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Zac Sheffer (@zsheffer) is the CEO and co-founder of Elsen, and one of Boston’s hot startup companies. Elsen is a platform-as-a-service company that enables anyone at large financial institutions to harness massive quantities of data for better decision making and problem solving. An engineer by training, Zac worked at Schneider Electric before catching the finance bug. During a later position at Credit Suisse, he applied his engineering and programming skills to macroeconomic research. His ability to create solutions that address complex problems in manageable ways gave him the tools he needs to solve difficult finance problems, and led him to Elsen. What Zac loves most about Elsen is its talented team of dedicated people who want to do something incredible every day. When he’s not leading the team, he enjoys longboarding, surfing, cooking, watching Chef's Table, and playing board games. Zac holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University and holds several patents. The Cheat Sheet: How to manage doubt, despair and other negative “d” words What’s are the two keys of building a great culture and how to apply them Learn why getting involved and applying yourself in highschool can give you a huge advantage in college and beyond Learn the positives and minuses of bootstrapping versus raising money Get key insights on the hiring process and why you need to get a detailed process Why pivoting your business idea/concepts is a must, and what you need to do Get key lessons on being on entrepreneur and leader that you can implement And so much more…