Listen "Ali Partovi: CEO of Neo, Co-Founder of Code.org, Angel Investor"
Episode Synopsis
This week we chat with fellow twin, Ali Partovi! Ali Partovi is CEO of Neo, a diverse community of tech veterans coming together to invest in the leaders of tomorrow. Neo identifies awesome undergrads, connects them with other community members, and invests in companies they start or join. Ali was born in Tehran and lived through the Iran-Iraq war. He studied CS at Harvard. His first startup, LinkExchange, was acquired in 1998. He has backed Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, & Uber. He co-founded Code.org to promote CS education. Ali is passionate about sustainable food and loves climbing, guitar, puzzles, and family.Ali is a legend in the Silicon Valley ecosystem who started building businesses at a very young age. He gives fascinating advice in this episode for very entrepreneurial individuals and very technical individuals on how they should approach their early career decisions. Lots of gems in this one. Enjoy!Follow Us!Ali Partovi: @apartoviNeo: @neoCode.org: website hereErica Wenger: @erica_wengerDear Twentysomething: @deartwentysomething
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