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David Klein of CommonBond on tackling the student debt apocalypse; $2.5bn down, $2 trillion to go

David Klein started Common Bond because grad school was too expensive. He went from McKinsey and Corporate America to homeless as he scratched together Common Bond, which now serves over 100,000 people in their mission to make higher ed cost

David Klein of CommonBond on tackling the student debt apocalypse; $2.5bn down, $2 trillion to go

David Klein started Common Bond because grad school was too expensive. He went from McKinsey and Corporate America to homeless as he scratched together Common Bond, which now serves over 100,000 people in their mission to make higher ed cost

Heini Zachariassen, creator of the world’s largest wine platform (Vivino) and from one of the world’s tiniest states

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to learn how to make things big…and how to keep things small. The wine community founded by Heini Zachariassen blew up, slowly. A few uses to a few millions daily. Bonus: learn

Heini Zachariassen, creator of the world’s largest wine platform (Vivino) and from one of the world’s tiniest states

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to learn how to make things big…and how to keep things small. The wine community founded by Heini Zachariassen blew up, slowly. A few uses to a few millions daily. Bonus: learn

Fabrice Grinda, 400X angel (Alibaba, Knotel, OpenDoor, Flexport) and manyX co-founder of Auclan, Zingy, OLX and company-builder FJ Labs

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with with the angel and founder Fabrice Grinda about his 100s of startup experiences and mainly about systems — the system for selecting the right businesses for Fabrice, originally his

Fabrice Grinda, 400X angel (Alibaba, Knotel, OpenDoor, Flexport) and manyX co-founder of Auclan, Zingy, OLX and company-builder FJ Labs

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with with the angel and founder Fabrice Grinda about his 100s of startup experiences and mainly about systems — the system for selecting the right businesses for Fabrice, originally his

Alex Mashinsky, visionary founder of Arbinet, the proto-Lyft/Uber GroundLink, Transit Wireless and now a crypto bank talks about making things big

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Alex Mashinsky who has repeatedly dreamt big and hit big using information networks to disrupt telecom, Wall St, banks, taxis, and more. Listen to the visionary founder of Arbinet,

Alex Mashinsky, visionary founder of Arbinet, the proto-Lyft/Uber GroundLink, Transit Wireless and now a crypto bank talks about making things big

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Alex Mashinsky who has repeatedly dreamt big and hit big using information networks to disrupt telecom, Wall St, banks, taxis, and more. Listen to the visionary founder of Arbinet,

Will Herman, author of The Startup Playbook, 2x billion-dollar founder, 200x startup-advisor on how to lead people to greatness

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Will Herman, the Boston founder who dropped out of college, started at Digital Equipment Corporation in the hallowed early days of computing and followed his destiny to 100s of

Will Herman, author of The Startup Playbook, 2x billion-dollar founder, 200x startup-advisor on how to lead people to greatness

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Will Herman, the Boston founder who dropped out of college, started at Digital Equipment Corporation in the hallowed early days of computing and followed his destiny to 100s of

Dane Madsen, wiseman of transformation who led YellowPages.com, on how to transform yourself and your people

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to visit Dane Madsen in a conversation that finds him far away from the centers of the commerce, in his retreat, talking travel, transformation, teams, and asking why.

Dane Madsen, wiseman of transformation who led YellowPages.com, on how to transform yourself and your people

Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to visit Dane Madsen in a conversation that finds him far away from the centers of the commerce, in his retreat, talking travel, transformation, teams, and asking why.