Irina is the former CEO of CareerBuilder, a leading global, end-to-end human capital solutions company. Irina’s family came to this country as refugees from Ukraine with $270 in the 1980s, and she (and they) have built not only a wonderful life but an impressive career. We discuss her childhood as a latchkey kid, and how her independence, ownership, and willingness to fail have played integral roles in each ecosystem she has been an essential part of.
Leave something for BTO community: The combination of ignorance (or willingness to be/appear that way) and persistence is a potent combination.
Ask something of BTO community: As you are making hiring decisions, push your thinking on who has and what are the right traits for which to hire. Don’t judge a book by its cover, magic can happen with diverse teams (in the myriad of ways diversity can be interpreted).
Brandon is the CEO of Cotton Patch Cafe, a Texas-based American restaurant chain. We discuss how growing up in the dual worlds of creative...
Sumit is the Founder and CEO of Cancer Check Labs, a biotechnology company using patented filtration technology to revolutionize cancer screening and outcomes. After...
John is the co-founder of The Marsh Collective, which stewards over $1.5B of real estate in 12 small American towns. John shares the ups...