47: ‘Serial Innovator’ Freed from Fear - Mike O'Horo

Calling himself a serial innovator, Mike O'Horo’s current venture is Varsidee, software that reimagines the broken hiring process, relying on concrete demonstrations of capability. This eliminates screening bias completely, opening opportunity to all. It eliminates all but qualified, genuinely interested candidates. After college, a top advertising executive told him he’d “end up living under a bridge” if he held out for an ad job during the recession, Mike set his eyes on precious gems, loving it. Unwittingly, he created a manager training program that eventually paved his way into a career coaching executives.