901 Advizers
Jack
Co-Founder, Principal Educator/Chief Education Officer, CMO
Lost Abroad (lostabroadgame.com)
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. 2009
Bachelor of Science with Honors (Master's equivalent in commonwealth countries): marine biology and quantitative genetics/marine biology, 2012; Graduate Diploma of Teaching, 2015, both are from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, 2022
Q1Career path
Overcoming Challenges
Entrepreneurship
Career Exploration
4:17
"So I thought you know, what can I do to preserve this passion for science, but also be a little bit more people facing"
Q2Main responsibilities
Marketing
Education
Game Design
1:20
"Being a lifelong gamer, I also really enjoy playing games and studying game design. So that's actually a very joyful kind of thing to do."
Q3Day in the life
Marketing
Problem-Solving
Data Analysis
2:09
"So it's about like identifying problems and try to find ways to solve it."
Q4Most important skills - role
Problem-Solving
Persuasion
Data Analysis
2:47
"Having a startup is like jumping off a cliff while trying to manufacture an airplane on the way down."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Startup
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
1:50
"no two days are the same. It's it's like there's always something going on, this different obviously."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Startup Challenges
Entrepreneurship
Financial Risk
2:18
"you work probably 60 to 80 hours a week and you're still struggling financially"
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Education Technology
Gamification
Artificial Intelligence
1:33
"Education is one of the very few industries that has such a profound impact on almost everyone in our society."
Q10Entry-level positions
Entry-Level Jobs
Internships
Work Ethic
2:21
"Especially now, let's put it harder higher. you know coding talents or you know anything that's to do with you know game design all programming."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Career Development
Lifelong Learning
Networking
2:33
"Always put yourself out there. Great opportunities came about in the most random places."
Q12College ideas for success
Cognitive Development
Problem-Solving
Effective Learning
2:39
"It's less about the individual pieces of knowledge, but more holistically almost a matter of cognitive growth and development."