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Sergei & Vadim Revzin of School16 - How to Create a Powerful Personal Elevator Pitch & Break Into Tech Without Coding Skills
Hey all! I apologize for some of the fuzziness through parts of this episode. I had background noise that I couldn't edit out. The content is great, and Sergei and Vadim share crucial career info relevant to job seekers TODAY.Sergei and Vadim run School16, an online education company that helps people break into lucrative tech careers without learning how to code.Connect with Sergei, Vadim and School16 through the links below!http://school16.cohttps://www.linkedin.com/school/school16
2023-09-12
37 min
GrowthReady Podcast
Developing Yourself Through Education - Sergei & Vadim Revzin
Taking a resourceful approach to personal development will usually involve education of some sort. But wouldn't it be great to know the education was immediately practical?Our guests today are the founders and brothers behind School 16 which is a learning environment that allows students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in their careers. Sergei & Vadim Revzin come from a family of educators and find complete fulfillment in their lives from serving others through education. The main issue they are driven to tackle, however, is that of ensuring education serves GUARANTEED career advancement b...
2023-06-21
45 min
Office Hours with David Meltzer
Mike Diamond, Sergei Revzin, Nick Toso
[0:00] Mike DiamondMike Diamond is an Author, Television Personality, Director, Life Coach and Interventionist. Known for his work on the hit TV shows NY Ink and Bondi Ink Tattoo Crew, which is currently nominated for a Logie Award for Best Reality Series. His new book, A Dose of Positivity: TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, AND STRATEGIES TO LIVE LIFE ON YOUR TERMS, is available now.[14:14] Sergei RevzinThe name School16 is inspired by a little known school that was founded in a small city in Eastern Europe in 1981. The school was an experiment to test a...
2023-04-13
45 min
Digital Marketing Fastlane
Interview with Sergei Revzin & Vadim Revzin - Founding Co-Directors of School16
School16 is Classes that give you the skills to land your dream job in tech. Sergei Revzin is a Venture Investor at the NYU Innovation Venture Fund where he leads the university’s technology investments, and a co-founder at School16. He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs all over the country, and has been an early employee and founder at tech companies in NYC and Boston. Vadim Revzin is the co-founder of School16 and a college professor at NYU and State University of New York where he teaches entrepreneurship and management. He’s advised hundreds of s...
2020-10-06
00 min
The Mentors
What’s Next For The Mentors
In today's episode we're sharing an update on what's been happening with our own entrepreneurial venture, School16, and how our publishing schedule for The Mentors will change going forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-08-31
07 min
The Mentors
How a SpaceX Engineer Launched a Rapidly Growing Consumer Health Startup
This week we got the chance to interview a former SpaceX Engineer and founder of biohacking startup Levels as part of a special podcast recording hosted by School16 in front of a live audience.In this episode, Josh Clemente told us about how he pushed his way into getting an opportunity to work at Tesla and then SpaceX, where he ended up leading the Life Support Systems team. He credits his time at SpaceX for teaching him how to think big and go after nearly impossible goals, and his time running his own general contracting business...
2020-08-26
54 min
The Mentors
What You Should Learn Before Starting A Company
This is one of the most common questions we get from aspiring entrepreneurs. The answer, however, is less about what you should learn and more about how you should do it. Entrepreneurs come from almost every background imaginable, but one of the biggest contributors to founder success is previous experience with working on highly talented teams. Let's take the most famous example - the "PayPal Mafia." Companies like SpaceX, Yelp, Yammer, LinkedIn, and Square all came from individuals that were employees at PayPal. Some of them came from engineering, while others lead operations or...
2020-08-24
11 min
The Mentors
The Power of Small Actions and an update to The Story of A Homeless Neuroscientist
This is a follow up to our recent episode titled The Story of A Homeless Neuroscientist and how one small act eventually resulted in a job offer. We often come up with reasons not to do something or to delay acting on an idea because of fear of failure or simply because we feel like we have other more important things to do. Entrepreneur Naval Ravikant once wisely said "inspiration is perishable - act on it immediately." Famous motivational speaker Tony Robbins uses the same technique to stay on top of the various business interests that h...
2020-08-17
09 min
The Mentors
How To Impress Important People (Rebroadcast)
This rebroadcast episode was inspired by the growing opportunity to connect with sought after individuals that are more accessible than ever before as more people are working remotely in 2020. Finding a good mentor is hard but the real work is in keeping them. In today’s episode we talk about how you can impress important people in your life, be they a mentor, advisor, investor, or simply someone that’s further along than you.We give two specific examples of how our mentees have accomplished this by following up, following through, being solution orie...
2020-08-10
11 min
The Mentors
How To Have A Strong Sense Of Self Worth
Our sense of self worth is constantly in flux, but it's important to learn how to control it to stay productive. This is in part because failure is a big part of the process and if you tie your worth to success or failure it's bound to become debilitating. Instead of worrying about outcomes that are outside of our control we should focus on actions that we can control. In this episode we discuss the following four techniques, tying each of them to a personal story:1) Getting outside encouragement2) Setting achievable goal...
2020-08-03
12 min
The Mentors
The Story Of A Homeless Neuroscientist
When faced with a challenge remember that you don't have to endure it alone. In this week's 5 Minute Pick Me Up we wanted to share a story of Brianna Austin, a homeless neuroscientist that we learned about on LinkedIn and why we were compelled to reach out to our network in an effort to help. In this episode you will learn: Why sometimes it's valuable to trust your instincts and do the opposite of what conventional wisdom tells you to doHow to ask for help while showing credibilityWhy it's critical to invest in building and de...
2020-07-27
07 min
The Mentors
How To Keep Pushing Even If You're Uncomfortable (Rebroadcast)
This is a rebroadcast episode that was inspired by a recent class in our Sales Module at School16.We decided to give you an inside look into a recent phone call we recorded where we ask a high school principal for a speaking budget. For many people, asking someone what they might be willing to pay is the most uncomfortable part of any sales or business development conversation - aka, going for the close. But with practice, you can learn how to do this quickly and effectively, creating new opportunities that may have b...
2020-07-20
09 min
The Mentors
Why There's No Such Thing As A True Meritocracy
In our new weekly series at School16 we interview experts at big tech companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Slack to find out how they've navigated their careers to land lucrative and dynamic roles at some of the most sought after companies in the world. In this episode we highlight what one expert, Holyn Kanake who does Strategy and Operations at Twitter, noticed early on in her career when she was transitioning from consulting into tech. In tech, as in life, there really is no such thing as a true meritocracy. Being good at what...
2020-07-13
00 min
The Mentors
How Andrew Clark Turned A Small College Into A $120 Million Online Learning Public Company, Zovio
Online education has been around since the 1990s but when Andrew Clark decided to start a fully remote accredited college, students weren't yet used to the idea of going to a school without a campus. His solution? Raise money to buy a small liberal arts school with a central campus that students could choose to visit any time, with the option to complete their education completely online.In this episode we talk about Zovio's origin story (formerly Bridgepoint Education) and how Andrew was able to convince a private equity investor to give him $20 Million to build...
2020-07-08
37 min
The Mentors
How Great Entrepreneurs Learn To Be Great Writers
Great business leaders come from all sorts of backgrounds but the one skill that all of them prioritize developing over time is learning how to write effectively. The reason for this is clear - as a creator you're communicating through the written word all of the time - by writing speeches, landing page copy, job descriptions, thought-leadership content, business proposals, social media posts, etc. But how do you develop this skills if it hasn't been a priority for you? The best writers (and entrepreneurs) are voracious readers, so before you develop your own style you need to...
2020-07-06
08 min
The Mentors
The Fastest Way To Resolve Conflict
Almost all sources of conflict stem from someone feeling like they're not being heard. Sometimes this is knowingly perpetuated by two sides that are proactively unwilling to make concessions but other times we unknowingly ignore warning signs that a conflict is escalating.In this episode we discuss two cases - a prisoner of war negotiation highlighted in Chris Voss' book Never Split The Difference and a story of a founder dealing with a partner that wasn't pulling his weight. In both cases resolution was only achieved once the source of the problem was...
2020-06-29
09 min
The Mentors
Why There’s No Growth Without Delegation
Many entrepreneurs prioritize building a great product that people want but fewer prioritize building a great team that allows your business to grow. In this episode we talk about the importance of developing a business that's designed to work even when you're not working on it. The only way to achieve this is to move away from being an individual contributor and becoming a manager and leader that learns to effectively delegate.This comes down to two fundamental principles. 1) Having the right people in place2) Investing the time upfront before you del...
2020-06-22
12 min
The Mentors
Why Starting Over In Your Career Can Be A Good Thing
Most of us assume that taking a step back in our career can be a fatal move but in reality it can actually help you skip several steps quickly. This week we decided to feature a story that was shared by sales influencer Kevin Dorsey (KD) during a live class at School16 about how taking a pay cut and a demotion in title ended up catapulting his career in technology sales, leading him to become a VP of Sales just a few years after he started working in tech. KD explains how he wa...
2020-06-15
08 min
The Mentors
How To Decide When You Have Too Many Options (Rebroadcast)
One of the greatest misconceptions about career progression is that the consequences of our choices should always be predictable and linear. It’s this thinking that creates risk averse decision making for fear of irreversible outcomes, potentially closing you off to opportunities that could lead to something you can not yet foresee. Over the last few weeks we’ve had several people come to us expressing trepidation in making the right choice in the next step of their career. To help anyone else that might be going through this, we reshaped this question to three simple prompts:1...
2020-06-08
12 min
The Mentors
How Real Change Happens
This week we decided to address two important yet seemingly unrelated events that went on over the weekend in the United States. The mass protests that spread across most major cities in America, and the first manned launch into space between a government institution (NASA) and a private company called SpaceX. We discuss the idea that major changes often come after periods of sustained failure, and that societal progress, much like personal development, can only come with deliberate action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-06-01
06 min
The Mentors
Why Your Competition Matters Less Than You Think
When you're just starting out it's easy to get caught up in what your competition is doing because naturally they're further along than you. But once you learn that your competition isn't perfect and that there's likely a lot about their business that could be improved upon, start focusing on the opportunity instead of fixating on your relative position in the market. In this episode we discuss the true benefit of being a nimble startup and why young companies constantly beat out incumbent competitors. When you don't have to worry about a public track record, existing i...
2020-05-25
09 min
The Mentors
Why We Need To Approach Our Careers Differently In Uncertain Times
An indisputable character trait of every successful person is their willingness to stay persistent even when it feels uncomfortable. In this episode we discuss the growing importance of persistence in today's increasingly uncertain economic climate and how we should all get more comfortable with asking for help. A good way to remove negative self think when something triggers you to feel that you're asking too much of others is to remember stories of other ambitious people accomplishing great things because of their willingness to ask others for help directly. We discuss Barbara Corcoran's st...
2020-05-18
10 min
The Mentors
From Running Three Companies At Once To Finding A Singular Passion With Michael Fenchel Of Paradox Ventures
Entrepreneurship is hard, but one of the basic tenets of being a creator is knowing that you can build something completely on your own terms. For Michael Fenchel, a young physics major out of Wisconsin who loved being a creator, that meant starting companies - three of them at once, to be exact. All three of those ventures ended up being successful, eventually leading him to start his newest company Paradox Ventures (prdx.co), a program providing personal development for entrepreneurs and leaders. But before that Michael stumbled with various failed projects, until he figured out s...
2020-05-13
55 min
The Mentors
How To Overcome Limiting Beliefs and Labels
From a young age we're asked - "what do you want to be when you grow up?" - implying that we have to be just one thing. Our natural curiosity may take us in unexpected directions but all it takes is an expression of doubt from someone else to stop us in our tracks. In this episode we discuss the importance of questioning self-imposed limitations and removing labels that others may ascribe to us. We discuss two main limiting beliefs that we had to overcome - the idea that we're bad at writing and the belief that we're not good...
2020-05-11
08 min
The Mentors
How To Handle Self Doubt As An Entrepreneur
All ambitious people, even the ones that have already experienced measurable success, feel self doubt at certain times. Knowing how to move past those feelings is critical in getting to the next stage of your journey. In this episode we discuss:1) The importance of positive outcomes (wins) and other external validators2) The value of working on what you care about and what you're good at3) Why you should ask yourself if you're working on the right things Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
2020-05-04
11 min
The Mentors
Should You Be Fundraising During The Pandemic?
All entrepreneurs have been forced to rethink their entire strategy over the last 30 days, and many are uncertain about their ability to secure funding during an unstable economic environment. In this episode we discuss what changes we're seeing in the market and how founders should approach the fundraising process now that investors are more careful about how they deploy their capital. In this episode you will learn: 1) How to setup a more targeted fundraising approach2) What types of investors are more likely to write you a check3) How you shou...
2020-04-27
15 min
The Mentors
How A College Dropout Ended Up Running A Sales Team At Google
Creating a successful career is very similar to building a successful company - your outcomes are directly correlated with your execution. This week we reflect back on a story shared by Daisy dePaulis, Head of Sales at Google Cloud, who was recently featured in a free online class at School16. Daisy worked at a restaurant after going to community college for two years when she decided that her time was more valuable than the hourly work she was doing. In this episode we talk about how she landed a job at a tech company as an o...
2020-04-20
15 min
The Mentors
How Darrell Silver Of Thinkful Taught Himself How To Build Companies Part II
Being an entrepreneur means that you get to decide what you want to be an expert in each time you start a new venture. One famous example is Richard Branson, who started off running a student magazine, then a record company, followed by a successful airline and a spaceflight company. Darrell Silver made a similar move with his second company, Thinkful. In part two of our interview we discuss why he decided to move away from enterprise tech where he successfully sold his first business into a sector that was completely unknown to him, direct to con...
2020-04-15
25 min
The Entrepreneurial You
Monetizing Your Podcast Without a Huge Audience, with Vadim and Sergei Revzin
Sergei Revzin is a Venture Investor at the NYU Innovation Venture Fund where he leads the university’s technology investments, and Vadim Revzin is a professor at NYU and State University of New York where he teaches entrepreneurship and management. The twin brothers host a weekly podcast called The Mentors featuring stories from successful founders and creators and regularly contribute to Forbes.com and HBR.org. They have advised hundreds of startups and have been founders and leaders across several early and growth-stage companies. Show Notes “The last 10% it takes to launch someth...
2020-04-15
38 min
The Mentors
Finding Focus During A Time Of Crisis
"Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time to be unhappy" -Robert Louis Stevenson. Today's episode is inspired by a message from Naval Ravikant, prolific entrepreneur and investor. His observation states that the physical spaces that we, typically, navigate to and from every day - be it the office, school, church, etc. - are primarily there to keep us busy. When going through a difficult period an effective way to keep negativity at bay is to create an environment where there's no time for it. This week we share a story from an entrepreneur t...
2020-04-13
09 min
The Mentors
How Darrell Silver Of Thinkful Taught Himself How To Build Companies Part I
Most successful founders will tell you that you can’t build a company for the purpose of selling it, yet some entrepreneurs are able to successfully find acquirers for their ventures time and time again throughout their careers. After all, that’s one of the most common exit scenarios for founders and shareholders. In this two part series we had the pleasure of sitting down with the founder of Thinkful, Darrell Silver, who sold his education company last year for $100 Million to Chegg, his second acquisition and second company that he founded in the last decade. ...
2020-04-08
29 min
The Mentors
What Can Happen When You Set Audacious Goals
The simple act of setting a big goal can change your outcomes because it defines the tasks that you prioritize in the immediate future. This week we talk about how we experienced this phenomenon first hand when we decided to launch our new education program School16. We discuss what motivated us to set a highly optimistic goal and how this led to getting over 600 signups in just a few short weeks. A simple framework that can be used to replicate this process is called SMART goal setting. Goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. ...
2020-04-06
11 min
The Mentors
How to Get the Attention of Important People (Rebroadcast)
Ever wonder why someone isn’t responding to your email? Maybe you made a great connection with someone you met in person, but when you follow up with them you never hear back. Every day others are vying for our attention, but we only truly engage with those that succeed in piquing our interest.This is especially true if you’re trying to reach someone important or busy.We’ve been able to get the attention of some of the most incredible people in the world after refining the outreach process over many years...
2020-04-01
35 min
The Mentors
How Entrepreneurs Are Responding To The Crisis
In difficult times it helps to remind yourself that every day there are good things happening in the world. This week we highlight how some entrepreneurs are taking the opportunity to rapidly innovate and address the problems caused by this crisis head on. We also talk about the importance of being grateful for the positive things that happen throughout your day while trying to avoid the negativity of the daily news cycle. We end the episode by highlighting some of the happy moments we experienced this week which will hopefully help you remember your own. Hosted on Acast...
2020-03-30
09 min
The Mentors
Getting To Millions Of Users Through Word Of Mouth With Vu Van Of ELSA
When Vu Van was struggling to learn how to pronounce words in English correctly as a grad student at Stamford, she couldn't have known that a passion for this problem would drive her to build a language learning app with millions of users just a few years later.In this episode Vu breaks down exactly how she managed the process of proving demand for her language app ELSA by getting 1000 users in just one week. She also walks us through how she tested with hundreds of early users in Vietnam to build a functional initial prototype...
2020-03-25
50 min
The Mentors
What We're Working On During The Quarantine - Announcing School16
Entrepreneurs are not defined by their product but rather their ability to come up with an idea and bring people together to make it a reality. Given recent events this week we decided to launch a new initiative to help people land jobs in more resilient and flexible industries, starting with tech. Starting in two weeks (April 1st, 2020) we will be launching a series of free live online classes to help people 1) understand the opportunities available to them in tech 2) learn how to develop soft and hard skills specific to the discipline they're interested in 3) understand h...
2020-03-23
09 min
The Mentors
From A 7-Figure Event Business To A Global Leadership Training Company, With Claudia Chan of S.H.E. Summit Part II
Starting one successful business doesn’t necessarily make it easier to start another one. However, experienced entrepreneurs are more likely to be successful the second time around simply because they know how to push forward until they start to reach their goals, even if it takes longer than anticipated. In part two of our interview with Claudia Chan we discuss what gave her the idea of starting a women’s empowerment company and why this business was more challenging to build from the ground up than the business she started in her mid twenties. We learn the i...
2020-03-18
21 min
The Mentors
Why It's The Perfect Time To Start A Company
We're in a unique time in history right now where the whole world is going through an experience together. While it's clear that there's a lot we don't know about the spread of a pandemic and it's eventual ramifications, if nothing else our very humanity is evident now more than ever. This is creating a heightened sense of camaraderie and a realtime shift in how we interact with each other. In this 5 Minute Pick Me Up we talk about how Scott Heiferman identified an opportunity for a business that helped build communities and connect people face to...
2020-03-16
09 min
The Mentors
From A 7-Figure Event Business To A Global Leadership Training Company, With Claudia Chan of S.H.E. Summit Part I
Before Claudia Chan was even 30 years old, she was already running a 7-Figure women’s entertainment business in New York City. How did this first time entrepreneur accomplish so much, so quickly?It was through that own-your-own-destiny mentality that Claudia’s parents ingrained in her from a young age that she was able to have the confidence to think of herself as a born entrepreneur even as a teenager. Always keeping her eyes open for opportunities, Claudia spotted her first business idea while working for a dot com startup in the early 2000’s, when co...
2020-03-11
32 min
The Mentors
What Happened When Our Venue Canceled On The Morning Of Our Event
We were all set to hold our conference with more than 500 confirmed attendees, but at 8:00AM on the morning of the event we got an email from the venue saying that due to the coronavirus threat, they can no longer host our event. With 4.5 hours left, it seemed that the only option was to email all speakers and attendees apologizing for this unexpected turn of events and cancel the whole thing. But it took just one person to ask, is there any way to keep the event on?This is exactly what happened t...
2020-03-09
08 min
The Mentors
How To Build A Fashion Marketplace With Billions In Transactions, With Mona Bijoor
If someone tells you “that’s just the way things have always been done,” then there’s likely a business opportunity there that no one has been brave enough to tackle yet. When Mona Bijoor was working in the fashion industry connecting apparel brands to retailers, she heard that phrase often. But she knew that offline handshake deals and orders placed via fax were going to be replaced by technology, it was only a matter of time.The difference between her and most of her industry colleagues is that she set out to be the one to chang...
2020-03-04
38 min
The Mentors
How To Get Influencers and Celebrities To Support Your Work, with Heneka Watkis-Porter
Why would a billionaire agree to be interviewed by someone who just started her own podcast? For most of us, celebrities and ultra-successful people seem completely out of reach, but Heneka Watkis-Porter has proven again and again that if you really believe that you can create value to people, then you can get anyone to support you. As long as you’re willing to keep asking them. In this 5 Minute Pick Me Up, Vadim spoke to Heneka to find out how she gets influential people to support her work and the philosophy she uses to get over...
2020-03-02
11 min
The Mentors
How To Tell Your Boss You’re Quitting (Rebroadcast)
Quitting a job can feel exhilarating and intimidating at the same time. In a perfect world, you’re leaving on good terms and have a supportive boss that offers you future opportunities for mentorship and references.Unfortunately, these circumstances are usually far from perfect. Many people leave their jobs because they’re unhappy, and the source of this unhappiness typically comes from the people that they work for.There’s many misconceptions about what to expect from this process, and how to handle the conversation with your employer when the time finally comes. We sta...
2020-02-26
29 min
The Mentors
How To Create An Unfair Advantage
The best opportunities are often in the long tail where no-one is looking. This is one of the reasons why startups have an advantage over established businesses - unique strategies can be quickly tested at any time when there's no oversight or rigid processes. This week we talk about three stories of entrepreneurs that were able to create a seemingly unfair advantage resulting in accelerated growth. We reference a student that leveraged texting to reach parents, recap how Teespring (Episode 62) acquired their early customers, and tell you the story of how Tinder grew from 20,000 users to h...
2020-02-24
10 min
The Mentors
Fundraising 201: When To Walk Away
It's hard to say no to a six figure check but sometimes your best option is to reject it. In this episode we explore three commons reasons for walking away from an investor that's ready to put money into your startup. Here are some red flags to watch out for: An early stage investor that wants too much operational involvementAn investor that gives you an exploding offerA wealthy individual that is making their first and only angel investmentFor each scenario we point to stories from real founders that we've worked w...
2020-02-19
24 min
The Mentors
Why Adversity Breeds Entrepreneurs
This week we tell a story of a Venezuelan med school student who opened up a burger restaurant in Spain called Goiko Grill that grew to over 40 locations and sold for €130 Million only 4 years after the first restaurant opened.We talk about why partnering with the right people can mean the difference between hyper growth and stagnation, and what uniquely positioned this particular entrepreneur to succeed.When you make constraints for yourself it becomes easier to be creative. For a similar reason scarcity creates resourcefulness. You learn how to solve problems in unique wa...
2020-02-17
09 min
The Mentors
3 Questions Entrepreneurs Are Afraid To Ask Part II
Sometimes the questions that we bury deep inside of us are the ones that should be asked first. This is part two of a segment where we try to answer questions that we get from founders in private. Things that often only come up once we've been talking to someone for quite some time.In this week's episode we answer the following three questions that came up in our recent conversations:1) How do we decide who's the CEO?2) What if I feel like I want to give up?3) How hon...
2020-02-12
20 min
The Mentors
How To Decide When You Have Too Many Options
One of the greatest misconceptions about career progression is that the consequences of our choices should always be predictable and linear. It's this thinking that creates risk averse decision making for fear of irreversible outcomes, potentially closing you off to opportunities that could lead to something you can not yet foresee. Over the last few weeks we've had several people come to us expressing trepidation in making the right choice in the next step of their career. To help anyone else that might be going through this, we reshaped this question to three simple prompts:1) What a...
2020-02-10
11 min
The Mentors
How To Ask For Help (Rebroadcast)
Every entrepreneurial success story has a strong visionary that’s able to recruit countless others to help them along the way. Being willing to ask for help isn’t only critical in the early days of building something. It can help you avoid mistakes at every level, filling any gaps in your knowledge, your network, your experience, and much more. Still, for many asking for help is not natural. It’s easy to feel like you’re inconveniencing someone while adding no value to them. Fortunately, this is mostly a false line of thinking.We start this epi...
2020-02-05
26 min
The Mentors
How To Get Someone On Your Side When You’ve Made A Mistake
What can a hostage negotiator teach us about customer relationships? That the best way to disarm someone is to directly confront their grievances. This week we discuss how to handle a situation where you've made a mistake. We talk about what's known as empathy statements and why Sergei's old boss spent 48 hours calling each of his customers after a major server outage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-02-03
07 min
The Mentors
How One Experiment Uncovered A Huge Opportunity In Insurance With Natalie Gray of Cover
If you need to do something hard start by committing to it for just 30 minutes. You can do almost anything for 30 minutes no matter how difficult it is. This is the advice that Natalie Gray got from her college professor, pushing her to finish a 3 year graduate degree in just 1 year. She later applied that advice to teaching herself how to be a designer, marketer, sales expert, and product leader. She's now the Co-founder and Head of Product at Cover, a startup that recently raised $27 million to change the way people get insurance. While Cover has gr...
2020-01-29
33 min
The Mentors
How To Know If You Found Your Calling
Everyone's timeline is different but if you're lucky enough to identify what you're uniquely good at, it's imperative that you pursue it. This week we got to watch world renowned violinist Karen Gomyo perform at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and after seeing our dads old documentary the next day we noticed a parallel in their very different paths.They're passions started as internal feelings that couldn't be explained, but their calling was formed over time by external validation and unwavering pursuit despite overwhelming difficulty. This week's 5 Minute Pick Me Up explores the idea of passions...
2020-01-27
05 min
The Mentors
How To Get Press For Your Startup
Everyone wants to get press for their startup, but most founders go about it the wrong way. In this episode, we explore why some founders are so good at constantly getting written about and others struggle for years to get anyone to notice them. Through hundreds of conversations with successful founders, and a few insights we've received from PR professionals over the years, we discovered a few basic principals that any company can follow to be more attractive to the media. The first is to realize that "the media" or journalists, have jobs to...
2020-01-22
23 min
The Mentors
How to Avoid Golden Handcuffs
The problem with getting good at something is the temptation to perpetually avoid the unknown for fear of discomfort. This week we talk about an issue that's real for many mid-career professionals - the "Golden Handcuffs" - ie: the allure of staying in a financially comfortable arrangement at the expense of personal growth. We talk about how this paradox applies to us and why it's important to acknowledge when you've been comfortable for too long. We draw a parallel to the career of famed author Steven Pressfield (of The Legend of Bagger Vance and The War of...
2020-01-20
11 min
The Mentors
How Ishveen Anand Is Scaling Sports Sponsorships For The Biggest Athletes In The World – Part II
When Ishveen Anand started getting athletes like Dwyane Wade and Tiger Woods on her platform, brands started coming in droves. But according to Ishveen, simply driving transactions to happen on her platform would not be enough to create a sustainable business. In this episode we discuss why Customer Success became a core competency of OpenSponsorship’s business, and how optimizing for outcomes like ROI and brand awareness made it possible for the business to retain customers in the long run. Ishveen also talks about how her role as a founder fundamentally changed as the...
2020-01-15
23 min
The Mentors
The Virtue of Discipline and Empathy Learned In The South Korean Special Forces
Motivation isn't always a reliable way to spur action but discipline is. For this week's episode we spoke to Terry Choi about how the skills learned in the Special Forces of the South Korean military helped him become a junior partner at a venture capital firm not long after graduating college. Terry speaks about his experience working directly for commander generals, becoming a squad leader and later a platoon leader, and why learning to be "fluid like water" helped him in situations of uncertainty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
2020-01-13
13 min
The Mentors
How Ishveen Anand Is Scaling Sports Sponsorships For The Biggest Athletes In The World - Part I
How does a first time founder get 1,000 athletes on her platform from teams like the Dallas Mavericks, get on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and get accepted into one of the top accelerator programs in the country, all in her first year in business? If you ask Ishveen Anand of OpenSponsorship it’s all about showing external validation, and ever since she graduated from Oxford and got her first job out of college she has created opportunities for herself by doing just that. In part one of our two part conversation with Ishveen, we talk...
2020-01-08
28 min
The Mentors
The Secret To Greatness From Barcelona's Most Celebrated Architect
Some projects are so grandiose that it's difficult to fathom how any one person could conceive of them. This week we visited La Sagrada Familia, a massive basilica in Barcelona that has been in construction for almost 100 years. We were incredibly inspired by the story of its creator, Antoni Gaudi, and set out to understand how he was able to dedicate over 40 years of his life to pursuing this project. In this episode you will learn:The key element to sustaining output toward a grand vision The importance of col...
2020-01-06
08 min
The Mentors
How To Capitalize On Your Failures (Rebroadcast)
Failure has long been embraced by entrepreneurial minds, and some of the most successful inventors, businessmen, and creators credit their ultimate triumphs with their ability to endure repeated failure. As startup founders, musicians, podcast hosts, and self proclaimed “jacks of all trades” we’re no strangers to failure.In this episode, we take a stroll back to our very first attempts at venture creation, starting with our college days of trying to launch an affiliate marketing platform called AdLobby. We discuss the massive mistakes we made as first time entrepreneurs, including selling our car to pay for en...
2020-01-01
28 min
The Mentors
Creating Your Own Daily Routines (Rebroadcast)
There is no one size fits all solution that makes everyone productive. To accomplish your goals, you have to find what works for you, and create your own set of daily routines and rituals. The key is consistency.This episode was inspired by the book “Daily Rituals” by Mason Currey, and an article by Pia Silva entitled “9-5 Is Out. Try The 1-6 Instead.”In this episode you will hear:How George Orwell changed his life at 31 to be able to work on his writing and support himself.What Albert Einstein...
2019-12-30
06 min
The Mentors
How To Make It In America (Rebroadcast)
This is the final part of our series about our father, Samuel Revzin, who built one of the most successful schools in Soviet Belarus, only to have to start all over in a new career at the age of 54. Listen to Part I, and Part II if you’d like to hear the whole story, but this episode can be listened to standalone.In this episode we tell the story of how our mother and father made the difficult decision to pack their bags and move halfway around the world to make a better life for th...
2019-12-25
34 min
The Mentors
Why Cheat Days Work
Why do so many people constantly fail at changing their behaviors?With the decade coming to a close, in today’s 5 Minute Pick Me Up, we wanted to look at some reasons why people fall short of achieving their goals, even when they have intentions to make major changes in their lives.We reflect on the methods we have used when looking to make substantial changes, and the importance that balance and rewards have played a role in making those changes a reality. Hosted on Acast. See...
2019-12-23
09 min
The Mentors
The Four Stages Of Becoming An Expert
When you’re a founder, everyone around you expects you to be an expert in everything that has to do with your business. Quite often this means that you're in a constant state of "the unknown" where you have to learn something new. To many this is a very uncomfortable feeling but this is the very state where most of your learning and skill acquisition happens. This episode was motivated by a story from Emilia Clarke about the gruelingly difficult process that she had to go through to learn and deliver scenes on Game of Thrones in...
2019-12-18
21 min
The Mentors
How To Turn A No Into A Yes
Sometimes even the most seemingly concrete rejection can be reversed if you can effectively make a case for it. In this episode we talk about how we got rejected to speak at a conference happening in two months and why the organizer of the event changed his mind. We discuss the importance of developing relationships, establishing credibility and communicating value, and when it's appropriate to push a little harder to create opportunities for yourself. We also share another story about how a friend of ours turned a seemingly impossible no into a yes. H...
2019-12-16
09 min
The Mentors
Fundraising 101: Closing The Round
Fundraising is like selling - it only counts when you close the deal. A successful investor pitch is only a small part of the process. The real work is in getting the investors to agree to the investment terms (the negotiation) and wire you the money (the close). In the last part of this four part series we discuss the most common way to put together a round of investment from multiple funders. You'll learn why it's important to have a lead investor in the mix and how to incrementally get financial commitments from investors to ge...
2019-12-11
27 min
The Mentors
Can Empathy Be Learned?
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that empathy played a critical role in his development and success, but he didn't always know how to prioritize empathy. In this 5 Minute Pick Me Up we talk about how empathy can drastically improve your career (better relationships with colleagues, more opportunities for promotion, etc.) or business (better partner relationships, more customers, faster decision making) and why it's a skill that can be actively practiced and improved. We also talk about what it means to be too empathetic and the importance of balancing empathy with confidence. H...
2019-12-09
08 min
The Mentors
Fundraising 101: The Investor Pitch
If you're ever meeting with a professional investor you must remember one thing - you gotta know your stuff. In part three of our Fundraising 101 series we explain what an entrepreneur can expect to happen in a meeting with an investor and how to make sure you're best prepared to increase your chances of getting funding. We talk about what's non-negotiable to cover in a pitch meeting, including your vision, market, and traction, and why the CEO should always lead the pitch. We also share some tactical advice about selective sharing, NDAs, and the typical response y...
2019-12-04
23 min
Hustle & Flowchart: Mastering Business & Enjoying the Journey
Sergei & Vadim Revzin - What Venture Funds Look For In Businesses
Today we are talking to Sergei & Vadim Revzin, identical twins that also have a podcast together, called The Mentors. They are doing a lot of cool things and you’ll hear how Vadim is teaching as NYU and how he hacked his way into becoming a professor there, without going through the usual process of slugging through a masters degree. We also talk about how Sergei runs a venture capital fund at NYU and helps businesses with investing and start up mentoring. They shine a lot of light on brand new startups and how people should approach this...
2019-12-03
1h 32
The Mentors
Jerry Seinfeld On Creativity And The Value Of Always Experimenting
It's okay to act without having a clear goal or outcome in mind especially when it comes to creative pursuits. This week we talk about what we learned from Jerry Seinfeld's first book, SeinLanguage and how Sergei's former boss, Andrew Yang, applied the same mentality to running Venture for America and now his campaign for the Presidency.Previous episode(s) mentioned: Episode 12: Launching Best Sellers, Going Viral, and Avoiding Burnout with Charlie Hoehn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-12-02
09 min
The Mentors
Fundraising 101: Getting Investor Meetings
Investors often require a warm introductions to take a meeting, so how do you meet one if you don't have a big network? When we moved to New York City we knew few entrepreneurs and no investors, yet when building our sales software company we were able to secure dozens of meetings with professional investors. In part two of our Fundraising 101 series we breakdown our strategy for getting your foot in the door to pitch your startup by meeting other founders. We also share why it's possible to secure meetings through cold emails and how to d...
2019-11-27
24 min
The Mentors
Sales For Founders 101: Getting Meetings
There's literally hundreds of ways to get customers interested in your product/service, but there's a few methods that can get you results almost immediately and at no cost as long as you're willing to do the work and persist. In our second installment of the Sales For Founders 101 series we focus on three things you can start doing this week to get started with your sales process and generate meeting with prospective customers that are interested in what you have to offer. We will cover three main topics that we've discussed in gre...
2019-09-25
34 min
Work | Patrice Washington - Chase Purpose, Not Money.
Vadim & Sergei Revzin: Meet The Mentors
Apple PodcastGoogle PodcastsPlayer Embed Listen in a New Window SoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on Androidhttp://www.spreaker.com/show/2671761/episodes/feedSpotify When it comes to understanding how to build a business and what the entrepreneurial journey looks like for many entrepreneurs, The Mentors, Vadim and Sergei Revzin, are here to help. From their personal story and start to what they’ve seen countless times with other businesses, they’ll share the importance of testing your business idea before quitting your 9-5. They’ll also share why it’s critical to listen to your market along the way. Joi...
2019-08-29
00 min
Work | Patrice Washington - Chase Purpose, Not Money.
Vadim & Sergei Revzin: Meet The Mentors
When it comes to understanding how to build a business and what the entrepreneurial journey looks like for many entrepreneurs, The Mentors, Vadim and Sergei Revzin, are here to help. From their personal story and start to what they’ve seen countless times with other businesses, they’ll share the importance of testing your business idea before […] The post Vadim & Sergei Revzin: Meet The Mentors first appeared on Patrice Washington - Chase Purpose, Not Money..
2019-08-29
00 min
Redefining Wealth with Patrice Washington
Vadim & Sergei Revzin: Meet The Mentors
When it comes to understanding how to build a business and what the entrepreneurial journey looks like for many entrepreneurs, The Mentors, Vadim and Sergei Revzin, are here to help. From their personal story and start to what they’ve seen countless times with other businesses, they’ll share the importance of testing your business idea before quitting your 9-5. They’ll also share why it’s critical to listen to your market along the way. Join the three of us as we dive deeper into the topic entrepreneurial and all that goes with it. This episode is brought to you by m...
2019-08-29
55 min
The Mentors
What We Learned From The Founder Of Draw Something
When Dan Porter started his second company he had every intention of building a massive business and getting rich. In 2013, after creating one of the most viral mobile games on the planet he achieved his goal and sold his business to Zynga for $183 million. And now he plans to go even bigger with his new company Overtime. We got a chance to hear him speak last week to a small group of entrepreneurs that Sergei works with at the eLab at NYU, and we were inspired to share some of the insights and wisdom that Dan b...
2019-07-24
23 min
The Mentors
Becoming Unstuck – How To Finally Get Started (Rebroadcast)
A lot of people want to start something, but most never actually do. Why? They simply don’t want it or need it enough, and find happiness in other ways.But, some of us never get started for a handful of simple reasons.We don’t know what we want to do.We don’t know our own strengths.We doubt ourselves.We worry about what others think.Fortunately, all of these obstacles can be overcome. In this episode, we discuss how to reframe your thinking to finally start acting towards your goals and dreams. We sha...
2019-07-17
32 min
The Mentors
How To Create Opportunities Like A Russian Oligarch
Books can have the best mentorship moments. This week we have a story about Boris Berezovsky from The Oligarchs by David E. Hoffman. We recorded this episode on our drive from Boston to New York City this Sunday, so lucky for you Sergei's Nissan 300ZX makes a guest appearance. In this episode we discuss how it was possible for a career academic to become a billionaire, and how the same thing can be done today to create opportunities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-07-15
08 min
The JTrain Podcast
There’s A Fine Line Between Creepy And Hot (@srevzin & @vrevzin)
Entrepreneurs Sergei & Vadim Revzin join Jared on this week's Tuesday episode of The JTrain Podcast, to read your emails and answer questions about making a move on someone in your friend group, not having time to date because of your job, dating a guy who won't make a first move, and dm'ing someone you met at a work function. Check it out, and enjoySponsored by: FabFitFun (fabfitfun.com code: JTrain) & Robinhood (jtrain.robinhood.com)Subscribe to the JTrain Patreon now at www.patreon.com/jaredfreidtwitter.com/JTrain56 // twitter.com/srevzin // twitter.co...
2019-05-28
1h 06
The Mentors
How To Talk To A Billionaire
Talking to important people can feel intimidating, so in this edition of the 5 Minute Pick Me Up, we decided to talk about why it's actually easier than most people think.Sergei tells a story of how he navigated a conversation with a billionaire, and we dive into some of the things we learned in our recent conversations with leaders of major companies in our Scaling Mentorship series, to hear their thoughts on approaching seemingly unapproachable people. Part of it has to do with understanding real vs. perceived risk, a topic we talked about i...
2019-05-13
08 min
The Mentors
The Best Moments From 100 Episodes Of Our Show
For our 100th show we decided to go through some of our most popular episodes and pick out the best parts. If you’re a first time listener, this is a great way to get a feel for our classy style, and if you’re a veteran, we love you and hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane.Here’s the breakdown of the clips featured in this episode:Episode 7: Becoming Unstuck – How To Finally Get Started, on Sergei getting a role in a feature film.Episode 8: Building a 90 Million...
2019-03-27
38 min
The Mentors
What To Do When You Got 99 Problems
For our 99th episode, we've got 99 problems on our mind, and we wanted to discuss some of the ways Vadim and I have tackled seemingly insurmountable problems in the last few years. In today's 5 Minute Pick Me Up (okay we know it's 10 minutes but shush) we describe the three quick ways to remove the burden of having big problems weighing on you. First thing you can do is to Act Fast. Here we talk about the accounting problem that almost cost our business, and how we acted fast to solve it with our la...
2019-03-25
10 min
The Mentors
From A GMAT Prep Business To Running For President
If you only feel satisfied when you think you're working on something big enough, you're likely missing lucrative opportunities. It's okay to dream big, but being preoccupied with whether or not you're solving a big enough problem means you're not actually executing. In this episode we talk about Sergei's old boss, Andrew Yang, and how he was able to become a millionaire after he stopped chasing big ideas that couldn't be turned into sustainable businesses. This initial success later helped him work on even more audacious pursuits, like creating a national non-profit with Venture for America, a...
2019-02-25
05 min
The Mentors
Why Everything Is Negotiable
What would happen if you learned to push just a little more to get your way? Most of us give up the minute someone tells us that something is non-negotiable, but in our experience very few things actually are.To illustrate this point, we decided to tell you three different stories. The first two are about scenarios where we were able to negotiate something even when it seemed impossible to do so, including a medical bill and a software license fee that was set in stone. The third is about Sergei's old boss, and how he...
2019-02-20
22 min
The Mentors
What We Learned From This 17 Year Old Entrepreneur
You don't have to have a revolutionary business idea to be a successful entrepreneur. It's more important to find a way to provide value for a specific group of people in a differentiated way, and figure out how to reach those people consistently. This week's 5 Minute Pick Me Up is about a 17 year old entrepreneur who built a significant revenue generating business while still in high schoolSergei met this founder, who's now a Freshman at NYU, and discussed how he built his local chore service business from a one man operation, to a...
2019-02-18
06 min
Future² - Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Episode #315: Sergei and Vadim Revzin on the Entrepreneurial Journey
Sergei Revzin is a Venture Investor at the NYU Innovation Venture Fund where he leads the university’s technology investments. He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs all over the country through his work with Venture for America, and has been an early employee and founder at tech companies in NYC and Boston. Vadim Revzin is an Entrepreneur in Residence at GenFKD, a national non-profit, where he teaches entrepreneurship at State University of New York. He’s advised hundreds of startups, and has been both a founder and leader across several early and growth stage startups. Sergei and Vadi...
2019-02-08
49 min
Future Squared with Steve Glaveski
Episode #315: Sergei and Vadim Revzin on the Entrepreneurial Journey
Sergei Revzin is a Venture Investor at the NYU Innovation Venture Fund where he leads the university’s technology investments. He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs all over the country through his work with Venture for America, and has been an early employee and founder at tech companies in NYC and Boston. Vadim Revzin is an Entrepreneur in Residence at GenFKD, a national non-profit, where he teaches entrepreneurship at State University of New York. He’s advised hundreds of startups, and has been both a founder and leader across several early and growth stage startups. Sergei and Vadi...
2019-02-08
49 min
The Mentors
How PathSpot Built A Hardware Business With Just A 3D Printed Prototype
Hardware is inherently harder to build than software, but advances in technology are making it much easier for engineering minds that are interested in bringing physical products to life. When Christine Schindler and Dutch Waanders got the idea for PathSpot, a hand scanner that instantly detects invisible signs of bacteria and viruses, they wanted to figure out how to iterate on their product as quickly as possible. After getting accepted to the Venture for America Accelerator, Sergei helped them get access to a 3D printer there and pretty soon they were going door to door to r...
2019-02-06
40 min
The Mentors
How To Create Your Own Destiny
"Destiny does not do home visits. You have to go for it." Today's 5 Minute Pick Me Up was inspired by this quote from a great fiction novel we read, The Shadow of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. In this episode, Sergei talks about 2 sets of entrepreneurs that he advises in the fashion ecommerce space, and how "going for it" made the difference for one of the companies when raising money from investors.You will learn: 1) The type of work that actually matters in the early days2) Why...
2019-01-28
05 min
The Mentors
Getting 51 Meetings In 9 Days - Live Interview At A Bar
This week we decided to interview 3 sets of entrepreneurs that Sergei works with, right at the end of a two week program where they had to speak with as many prospective customers as possible to try to validate their business idea. We spoke with a student named Kanishk who had some really creative ideas for how to meet as many doctors and other healthcare professionals as possible in less than 2 weeks. He discusses what worked, what didn't, and how this process was instrumental in helping them figure out what kind of business they can build for h...
2019-01-21
07 min
The Mentors
2018 Lessons From Our Top 5 Episodes
Highlights from 5 of our most popular episodes of the 75 released this year. On this New Year's Eve we've decided to review the top 5 episodes since The Mentors podcast was launched at the beginning of 2018. You will hear some of the main lessons learned from our most popular interviews and stories that really resonated with our listeners throughout the year. In this episode you will hear about: Episode 32: The Secret to Finding Big Opportunities, with Carey Smith of Big Ass FansEpisode 8: Building a 90 Million Dollar Business After 50, with Larry Petretti...
2018-12-31
08 min
The Mentors
What I Said When The CEO Of Sprint Picked Up The Phone
If you listen to this show, you know that we got our startup chops by working in sales for several years. In one of Sergei's last sales jobs, he was tasked with making 100 calls a day. Most of the time, when you call Fortune 500 CEOs, they don't pick up the phone, but this time, the CEO of Sprint did. Listen to this latest edition of the 5 Minute Pick Me Up to find out exactly how the conversation went. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-12-03
08 min
The Mentors
Why I Didn't Start Instacart
Instacart recently announced a $271 Million funding round, and Sergei is reminded about a very similar concept he wanted to start around the same time that Apoorva Mehta started Instacart in 2012.The only difference was that Apoorva had a way to execute immediately, and Sergei did not. That's why the idea didn't matter, in that case, as much as the immediate ability to put something into market, and see if it's viable. And that's exactly what Apoorva did.Listen to this edition of the 5 Minute Pick Me Up on The Mentors Podcast to hear the whole story. Hosted on...
2018-11-19
06 min
The Mentors
The Importance Of Saying Fu*k It
Woody Allen famously said that eighty percent of success is showing up. Often times the most effective way to consistently get yourself to show up is to simply say “fu*k it”. This means putting insecurities and doubts aside. It means ignoring the voice inside your head that incessantly tells you why something might not work out. It means removing all expectations and letting things simply play out. In this episode we talk about how we were able to get fast and incredibly impactful results for our business by acting without fear. From following up with famed podcaster Jordan Harbinger afte...
2018-09-26
28 min
The Mentors
5 Minute Pick Me Up - How I Met Daymond John
In this edition of the 5 Minute Pick Me Up, Sergei tells the story of how getting rid of his fear of approaching new people helped him meet Daymond John.You will hear about how Sergei started meeting more people by getting comfortable starting conversations with anyone. You'll learn how to overcome a fear that's limiting you by reframing what the potential outcomes could be. And you'll hear a few suggestions of what to say to people when you first meet them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-09-10
06 min
The Mentors
5 Minute Pick Me Up - Superior Auto Steam (Mack)
Here at The Mentors, we're all about explaining how people just like us can go from having no experience, to running a successful company. Today we’re launching a new series called 5 Minute Pick Me Up.One of the recurring themes on this show, shared by everyone from Max Altchuler, who just sold his company Sales Hacker to Outreach.io, to the Hey Lady shoes twins Emily and Jessica, and even to our story about our father, is that most people don't get started with a fully baked brilliant idea for a business. I want to share with you a st...
2018-08-06
05 min
The Mentors
How To Do What You Love In A Communist Country - Part III
How To Make It In AmericaThis is the third and final part of our series about our father, Samuel Revzin, who built one of the most successful schools in Soviet Belarus, only to have to start all over in a new career at the age of 54. In this episode we tell the story of how our mother and father made the difficult decision to pack their bags and move halfway around the world to make a better life for their children here in the United States. With few employment prospects for recent immigrants, they had to do menial work for...
2018-07-18
31 min
The Mentors
How to Do What You Love in a Communist Country - Part I
The Soviet Union was not a very supportive place for entrepreneurs - especially in the 1960s, on the heels of Stalin's dictatorial regime. In fact in the decades leading up to the collapse of the Soviet Union, many were jailed for circumventing the law by starting their own businesses. Free thinkers, creators, and innovators had to find other ways to apply their minds. Our father, Samuel Zakharovich Revzin, was one such thinker that was simply born in the wrong era and in an inconvenient part of the world. Despite all of this, he was able to rise to prominence and...
2018-05-23
37 min
The Mentors
How Getting Fired Changed My Life
We're taught to associate failure with getting fired, when often times it is the very catalyst that allows us to experience incredible progress. In this episode you will learn techniques to fills gaps in your resume, how to build skills to help you change your career, and use getting fired as an opportunity to create new and exciting experiences for yourself. While losing a job is inherently a stressful experience, it's critical to start seeing it as a life changing event - for the better.We discuss how to rewire your brain to embrace the loss of a job, and...
2018-05-16
32 min
The Mentors
Becoming Unstuck - How To Finally Get Started
A lot of people want to start something, but most never actually do. Why? They simply don't want it or need it enough, and find happiness in other ways. But, some of us never get started for a handful of simple reasons. 1) We don't know what we want to do. 2) We don't know our own strengths.3) We doubt ourselves.4) We worry about what others think. Fortunately, all of these obstacles can be overcome. In this episode, we discuss how to reframe your thinking to finally start acting towards your goals and dreams. We share our exact framework for getting out...
2018-02-07
30 min
The Mentors
The Mentors - Intro Episode
This is a quick introduction to our podcast, the Mentors, where brothers Sergei and Vadim Revzin give advice to anyone interested in building a business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-01-04
04 min