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Join us live every Wednesday as School16 founders Vadim and Sergei Revzin interview Operations, Project Management, Sales, and Product Marketing experts as they share their experiences and advice for navigating a career in tech.

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Past Class Recordings

Get access to recordings of past seminars with experts from industry professionals in Operations, Project Management, Sales, and Product Marketing roles at major tech companies.

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Becoming a Product Marketing Manager at Established Technology Brands
Prabha Dublish
Product Marketing Manager at Facebook
Prabha will discuss the three core pillars of product marketing and the growing opportunities in this increasingly important field at established and emerging technology brands
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Building a Career in Technology Operations and Venture Capital
Holyn Kanake
Strategy and Operations at Twitter
[Private content, available upon request] Holyn ran a session on navigating partnership strategy and operations at major consumer properties like Twitter and establishing a career as an early stage venture scout
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Understanding SaaS Economics as a B2B Technology Professional
Kateryna Kladkova
Sr. Growth Specialist at Hubspot
Kateryna will be leading a class on foundations of SaaS Economics covering what tech professional need to understand when looking for opportunities at SaaS companies like Hubspot.
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Getting Your Start in Tech Through Inside Sales
Kevin "KD" Dorsey
VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop
KD will lead a session on entering the growing discipline of inside sales and how top reps quickly get promoted to management and leadership roles at technology startups
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Establishing Yourself as Digital Marketing Leader in Tech
Grace Ouma-Cabezas
Marketing Executive at Food52, The Knot
Grace will discuss how she grew her career at major consumer brands focusing on deep audience connection and performance driven marketing to drive rapid market growth
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Finding Sought After Opportunities In Strategy and Operations
Akshay Sriprasad
Product & Market Strategist at Google
Akshay will run a session on strategy and operations, highlighting how his role at Google lead him to a small team within a subsidiary of Alphabet (Google's parent company)
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How to Navigate a Career In Enterprise Sales and Account Management
David Dennenberg
Global Account Executive at NetApp
Dave will lead a session on mastering enterprise sales and client services after starting off in tech support and working in highly technical roles like Principal Architect and SE Manager
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Navigating a Business and Technical Career at Top Tech Brands
Isaac Carrada
Startup Ecosystem Leader at IBM
Isaac talk about his transition from sales to engineering, and how he has been able to break into multiple Fortune 1000 companies including EA Games, Procter & Gamble, and IBM
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Becoming an Indispensable Operations Manager
Artia Moghbel
Chief Operating Officer at DFINITY
Artia will breakdown his career transition into operations and how his background as a management consultant helped him scale a company to over 100 employees
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How to Land a Role in Software Product Management
Surbhi Gupta
Sr. Product Manager at MATRIXX Software
Surbhi will discuss how she built her product career at places like Oracle and Intuit, the skills required for landing such roles and the best way to start building your knowledge as a PM
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Navigating a Successful Tech Sales Career
Daisy dePaulis
Head of Sales, Americas at Google Cloud
Daisy will talk about sales roles at early vs. growth stage startups and how this position works cross-functionally with customer success and product at places like Google
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How Companies Like Slack Evaluate New Talent
Carl Narcisse
Sr. Technical Recruiter at Slack
Carl will lead a conversation about what it takes to land a technical role at Slack, what business roles are in high demand, and how to get your foot in the door with established tech companies.

Featured Articles

School16 founders Vadim and Sergei Revzin regularly contribute to publications like Forbes—read their recent takes on trends in tech and entrepreneurship.

The Mentors Podcast

Join School16 founders Vadim and Sergei Revzin on the Mentors Podcast as they uncover the truth behind how people build things. Listen to recorded episodes below and tune in every Monday and Wednesday for new episodes.

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The evolution of a leader from field sales to president at a public company
Vadim & Sergei
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The Best Moments From 100 Episodes Of Our Show
Vadim & Sergei
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The Art And Science Of Being Happy With Nataly Kogan Of Happier – Part II
Vadim & Sergei
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The Art And Science Of Being Happy With Nataly Kogan Of Happier - Part I
Vadim & Sergei
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Teespring's Meteoric Rise And What Happened After They Raised $65 Million, with Evan Stites-Clayton
Vadim & Sergei
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SXSW EDU: From 0 To 8,000 Attendees, With Founder Ron Reed
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Stumbling Into Greatness
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Starting A Gaming Company While Getting A PhD In Neuroscience At NYU, With Wayne Mackey of Statespace – Part II
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Starting A Gaming Company While Getting A PhD In Neuroscience At NYU, With Wayne Mackey of Statespace - Part I
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Sales For Founders 101: Introduction
Vadim & Sergei
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Sales For Founders 101: Getting Meetings
Vadim & Sergei
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Sales For Founders 101: Closing The Deal
Vadim & Sergei
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Remembering Colin Kroll And How To Deal With The Struggles Of Entrepreneurship
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Reducing Plastic Waste By Dominating The Sustainable Paper Straw Market, With The Founders Of SeaStraws
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Public Speaking Techniques Used by Billionaires, Actors and Presidents
Vadim & Sergei
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Our First Assembly And Keeping The Attention Of 500 Eighth Graders
Vadim & Sergei
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Negotiating Salaries, Speeding Tickets and Used Cars
Vadim & Sergei
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Memorial Day And Our History With The Red Army
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LeVar Burton and Alicia Levi - From Reading Rainbow to Partnering With RIF
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Lessons Learned From Two Weeks Of Talking To Customers
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Jerry Seinfeld On Creativity And The Value Of Always Experimenting
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How Two Moms Bootstrapped A Children's Product To Millions, With The Co-CEOs of Slumberkins
Vadim & Sergei
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How To Win A Nobel Prize
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How To Use Your Existing Skills To Find Opportunities In A New Industry
Vadim & Sergei

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