This week on Career Crashers, Stacey Ferreira joins the show to talk about her experience of launching a company at 18 that raised $1.2M in funding and learning from real-world experience over the classroom.




Learn more about Forge at: http://www.joinforge.com/




Learn more about Stacey at: https://twitter.com/staceyferreira




In this episode: 


- How Stacey started a business and raised 1.2M in venture capital right after high school


- How being young can be an advantage when you are starting your career


- Why and how Stacey learned to code 


- How video games can lead to learning and opportunities 


- Challenges and lessons learned building a company as an 18-year-old 


- How people overlook the positives that individuals get from starting companies, even if the company isn't financially successful 


- Making the decision to leave college for the Theil Fellowship 


- The idea that led Stacey to create Forge


- Stacey's advice for young people just starting their careers  




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