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Graduate Theory

James Frickerwww.graduatetheory.com
Graduate Theory uncovers the stories behind successful graduates and executives. We discuss their successes, failures and lessons learnt. Compiling the theory that leads to a fulfilling career.

Episodes

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...

Oct 17, 202250 min

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_...

Oct 10, 202231 min

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...

Oct 03, 202254 min

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...

Sep 26, 20221 hr 5 min

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 ...

Sep 19, 202236 min

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...

Sep 12, 202247 min

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...

Sep 05, 202257 min

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...

Aug 29, 202258 min

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...

Aug 22, 202247 min

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...

Aug 15, 202243 min

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...

Aug 08, 202217 min

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...

Aug 01, 202250 min

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...

Jul 25, 202248 min

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...

Jul 18, 202247 min

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...

Jul 11, 202242 min

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...

Jul 04, 202259 min

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...

Jun 27, 202248 min

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...

Jun 20, 20221 hr 12 min

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...

Jun 13, 202249 min

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...

Jun 06, 202246 min

Don't Follow Your Passion

This podcast features Steve Jobs, Cal Newport, and Ben Horowitz in investigating whether you should follow your passion when choosing a career. All links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubePopular Episodes- Dan Brockwellhttps://youtu.be/BRjk31I3Piwhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/15-dan-brockwell/- Penny Talalakhttps://youtu.be...

May 30, 202220 min

Gene Rice | On The Journey from Grad to Grown-up

Gene Rice is Chairman Rice-Cohen International, one of the top executive recruiters in the world. He has recently co-authored a book with his daughter Courtney called “Grad to Grown Up”, sharing 68 tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/31-gene-riceAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagram...

May 23, 202257 min

Yaniv Bernstein | On Engineering The Perfect Work Culture

Yaniv Bernstein is the founder and COO of his startup, Circular. He has 10 years of work experience at Google, and recently was VP of Engineering and COO at Airtasker. He is also the co-host of his own podcast, the startup podcast.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/30-yaniv-bernsteinConnect with Yanivhttps://anchor.fm/the-startup-pod/https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernsteinhttps://twitter.com/ybernsteinAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps...

May 16, 202247 min

Lacey Filipich | On Negotiating Your Financial Future

Lacey Filipich graduated as valedictorian in chemical engineering before starting work in the mines. Since then, she’s accomplished many things including becoming financially free, giving a TEDx talk, writing a book called “Money School” and founding a company by the same name. Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/29-lacey-filipichAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps:/...

May 09, 202259 min

On the Specialist vs Generalist Dilemma

Today's episode looks at searching for the best career. Should you specialise early? Or be a generalist and specialise later?This episode contains content from Chris Dixon, Bill Gates, Tim Ferris, Malcolm Gladwell and David Epstein on how to best approach your career. Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/28-rangeDan Brockwellhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/15-dan-brockwell/Adam Ashtonhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/12-adam-ashton/All links in one placehttps://linktr.ee...

May 02, 202236 min

Kerry Callenbach | On Finding and Thriving in Your Dream Graduate Role

Kerry Callenbach has worked in HR for over 18 years in professional services, banking, health, sports, and tech. Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/27-kerry-callenbachAll links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.com https://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprout https://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubeContent00:00 Kerry Callenbach00:19 Intro01:26 Kerry having 20,000+ applications at Deloitte...

Apr 25, 202240 min

Abhi Maran | On Making a Career in Venture Capital

Abhi Maran is an Investment Analyst @ Folklore Ventures.Graduate Theory Newsletterhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/26-abhi-maran/All links in one placehttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryDirect Linkshttps://www.graduatetheory.comhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/buzzsprouthttps://www.graduatetheory.com/instagramhttps://www.graduatetheory.com/youtubeContent00:00 Intro00:55 Abhi's University Experience07:32 What different strategies do VC funds have?10:40 The difference startup experience makes as a VC1...

Apr 18, 202244 min

The Graduate Theory Review with James Fricker

Full Postwww.graduatetheory.com/25Graduate Theorywww.graduatetheory.com/24-Mel-KettleAll Linkshttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryContent00:00 Graduate Theory #2505:33 Proactivity vs Reactivity16:08 Time Management27:02 Networking34:52 Trusting Your Gut38:37 Personal Branding45:21 Close

Apr 11, 202247 min

Mel Kettle | On Avoiding Career Traps and Burnout

Mel Kettle is a communications expert with more than two decades ofexperience in strategic communication and leadership. Graduate Theorywww.graduatetheory.com/24-Mel-KettleAll Linkshttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryMel Kettlehttps://www.melkettle.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/melkettle/Content00:00 Intro00:57 Mel before she became a leadership expert07:16 How did moving cities impact Mel13:21 Does Mel have certain things that she likes in cities?15:32 How do you escape 70 hour weeks?18:1...

Apr 04, 202253 min

Josh Reyes | On Building a Remote Career in Web3

Josh Reyes is the co-founder of DeFi app, Minke.Graduate Theorywww.graduatetheory.com/23-josh-reyesAll Linkshttps://linktr.ee/graduatetheoryJosh Reyeshttps://twitter.com/vancityreyeshttps://www.minke.app/Content00:00 Josh Reyes - Multicam01:22 Starting Work as the First Employee04:34 Super Early Stage or Corporate?07:01 What are the unique opportunities that you get from working at an early stage company?08:31 What do people undervalue about early-stage startups?11:50 The Remote State of Mink...

Mar 28, 202247 min
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