John Harthorne, Founder of Mass Challenge (Part 1 of 2)

06/12/2019 16 min Temporada 1 Episodio 1

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Episode Synopsis

John Harthorne, founder and former CEO of MassChallenge talks to us about his career path and how pursuing struggle is the only way for him to find meaning and joy. MassChallenge is a start up accelerator headquartered in Boston, MA and as of 2019, it has helped almost 2,000 start ups raise over $5B in funding which have gone on to generate almost $3B in revenue. In this episode, we cover a lot of topics, including: 

A framing that may make career changes feel more comfortable and less risky 
The differences between management consulting and entrepreneurship 
How John made a career switch during the Great Recession