In this podcast, we cover -

1. Mental models for figuring out what to do with your life

2. Nuances of career transitions

3. Doubling down on the things you care most about

Dhruva Bhat is an entrepreneur and researcher with extensive experience in educational innovation and international development. He co-founded and directs Lumiere Education, a company that delivers advanced extracurricular programs focusing on research, AI/ML, and professional development to high school students worldwide. Under his leadership, Lumiere has reached over 4,000 students from 70 countries. In the past, he has helped scale India’s largest debate education nonprofit, the Indian Schools Debating Society, and coached the Indian national team to win the World Schools Debating Championships.

​Dhruva graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in economics, magna cum laude and from Oxford University with a Ph.D. in international development as a Rhodes Scholar. His research on education and entrepreneurship in developing countries has won the Dunlop Prize in Business and Government, the Burke Knapp Travel Grant and the Murray Speight Research Grant.

In this podcast, we cover -

1. Thinking about your career in phases

2. Figuring out what matters and why

3. Working like a lion: Sprint, rest, repeat

Abhilasha is a graduate of IIT Delhi and Harvard Business School. Over the years she has worked at the intersection of tech and innovation across diverse industries such as digital healthcare, blended education, and consumer tech across Asia and North America.

She was previously the Chief Growth Officer at Open Secret.

​Outside her professional career she is passionate about mentoring college students and young professionals, and advising early stage businesses and non-profit organizations.

Heidi Roizen is a venture capitalist, corporate director and former technology CEO/entrepreneur. Today, Heidi is a partner at leading venture firm Threshold Ventures and serves as a board member for private companies Upside Foods and Polarr in the Threshold portfolio. She is currently also an independent corporate director for Invitation Homes (NYSE:INVH) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL). Heidi is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University and leads Stanford’s Threshold Venture Fellows Program in the Management Science and Engineering department. At Stanford, Heidi also serves on the advisory councils of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and Stanford Technology Ventures (STVP). She started her career as co-founder of software company T/Maker and served as its CEO for over a dozen years until its acquisition by Deluxe Corporation. After a year as VP of Worldwide Developer Relations at Apple, Heidi then became a venture capitalist in 1999. She has undergraduate and MBA degrees from Stanford and is the proud mother of two kids and two rescue dogs.

In this podcast, we cover -

1. The adventure of building and scaling your business

2. The art of having difficult conversations

3. Nuances of gender dynamics in entrepreneurship

4. Leveraging your social network to advance social good

5. The joy of giving back

Read her HBS Case Study: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=26880

Check out her podcast:

https://www.threshold.vc/podcast