Stacey Ferreira: 30 Under 30, Thiel Fellowship & Getting Richard Branson To Invest In Your Business

Who Is Stacey Ferreira:
Stacey Ferreira is the Director of Digital Workplace Strategy at WorkJam, where she works with companies to transform frontline operations. Previously, Stacey was the co-founder and CEO of Forge, a flexible scheduling and talent sharing platform (acquired by WorkJam, '20) and the co-founder of MySocialCloud (acquired by Reputation.com, '13). She also co-­authored 2 Billion Under 20: How Millennials Are Breaking Down Age Barriers & Changing the World. 

Ferreira has received recognition for her entrepreneurial achievements in addition to her other accomplishments at a young age, including being a US State Department Speaker on Entrepreneurship, named Forbes 30 Under 30 and being one of twenty Thiel Fellows selected for the 2015 Thiel Fellowship. 

Ferreira has been featured on and contributed to several news outlets, including the cover of Seventeen Magazine, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Women 2.0 and TechCrunch to name a few. Stacey has also spoken about the Future of Work and the Future of Education at popular technology conferences, including giving TEDxNYU, TEDxSan Diego, TEDxCluj-Romania, Singularity University (Italy, Czech Republic, Peru, Mexico, etc.) and TechCrunch Bangalore among others

What We Talk About On This Episode of The Andrew Bilak Show:
Entrepreneurship
Getting venture capital funding for your business from Richard Branson
Co-Authoring multiple books
Trials and tribulations of starting, growing and exiting multiples businesses
Being a 30 Under 30 awards recipient
The Thiel Fellowship
....and much more

Resources:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceyferreira/
https://www.workjam.com/
andrewbilak.com
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