Education
Shireen Jaffer is the Co-Founder of EDVO & Founder of Skillify. She went from working multiple part time jobs since the age of 14, even being fired from a yogurt shop, to helping over 50,000 people in their careers over the last 10 years, from recent grads to executives. She is a Forbes 30 under 30, an active angel investor in several successfully growing startups, and a founder of 2 startups that have been aimed at building innovative educational tools to empower lifelong learning for billions around the world.Changing how people are educated and see work in our society, she has supported 220 schools to equip students with real world skills and worked with hundreds of companies, from Fortune 500s to early stage startups, advising them on recruiting and hiring practices. This year she launched products to help people think think for themselves including the world’s first personal learning management system and a mental models app which was #1 on product hunt with over 15,000 users in the first two weeks.She shares her wisdom for a life full of meaningful learning, critical thinking, and better results as host of the Edvolution Podcast, as a Ted-x speaker, and has been featured in numerous publications such as Business Insider, Fast Company, Forbes, and more.Find all the shownotes for this episode at https://www.evolvethe.world/shireen-jaffer