Richard (Microsoft to Cranium)

By Andrew Chen | Interviews

This interview is with Richard Tait, co-creator of the board game Cranium, which won the Toy Industry Association’s “Game of the Year” award five times in six years, and sold to Hasbro Toys in 2008. He is currently co-founder and CEO of Golazo energy drinks.  The interview was conducted by Andrew Chen and summarized by J. del Fierro.     Q. How has your career unfolded and taken you to your current role as co-founder of Golazo energy drinks? A. I’d love to tell you it was strategic, but that hasn’t been the way it unfolded for me. It’s often a door that closes that leads to [...]

Roger (college to tech entrepreneur)

By Andrew Chen | Interviews

It’s when you take that leave of absence or quit your job to focus on the startup full-time that it becomes real. – Roger Lee, president at PaperG

Sheila (college to entertainment news)

By Andrew Chen | Interviews

“The beauty of entertainment is that you’re helping people have fun during their day.” – Sheila Marikar, ABCNews.com

Jason (sales to ridesharing startup)

By Andrew Chen | Interviews

Paul Graham was like, “This could be the Altair Basic.” – Jason Shen, Ridejoy

Kevin (consulting to food startup)

By Andrew Chen | Interviews

“In a startup, there are many situations where you just don’t know what you’re supposed to do because you’ve never seen it before. But it’s also really exciting because you get experience you may never get in a traditional job.” – Kevin Yang, EAT Club

Rachel (finance to filmmaker)

By Andrew Chen | Interviews

“I think I felt I had to do certain things coming out of school, but quickly realized that wasn’t the life I wanted to live.” – Rachel Cook, Microlending Film Project

Jessica (McKinsey to chief of staff)

By Andrew Chen | Interviews

“I spend a lot of time thinking about scaling our organization and figuring out how to preserve the culture.” – Jessica Yuen, Khan Academy