The Blind Ambition with Jack Kelly

The Blind Ambition with Jack Kelly


Latest Episodes

Disha Patel, Head of Shopping Product at Cash App: The Importance of Finding Your Craft
March 13, 2024

Disha Patel, Head of Shopping Product at Cash AppDisha explains why finding a craft and refining it over time is essential. It's how she's evolved her career, first as an engineer and then as a management consultant and a product head. We dig int

Heather Inocencio, Founder and CEO of The Product Consult: Why Product Managers Fail
March 06, 2024

Heather Inocencio, Founder and CEO of The Product ConsultHeather is a sought-after product management consultant with more than 30 years of product management experience at large public companies and high-growth consumer startups, including The RealReal

Jack Kelly, Founder and CEO of Compliance Search Group: How I Became a Wall Street Recruiter
February 28, 2024

Jack Kelly, Founder and CEO of Compliance Search GroupIn this episode, we flip the script and interview our co-host, Jack Kelly!Jack did not always know he wanted to be a recruiter. Instead, he stumbled upon it after visiting a recruiting agency and hav

Jack and Rick Take on Google's AI Mistakes and Nvidia's Million-Dollar Pay Packages
February 26, 2024

Jack Kelly and Rick Chen explore what happened with Google's well-publicized blunders with its Gemini AI model. Rick explains what likely happened behind the scenes that resulted in the image generator creating odd illustrations and distorting the rea

Arvind Jain, Founder and CEO of Glean: How to Become One of the Top 1% of Engineers at Google
February 21, 2024

Arvind Jain, Founder and CEO of GleanArvind spent more than 10 years at Google, going from one of the company's first engineers when it was a startup to becoming a distinguished engineer. We find out just how he earned the promotions and what it took

Justin Zhu and Michelle Lee, Co-Founder and Counsel of Stand with Asian Americans: Making the Transition from Executive to Political Advocacy
February 14, 2024

Justin Zhu, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Stand with Asian AmericansMichelle Lee, Counsel at Stand with Asian AmericansAsian Americans make up a large proportion of the U.S. professional workforce, but often, they are one of the least represented

Bonnie Dilber, Manager, Business Recruiting at Zapier: Counter-Intuitive Tips You Need to Know to Get Hired
February 07, 2024

Bonnie Dilber, Manager, Business Recruiting at ZapierBonnie leads the business recruiting team at Zapier, focusing on roles in the finance, sales, marketing, people, operations, support, legal and leadership teams. We dig into her untraditional backgroun

Mark Dixon, Founder and CEO of IWG: The Future of Remote Work and the Workplace
January 31, 2024

Mark Dixon, Founder and CEO of IWGWhen Mark founded Regus, now known as IWG, he was the first to offer co-working space on a large scale. We explore how workplaces, offices, and even commercial real estate have changed since he started in the company in

Neil Dhar, Vice Chairman, Co-Head of Consulting at PwC: How to Assemble a Personal Board of Directors to Advance Your Career
January 26, 2024

Neil Dhar, Vice Chairman, Co-Head of Consulting at PwCWe explore the secrets and advantages of longevity in the professional services industry, focusing on the advisory and consulting profession.Neil has spent more than 30 years at PwC and has held vari

Katya Laviolette, Chief People Officer at 1Password: How to Stand Out Among 12,000 Resumes
January 17, 2024

Katya Laviolette, Chief People Officer at 1PasswordKatya gives us a sneak peek into how recent mass layoffs in the tech, banking and finance industries have impacted the job market. She reveals that 1Password receives as many as 12,000 resumes every mont