Check out the second episode of Smart People Should Build Things: The Venture for America Podcast, a play.it original in collaboration with CBS!
Couldn’t get enough of the interview with VFA Founder & CEO, Andrew Yang? We’re back.
This week, our host Jeremy Shinewald, along with guest host Miles Lasater, sits down with Dan Porter, former President of Teach for America, serial entrepreneur, and current Board Member of Venture for America. Dan may be most well known for serving as the CEO of OMGPOP, where he created Draw Something, an app that had over 100 million downloads and is one of the most downloaded games ever in the history of the iPhone. Dan sold OMGPOP to Zynga for $180 million in 2012 and currently works as Head of Digital at William Morris Endeavor.
Download the latest episode to hear about Dan’s dynamic career path and the many crazy anecdotes along the way, including a brief and hostile call from Steve Jobs!
About our hosts:
Host, Jeremy Shinewald, is the founder of a portfolio of companies dedicated to supporting the unique aspirations of students and professionals. Jeremy’s firms include mbaMission and jdMission (admissions advisory services for prospective MBAs and lawyers), MBA Career Coaches (career coaching for MBA students and post-MBA professionals) and M7 Financial (accessing graduate student loans). Jeremy was also a founding Venture for America Board Member and is currently the Chair of VFA’s Entrepreneur Board.
Jeremy’s guest host, Miles Lasater, is Founder and Chairman of Higher One, an organization that partners with colleges and universities to streamline and manage the financial aspects of campus life, freeing both students and institutions to focus on the most important thing: education. He’s also the Founder of SeeClickFix, an app that allows residents to report neighborhood issues and see them get fixed. Miles is on the Board of the Yale Entrepreneurship Institute and is a member of VFA’s Board of Directors.
