Anatole Faykin on Giving Yourself Permission to Pursue Your Passion

In Chapter 12 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, Internet entrepreneur Anatole Faykin answers "What Informed Your Decision to Return to School and Pursue a Bioscience Masters Degree?" Mid-career, Faykin rethinks his career trajectory in entrepreneurship and online marketing and revisits his childhood passion for science. He rethinks his career and chooses to pursue a graduate degree in biosciences to do what has always felt natural and made him feel happiest, learning life science and studying biology.

Anatole Faykin is an Internet entrepreneur and digital marketer exploring new career options. A passionate world traveler and problem solver, Faykin plans to return to graduate school to earn a biosciences masters degree. Previously, Faykin has started multiple companies, including Tuanpin, a Shanghai startup he sold in 2011. He holds an MBA from NYU and a BS in computer science and biology from the California Institute of Technology.

Anatole Faykin on Why Meaningful Work is More Than Accomplishments

In Chapter 13 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, Internet entrepreneur Anatole Faykin answers "How Are Your Personal Experiences Shaping Your Professional Aspirations?" Now mid-career and having experience working at corporations and starting companies all over the world, Faykin realizes aspirations are less about accomplishments and more about doing meaningful work.

Anatole Faykin is an Internet entrepreneur and digital marketer exploring new career options. A passionate world traveler and problem solver, Faykin plans to return to graduate school to earn a biosciences masters degree. Previously, Faykin has started multiple companies, including Tuanpin, a Shanghai startup he sold in 2011. He holds an MBA from NYU and a BS in computer science and biology from the California Institute of Technology.

Anatole Faykin on How to Assess Fit Applying to Grad School Mid-Career

In Chapter 14 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, Internet entrepreneur Anatole Faykin answers "How Did You Assess Fit When Deciding Where to Apply for Bioscience Graduate Programs?" As an internet entrepreneur now mid-career, Faykin looks for bioscience grad schools who support entrepreneurial thinking and blend learning science in labs with applying science in business. Ultimately, he identifies three graduate programs that fit his criteria and applies to each of them.

Anatole Faykin is an Internet entrepreneur and digital marketer exploring new career options. A passionate world traveler and problem solver, Faykin plans to return to graduate school to earn a biosciences masters degree. Previously, Faykin has started multiple companies, including Tuanpin, a Shanghai startup he sold in 2011. He holds an MBA from NYU and a BS in computer science and biology from the California Institute of Technology.

Anatole Faykin on Planning a Career Change into Biotechnology

In Chapter 15 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, Internet entrepreneur Anatole Faykin answers "When You Think About Where Life Sciences Has Gone in the Last 15-20 Years Since You Started as an Undergraduate, What Gets You Most Excited About Re-immersing Yourself in That Field?" Faykin shares that in the nearly 20 years since graduating college, the worlds of biosciences and technology have come together to create new ways to solve problems. Data sharing and analytics are breaking down silos between disciplines and creating new market opportunities. Faykin prepares himself for a career change from consumer internet to biotechnology by applying for entrepreneur-friendly graduate school bioscience programs.

Anatole Faykin is an Internet entrepreneur and digital marketer exploring new career options. A passionate world traveler and problem solver, Faykin plans to return to graduate school to earn a biosciences masters degree. Previously, Faykin has started multiple companies, including Tuanpin, a Shanghai startup he sold in 2011. He holds an MBA from NYU and a BS in computer science and biology from the California Institute of Technology.

Anatole Faykin on Studying Life Sciences to Refresh Business Career

In Chapter 16 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, Internet entrepreneur Anatole Faykin answers "How Do You Expect to Use a Life Sciences Master's Degree in Your Business Career?" As a serial entrepreneur who has started multiple businesses, Faykin goes to school first to pursue his passion for studying biosciences and life sciences. He notes that by re-immersing himself in the field of science after many years away he hopes to identify problems to solve by starting new companies to build products that address them.

Anatole Faykin is an Internet entrepreneur and digital marketer exploring new career options. A passionate world traveler and problem solver, Faykin plans to return to graduate school to earn a biosciences masters degree. Previously, Faykin has started multiple companies, including Tuanpin, a Shanghai startup he sold in 2011. He holds an MBA from NYU and a BS in computer science and biology from the California Institute of Technology.

Michael Olsen on Finding Career Direction in Your Thirties

In Chapter 1 of 20 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, management consultant Michael Olsen answers "How Are Your Aspirations Changing as Your Experience Grows?" Olsen shares how his aspirations are less about achievement in his 30s than they were in his 20s. They are less about comparing himself against others and more about understanding himself better. He finds returning to graduate school helpful in this regard and uses the time to personalize a career path in line with not his younger aspirations but instead his current aspirations.

Michael Olsen is a management consultant at Accenture. Previous to Accenture, Olsen earned dual MBA and MPH degrees at Emory University in Atlanta. Olsen earned a BA in symbolic systems from Stanford University and spent the next five years founding an IT consulting company, Redwood Strategies. 

Rachel Lehmann-Haupt on Getting a Producer Job at TED

In Chapter 9 of 17 in her 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, author and small business owner Rachel Lehmann-Haupt answers "What Recent Experiences Have Most Influenced the Direction of Your Career?" In 2012, Lehmann-Haupt joins TED Conference to help launch its TED Books digital publishing division. As a multimedia producer, Lehmann-Haupt works with top TED speakers to create tablet-based media products for the TED audience. This ultimately leads her to start her own multimedia storytelling company.

Rachel Lehmann-Haupt is a writer, editor and multimedia content strategist. She is the owner of StoryMade, a storytelling studio that creates new media content solutions for businesses. Previously, she was a founding editor and multimedia producer at TED Books, designing TED Talk content for tablet computers. She is the author of "In Her Own Sweet Time", published in 2009. Lehmann-Haupt earned a BA from Kenyon College and a Masters in Journalism from UC-Berkeley. 

Rachel Lehmann-Haupt on Working at TED on the Future of Publishing

In Chapter 10 of 17 in her 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, author and small business owner Rachel Lehmann-Haupt answers "What Did Working at TED Books Teach You About the Future of Publishing?" Working at TED allows Lehmann-Haupt to witness firsthand the business model disruption happening in the publishing industry. As companies like TED build content and audience, they also build distribution capabilities that limit or eliminate needs for big publishing house relationships to distribute content, physically or digitally.

Rachel Lehmann-Haupt is a writer, editor and multimedia content strategist. She is the owner of StoryMade, a storytelling studio that creates new media content solutions for businesses. Previously, she was a founding editor and multimedia producer at TED Books, designing TED Talk content for tablet computers. She is the author of "In Her Own Sweet Time", published in 2009. Lehmann-Haupt earned a BA from Kenyon College and a Masters in Journalism from UC-Berkeley. 

Bryan Law on How Job Experience Hones Career Aspirations Over Time

In Chapter 1 of 23 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, business strategist Bryan Law answers "To What Do You Aspire?" Law shares how gaining work experience has helped him find corporate job roles where he can make a difference at a global level. He starts by aspiring to make a global difference for his company and looks to the future for larger opportunities to create impact as a professional.

Bryan Law is a Principal in the Global Business Strategy Group at Google and a board member at Angola University. Previously, he was a manager at Monitor, a management consulting firm. He has worked in consulting roles at Watson Wyatt and Mercer. He earned an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business and a BA from Georgetown University. 

Bryan Law on the Rewards of Economic Development Consulting

In Chapter 14 of 23 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, business strategist Bryan Law answers "What Did You Find Most Rewarding About Doing Economic Development Consulting Work?" As an economic development consultant, Law is able to find common best practices in industries such as agriculture where he can bring together stakeholders from the private sector, the donor development community, and government. He then translates these best practice knowledge from one part of the world to another part of the world to enhance agriculture in new places. The impact he creates with this work leads him to a job in global business strategy at Google.

Bryan Law is a Principal in the Global Business Strategy Group at Google and a board member at Angola University. Previously, he was a manager at Monitor, management consulting firm. He has worked in consulting roles at Watson Wyatt and Mercer. He earned an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business and a BA from Georgetown University. 

Getting a Strategy Job at Google to Help Change the World

In Chapter 17 of 23 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, business strategist Bryan Law answers "What Do You Enjoy Most About What You Do?" Through years working internationally in economic development and management consulting, Law finds his passion and his purpose is providing access to new information to help less fortunate individuals. He joins Google to build upon this through a private sector company committed to bringing information access to those in need.

Bryan Law is a Principal in the Global Business Strategy Group at Google and a board member at Angola University. Previously, he was a manager at Monitor, management consulting firm. He has worked in consulting roles at Watson Wyatt and Mercer. He earned an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business and a BA from Georgetown University. 

Bryan Law on Leaving Consulting to Work at Google

In Chapter 18 of 23 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, business strategist Bryan Law answers "What Informed Your Decision to Leave Consulting and Join the Google Global Strategy Team?" After years working in economic development as a management consultant, Law sees how lack of access to information hinders growth and development. In joining Google and working in global business strategy, Law sees an opportunity to contribute to Google's mission of making information more easily available for people all over the world.

Bryan Law is a Principal in the Global Business Strategy Group at Google and a board member at Angola University. Previously, he was a manager at Monitor, management consulting firm. He has worked in consulting roles at Watson Wyatt and Mercer. He earned an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business and a BA from Georgetown University. 

Parenting Advice on Raising Digital Native Children

In Chapter 7 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, product management executive Ramsey Pryor answers "What Does It Mean for You to Be Engaged in Your Children's Education?" Pryor finds teaching his two children - a kindergartener and a 3rd grader - about setting boundaries on exposures to screens, from TVs to iPads to other electronic devices. Raising digital native children also pushes Pryor to accept responsibility as a parent to keep his kids in a safe learning environment that embraces interactivity without constantly being over their shoulder.

Ramsey Pryor is a product management executive at IBM focused on cloud-based collaboration and security software products. Previously he was VP Product Marketing at Outblaze, acquired by IBM. Pryor earned an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and a BA in Economics and Spanish from Northwestern University. 

How to Use 360 Degree Feedback for Reflective Learning

In Chapter 8 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, product management executive Ramsey Pryor answers "What Role Has Reflection Played in Shaping Your Personal Growth?" Pryor shares how experiencing the 360 degree feedback professional development practice while working at Accenture changed his career trajectory. Getting feedback from those who manage you and those you manage provides Pryor a balanced set of insights that complements his own reflections on what he is doing right and where he can improve over time.

Ramsey Pryor is a product management executive at IBM focused on cloud-based collaboration and security software products. Previously he was VP Product Marketing at Outblaze, acquired by IBM. He started his career as a consultant working at Accenture. Pryor earned an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and a BA in Economics and Spanish from Northwestern University.  

Ramsey Pryor on Why to Do Work That Matters to You Personally

In Chapter 9 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, product management executive Ramsey Pryor answers "How Are Your Personal Experiences Shaping Your Professional Aspirations?" Pryor finds these are completely interrelated. As he gets older, he tries to do things in his professional life that matter to him personally. As he builds a business career working in technology, he finds work that aligns to a greater purpose of making an impact in the world.

Ramsey Pryor is a product management executive at IBM focused on cloud-based collaboration and security software products. Previously he was VP Product Marketing at Outblaze, acquired by IBM. Pryor earned an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and a BA in Economics and Spanish from Northwestern University. 

Learning Thought Leadership in a Technology Career

In Chapter 13 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, product management executive Ramsey Pryor answers "What Does It Mean to Be a Leader in What You Do?" Pryor likes working in technology because it gives him a chance to work on the edge of what has been seen and what is to come. To be part of figuring out the future of an industry inspires Pryor to look for companies and careers, including product management at IBM, where he can make a difference as a thought leader.

Ramsey Pryor is a product management executive at IBM focused on cloud-based collaboration and security software products. Previously he was VP Product Marketing at Outblaze, acquired by IBM. Pryor earned an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and a BA in Economics and Spanish from Northwestern University.  

How Relationship Connections Build Leader Capacity

In Chapter 14 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, product management executive Ramsey Pryor answers "What Leadership Skills are Becoming More Relevant as Your Career Progresses?" Pryor shares how the question of leadership he is trying to answer changes over time. Early in his career, leadership is more about individual performance at a higher level than peers or competitors. Over time, leadership becomes less about tactics and more about people and resources you can bring in to solve a problem.

Ramsey Pryor is a product management executive at IBM focused on cloud-based collaboration and security software products. Previously he was VP Product Marketing at Outblaze, acquired by IBM. Pryor earned an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and a BA in Economics and Spanish from Northwestern University.  

Building Software for a Socially Connected Workforce

In Chapter 15 of 16 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, product management executive Ramsey Pryor answers "What Has Your Software Product Manager Work Taught You About Team Collaboration?" Working as a product management executive building cloud-based collaboration platforms at IBM, Pryor learns how cloud software is helping users better manage life in a socially connected workforce. As office life becomes less 9 to 5 and personal life, via social media and mobile, becomes more present during office hours, Pryor finds collaboration software can bring a user's life together in and out of business to be more manageable.

Ramsey Pryor is a product management executive at IBM focused on cloud-based collaboration and security software products. Previously he was VP Product Marketing at Outblaze, acquired by IBM. Pryor earned an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and a BA in Economics and Spanish from Northwestern University.