Shaan Hathiramani is the founder of Flockjay, an education startup based in Silicon Valley. Flockjay is a sales academy that trains students from any background to become sales reps for tech companies in only 12 weeks.
Most skill academies today focus on teaching software development skills. However, not every student is interested in learning how to code. That's OK, because as it turns out, there's another on-ramp to great paying jobs in tech: sales.
On Episode 21 of Skill, Micah shares a conversation with Shaan Hathiramani, Founder of Flockjay, an education startup based in Silicon Valley. Last month, Flockjay raised nearly $3M from investors, including Serena Williams and Will Smith, to grow its training program to help students gain entry-level sales jobs with Tech companies in only 12 weeks.
Throughout this conversation, Shaan and Micah cover the following topics:
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You can connect with Shaan on Twitter @shaanh
You can connect with Micah at micah "at" meritmark.co OR on Twitter @MicahMerrick
Thanks for listening!