Career Crashers

James Kawas is Co-Founder and CEO of The Selling Company, where he is working to change the way people sell their things. From a young age, James has thought outside the box about the way he works and creates. When he was 17, after already starting his first company, James wanted to meet Brian Chesky, so he created a side project idea for Airbnb, found emails for key employees at the company, and pitched them on it. They liked it so much they invited him to come to present it in person in San Francisco. In this episode, James shares the story of his Airbnb pitch and a lot more about how to hustle and create opportunities for yourself. In this episode: * How James at age 17 cold pitched Airbnb on an idea and ended up meeting and pitching Airbnb leadership in-person * Applying the same strategy to Facebook * Starting a company at age 15 to help people buy and sell used goods * Why James didn’t go to college and getting the Thiel Fellowship * What the transition from being a founder to employee was like when