Career Crashers

57 - Leaving Wall Street Behind to Found a Startup with Jibril Jackson

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Synopsis

Jibril Jackson is the founder of Hyve a platform rebuilding the social media experience.  After excelling throughout school and university, and graduating from law school, Jibril  started and was excelling in a career as an investment banker. But he realized that the path he was succeeding on, was not a path that led to a great destination.  So he changed direction. He left his comfortable job to set out as an entrepreneur and build something new.  In this episode, Jibril shares his journey, career insights learned, and what he is building with Hyve.  In this episode:  * Why Jibril released that going to law school was a mistake * What Jibril’s experience working on Wall Street was like and what he learned from the experience * Why finance doesn’t work the way we think it does, and why relationships matter a lot more than data * Power comes from social networks and social proof  * How becoming a father changed the way that Jibril thought about his career * Why Jibril dec