
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal
Michael Overell: Nuclear family sunrise, learnings building startup for 8 yrs, growth @ Lyft + ClassDojo & more!
Sep 20, 2022
01:04:20
In this episode #104 w Michael Overell, learn about:
- Sunrise in Brisbane, Australia with 3 younger sisters
- Influences of Mum, an English teacher and Dad, an accountant
- Desire to play rugby professionally and source of ambition
- How he left Mckinsey to create his startup, RecruitLoop
- Reflecting on his own founder journey having to step away from RecruitLoop after 8 years
- Moving from Sydney to San Fransisco
- How he joined Lyft and now ClassDojo
- What it means to be high performing and successful at a fast growing tech company
- Forming the angel syndicate, Antipodes with an all star cast
- Why he didn't get Jetlag till he was 30 and more!
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
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