erica Johnson is a first generation entrepreneur and founder of Modern Health, a $1B+ company in the mental health space funded by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Kleiner Perkins. Hear about her family's story and her focus on building ethical-first digital health companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27/09/2021

Hooman Radfar: Founder of Collective & Partner at Expa

Hooman Radfar is the founder of Collective and a serial entrepreneur/investor. Originally from Pittsburgh and born in London, Hooman is an immigrant from Iranian parents who fled the country following the 1979 Revolution. Hear about his story and thoughts on the future of startups founded by immigrants. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
19/09/2021

Guillermo Rauch: Founder of Vercel & Next.js

Guillermo Rauch, founder of Vercel, shares his experience growing up in Argentina and how access to the Internet led him to the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17/09/2021

Gagan Biyani: Founder of Udemy & Maven

Gagan Biyani, founder of Udemy and Maven, discusses his experience being a child of Indian-American immigrants and how his experience shaped his personality and desire to be an entrepreneur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Darian Shirazi interviews First Generation enterpreneurs and founders on how they and their families came to America and built great companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Darian Shirazi
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2021 - 2022
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