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Helping Nontraditional Talent Break Into Tech with Rahim Fazal and Mike Slagh

June 4, 2019
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Erik is joined on this episode by Mike Slagh (@MikeSlagh), co-founder and CEO of Shift, and Rahim Fazal (@rahimthedream), co-founder and CEO of SV Academy.

They talk about:

* How they “navigated the idea maze” to come to what they are doing today.

* How they are helping people with non-traditional backgrounds break into Silicon Valley.

* Why what they do is valuable both to the employer and the employee changing careers.

* How they came to their business models.

* How they help fix the “massive mismatch between supply and demand” in the job market.

* Their thoughts on ISAs.

* Other potential ideas in the space.

And much more.

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Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Grace Chen is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.