Bryant Barr describes his career path and current role. He worked at Mercer as an Actuarial Analyst, at Nike as a Financial Analyst and Manager, founded Slyce, was the President of SC 30 Inc, and is now a Managing Partner at Penny Jar Capital.
We discuss:
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- His educational and professional background, including his prior jobs and what he learned from each
- Why he chose to go to business school and what his experience was like at Stanford
- His experience with entrepreneurship
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- How his experience led him to start Penny Jar Capital
- An overview of Penny Jar Capital
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- What he discovered he did and didn't want in a role through experience
- What he likes about running his own business
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- Overview of venture capital
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- Description of his main roles and responsibilities as a managing partner
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- An in-depth description of what he does and his typical schedule
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- Advice on how to set yourself up in college to go into venture capital
