Episodes
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Betty Esperanza, Skateboards for Hope and Atila
A few days ago, we approached Betty Esperanza and Skateboards for Hope about sponsoring a scholarship on Atila. We record all our sales presentations for use internally to see where we can improve. We originally had no intention of sharing this publicly. However, we were so inspired by Betty’s...
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Open The Gates of Education Freedom: How to Make University Higher Quality and More Affordable
Come along on a journey with me through the past, present and future of education. As I talk about how we got here, where we are now, and my ideas for how we can create a better future for students, parents and educators. Read the full article here: https://atila.ca/blog/tomiwa/open-the-gates…
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Harvard Valedictorian + Basketball Captain, Goldman Sachs, Co-Founder of No More Names: Criminal Justice Reform – Chris Egi Atila TV 014
Chris Egi (@chrisegi15) is the valedictorian of the Harvard University 2018 class and captain of the Men’s varsity basketball team. He is currently an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in the Special Situations Group - Private Capital Investing. He was also the captain of the Canadian Men's U-19...
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Singer, Rapper, Writer – @delgotgame (Chinua Ofulue) Atila TV 013
Del (Chinua Ofulue) is an RnB and alternative soul singer, rapper and writer. He recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from Western University. In this episode we talk about is Drake the smartest and greatest rapper alive, advice for breaking into the music...
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GrowthGenius and Bitmaker Labs Co-Founder, Why He Left Finance, Entrepreneurship and Mental Health – Will Richman Atila TV 012
Will Richman is the founder of GrowthGenius and Bitmaker Labs. Before that he worked in Wealth management at BNY Mellon and spent 12 months backpacking through Asia and Europe. Will is also a graduate of the Honor’s Business Administration program at Ivey Business School. GrowthGenius is a…
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U of T Medical School, “MCAT for Black Students”, Poetry and Women’s Rights – Chika Stacy Oriuwa Atila TV 011
Chika is a medical school student at the University of Toronto Medical School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Health Science from McMaster University. Chika is also a poet, writer and an advocate for gender and racial diversity in medicine. She helped grow a program called the BSAP, Black...
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Elementary school, Reiki Yoga Teacher: Self-Love, Mindfulness, Education | Laura Desimone Atila TV 10
Laura Desimone is an elementary school teacher for the Peel District School Board and a Reiki master and founder of @illuminabodyandsoul. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Education at the University of Toronto. In this episode we talk about the importance of self-love, ways to improve the...
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DJing w/ Torey Lanez while on NCAA D1 University Soccer Scholarship - DJ Tuffy Atila TV 009
Josh Tufinho (DJ Tuffy) is currently on a scholarship at Niagara University to play NCAA DI Soccer, in the sports and entertainment marketing program. Josh is also a DJ and has opened for Tory Lanez and is getting his real estate license. Josh previously played for the Toronto FC academy. We talk...
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Apple, Microsoft and Ecobee Product Manager, Waterloo Engineering: Sefunmi Osinaike – Atila TV 8
Sefunmi Osinaike is currently a product manager at EcoBee. He was previously a product manager intern at Microsoft and Apple, both within the same year and graduated from the prestigious Waterloo Electrical and Computer Engineering program. He also has a podcast called Doing a Thing to help other...
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Waterloo Engineering, Tech over Consulting, Doing PM in Silicon Valley: Umesh Khanna – Atila TV 7
Umesh is a currently in the Waterloo Systems Engineering program. He is an incoming product management intern at Credit Karma in San Francisco. He has previously worked at Flexport, Toast, Clearbanc and Shopify in a mix of product and engineering roles. In this episode we talk about why he chose...
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Bain Consulting, RBC I Banking, decline Goldman Sachs, Ivey Bus. School: Paul Okundaye – Atila TV 6
Paul is an incoming management consultant at Bain and Company. Before that he was an investment banking summer analyst at RBC after declining an interview at Goldman Sachs and founder of a food delivery company called Dine Easy. He is currently in his final year in the honours business program at...
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U of T Engineering Dropout, WealthSimple Engineer, Beatcamp + Code Mode Founder Pei Li – AtilaTV 5
Pei Li joins us on this episode to talk about U of T Engineering Dropout, WealthSimple Software Engineer, Beatcamp and Code Mode Founder: Pei Li– Atila TV 005 Full interview at https://atila.ca/blog Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61yMKnqgsM Music by: It just makes me happy by Dj...
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Working in Sales in Tech at Shopify, Declining Ivey, and Networking into Silicon Valley Startup, Clearbit: Trevor Sookraj – Atila TV 004
Trevor Sookraj is a part of the Growth team at Clearbit in San Francisco working to grow their self-serve products. Before that he was a sales intern at Shopify and a marketing analyst at Turnstyle Solutions, which was acquired by Yelp. Trevor is currently at Western studying political science,...
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Facebook Product Manager, ex-Shopify, Brainstation First hire, Declining Ivey. Annie Zhang AtilaTV 3
Annie Zhang is a product manager at Facebook, working on the Facebook Watch team. Before that she was a PM at Shopify and the first employee at Brainstation. Annie graduated from Western with a Philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) degree after declining her acceptance into the Ivey business...
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Medical School Rejection Twice to Google and Pinterest Software Engineer|Ruth Grace Wong– Atila TV 2
You can find the transcript, video and more on atila.ca: https://atila.ca/blog/tomiwa/from-medical-school-rejection-twice-to-google-and-pinterest-software-engineer-ruth-grace-wong-atila-tv-episode-2 If you would like to help transcribe the full interview, edit videos or help Atila TV in any way,...
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Getting in Med School Without a Degree, Advice for Pre Med Students, WorkLife Balance, Self Care
Emily Chen joins us on the first episode to talk about how she got into U of T medical school without a degree, advice for students studying pre med programs and the importance of work life balance and self care. Blog Post:...
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