On Thursdays, in under 10 minutes, we "Connect The Dots" from real-life situations to help you as an entrepreneur, leader, innovator, or just a person who is venturing out to try something new. These stories will help you make sense of situations you may find yourself in and provide encouragement to keep you moving forward in your journey. "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward." ~Steve Jobs (I think) Visit unpolishedmba.com to listen to all of the episodes and apply to become a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message

This episode is a conversation with Cloe Guidry, a tech startup founder in Atlanta. The idea for her technology came from specific challenges she witnessed in Supplier Diversity during her years in Corporate and her desire to solve them in an unconventional way.   TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE GO TO ---> www.unpolishedmba.com/ep031 Visit unpolishedmba.com to listen to all of the episodes and apply to become a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message

Dr. Steven Goudy, the inventor behind the brand Dr. Noze Best, shares his professional journey as a pediatric surgeon, MBA, and entrepreneur as well as his thoughts on self-awareness. No time to listen? To read the transcript for this episode just go to —> http://unpolishedmba.com/ep030 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message

Jonathan Ivanco, an attorney turned entrepreneur, has developed a unique way of looking at business. He found his way into the tech world and isn’t looking back.  In this episode, he talks about his journey from starting out in computer science and with a lot of twists and turns, going all the way through finishing law school and realizing that he didn’t want to practice law. How did it turn out? What is he doing now? Listen in and find out. TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE GO TO --> www.unpolishedmba.com/ep029 Visit unpolishedmba.com to listen to all of the episodes and apply to become a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message

Charu Thomas, a tech entrepreneur who founded her company while still completing her undergraduate degree at Georgia Tech, talks about how she almost didn't continue on with the business after graduation. Why did she change her mind? Listen in to find out. TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE GO TO --> www.unpolishedmba.com/ep028 Visit unpolishedmba.com to listen to all of the episodes and apply to become a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message

Mac Conwell, a tech entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, talks about his career journey from leaving college to becoming a tech startup founder and now a VC.   TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE GO TO ---> www.unpolishedmba.com/ep027 Visit unpolishedmba.com to listen to all of the episodes and apply to become a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message

Angela Ellington, CEO of Moistura Silk, a chemist turned entrepreneur speaks about going from the Corporate conveniences of being an executive to being a startup CEO. As many of us know, being an Executive at a large corporation has its perks, but when you have a calling, nothing can hold you back from fulfilling it. Listen in as Angela shares more about this and how your Corporate network doesn’t prepare you for entrepreneurship. TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE GO TO ---> www.unpolishedmba.com/ep026 Visit unpolishedmba.com to listen to all of the episodes and apply to become a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message

Michele Heyward, CEO of Positive Hire, is an engineer turned entrepreneur taking on the challenge to help companies recruit & retain BIPOC women engineers, scientists and technical professionals for management roles. TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE GO TO ---> www.unpolishedmba.com/ep025 Visit unpolishedmba.com to listen to all of the episodes and apply to become a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message

In this episode, Matt Wallaert, an expert on changing human behavior, talks about being "needfully vulgar" at times while still being a respected scientist, author, and entrepreneur. TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE GO TO ---> www.unpolishedmba.com/ep024 Visit unpolishedmba.com to listen to all of the episodes and apply to become a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message

This episode is a conversation with Mike Tatum, a military soldier turned marketing guru. He lends his talents to Corporate America, but also runs his own marketing firm and somehow he manages it all. TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE GO TO ---> www.unpolishedmba.com/ep023 Visit unpolishedmba.com to listen to all of the episodes and apply to become a guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unpolishedmba/message