Episode #19: Dan Brockwell- building the home for young people creating the careers of tomorrow, campus culture in Australia vs US and on creating more and consuming less

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English - July 17, 2022 13:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode #18: Caleb Maru- building cohort-based programs at EntryLevel, founding a social enterprise and increasing your surface area of luck

Next Episode: Episode #20: Evan Wong- founding a no-code workflow and automation platform, de-risking entrepreneurship and building great team culture

Dan Brockwell is the Co-founder & Chief Meme Officer of Earlywork, the home for 4000+ young people in Australia & New Zealand creating the careers of tomorrow in tech, startups & social impact. Dan launched Earlyhome earlier this year and shares early-career roles, career resources & industry analysis weekly at earlywork.substack.com.

As a Computer Science/Marketing graduate from UNSW, Dan is a hyper-generalist with experience across product, operations, project management, sales, marketing, consulting and design in both startups and leading tech companies like Atlassian, Amazon, Uber, Deloitte Digital & IBM. Hear Dan’s formative experiences at university, his journey creating community-powered career development with Earlywork and his vision for the community.

Timestamps:

[0:45]- How the name Earlywork originated

[2:00]- Dan’s favourite newsletter

[2:50]- Dan’s formative experiences at university

[4:40]- Exploring corporate vs startup career paths

[6:50]- How Dan’s experience leading BusinessOne cultivated his founder and community-building skills

[9:20]- The impact of participating in ASES Stanford

[12:25]- How going on exchange changed Dan’s definition of success

[14:18]- Campus culture in Australia vs USA

[19:40]- The problem Earlywork is solving

[21:40]- Communal mindset with community-powered job search and career development

[24:07]- The future of Earlywork: doubling down on sub-communities

[25:54]- The vision for Earlyhome in Wollongong

[27:50]- Co-founder dynamics with Jono and Marina

[31:22]- Discerning signal vs. noise as a community-based business

[33:08]- Process of raising a pre-seed round

[35:09]- Future of work trends Dan is observing with careers

[38:25]- What other problems would Dan be solving

[39:38]- Books and podcasts that have shaped Dan

[41:15]- Advice Dan would give to his younger self- a fresh grad and aspiring founder

[44:16]- Adages Dan lives by: ‘create more, consume less’

References
Daniel Brockwell.com
Lenny’s Newsletter
ASES Stanford
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
1984 by George Orwell