Feb 23
Ruben Harris: Lessons on Breaking Into Startups
Date and time
Thu, February 23, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST
From non-traditional background to raising $40million
Lessons On Breaking Into Startups
Ruben Harris is the CEO of Career Karma, backed by the world’s top investors like Y Combinator, Top Tier Ventures, Initialized Capital, Softbank, Google Ventures and Kapor Capital (to name a few), and just raised $40 million in Series B funding.
Despite this, his background is far from traditional. Ruben moved to San Francisco without a job and landed a role in tech 3 weeks later. He wrote a viral blog post about this experience called Breaking Into Startups and, after receiving thousands of e-mails asking for more information, he co-founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process.
The first of our new Voices series, this event will be hosted by Michael Seibel - Y Combinator Group Partner; Reddit and Dropbox Board Member; previously CEO and co-founder of Twitch and Socialcam.
Michael and Ruben will discuss breaking into the industry from a non-traditional background; advice for CodePath students; and views on belonging and identity in the world of startups.