823 Advizers

Bill

CEO & Co-Founder

Wild One

University of Pennsylvania
UCLA Anderson MBA

This Advizer is open to you reaching out!
Bill has over 18 years of experience in entrepreneurship, strategy, and finance across industries including pets, eyewear, consumer goods, and banking.
Apparel, Beauty, Retail & Fashion
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
Entrepreneurship and Business Owner
Economics
Student Athlete

Q1Career path

Entrepreneurial Journey

Career Pivoting

Management Consulting

10:04

"I had always wanted to do something more entrepreneurial... I loved LA, but I knew that Warby Parker was a phenomenal opportunity."

Q2Main responsibilities

Teamwork

Strategic Planning

Executive/Leadership

2:04

"No one person can do it all themselves, but really need to set our whole team up for success."

Q3Day in the life

Executive/Leadership

Communication

Problem-Solving

1:07

"no two days are the same"

Q4Most important skills - role

Financial Literacy

Leadership

Prioritization

2:26

"Often less is more, um, do fewer things better, and that is a skill that is useful throughout your entire career and happen on a daily basis."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Career Development

Teamwork

Leadership

0:52

"It's really, really rewarding component of the role."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Achieving Goals

Overcoming Challenges

Executive/Leadership

1:40

"You have to be both optimistic and pessimistic at the same time."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Pet Industry

Startups

Consumer Goods

1:29

"I always like to make sure that my kind of macro environment is, is positive as well."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Adaptability

Flexibility

Ambiguity Tolerance

1:05

"Priorities will shift...and you have to be really comfortable with adapting to those kind of changing, both internal and external, environment conditions."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Emotional Intelligence

Entrepreneurship

Executive/Leadership

1:28

"It is very difficult to sort of separate yourself from the business and not take things so deeply, because you started this from zero."

Q10Entry-level positions

Business Experience

Startups

Analytical Skills

2:21

"just don't get stuck in them if it's not what you eventually want to do."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Executive/Leadership

Career Development

Communication

1:56

"In addition to mastering your own function...also kind of be a sponge and soak up everything else around you."

Q12College ideas for success

Discipline

Problem-Solving

Teamwork

1:50

"you learn how to problem solve, how to think critically"