FF 009: How To Leverage Your Connections To Grow Your Business with Sarah Schupp, Founder & CEO @ University Parent
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The Twenty Minute VC
4.4 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2015
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Schupp is the CEO and founder of UniversityParent. UniversityParent is the #1 site for college parents to find everything they need to help their children succeed. The company, which began with a single print guide for the University of Colorado Boulder, now prints parent guides for more than two hundred colleges, features information for 3,000 colleges and universities on its website, and distributes a weekly e-newsletter. In May 2014, UniversityParent celebrated its 10th anniversary and was named to the Mercury100, BizWest’s ranking of the 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Boulder Valley.
Sarah has been named one of Inc. Magazine's Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30, Businessweek's top 25 Entrepreneurs under 25, and one of the Denver Business Journal's Top Women Under 40. She’s been named a "Player to Watch" by the Gates Foundation, and was recognized by the White House and the United Nations as one of the country's top young entrepreneurs.
In Today's Show You Will Learn:
How the idea for UniversityParent came about?
How did Sarah manage to juggle a growing business with a University degree?
How individuals can leverage their university network to grow their business?
How important is it for entrepreneurs to be surrounded by like minded entrepreneurs?
In what circumstances should founders confide and not confide in their team?
How does Sarah as a leader show her support for her team?
How has Sarah found the fundraising process and what would Sarah change if she could start over?
Items Mentioned In Today's Show:
Harry's Fave Book: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Sarah's Fave Book: The Alchemist by Paolo Coehlo
Sarah's Fave Newsletter or Blog: Think With Google
As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Sarah on Twitter here!
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| 0:00.0 | It's our favourite day of the week here at the 20 minute VC. Yes, it's Founders Friday, and this Founders Friday is incredibly special as we welcome Sarah Shup to the show. |
| 0:09.9 | Sarah is the CEO and founder of University Parents, which is the number one site for college parents to find everything they need to help their children succeed. |
| 0:18.7 | The company, which began with a single print guide, |
| 0:22.2 | now features over 3,000 colleges and universities on its website and distributes it an amazing |
| 0:28.6 | weekly e-newsletter. In May 2014, university parents celebrated its 10th anniversary and was |
| 0:35.7 | named to the Mercury 100, Biz West's ranking of the 100 |
| 0:39.4 | fastest growing private companies in Boulder, and Sarah herself has numerous accolades, including |
| 0:45.7 | Inc. Magazine's Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30, Business Week's top 25 entrepreneurs under 25. |
| 0:53.6 | She's also been named a player to watch by the Gates Foundation |
| 0:57.2 | and was recognised by the White House and the United Nations as one of the country's top young |
| 1:02.3 | entrepreneurs. And talking of incredible founders, I've spoken to numerous incredible founders, |
| 1:07.6 | as you've heard from listening to the previous Founders Friday episodes. |
| 1:15.7 | And the one challenge that all founders seem to face is the prospect of hiring. |
| 1:18.7 | Well, that doesn't need to be the case anymore. |
| 1:25.2 | Simply head on over to www.hiringscreen.com, where you can build a profile of your ideal candidate with the preferences and metrics that are required for the job, |
| 1:29.1 | and then HiringScream will analyse all the candidates and prioritise them according to their amazing blink algorithm. |
| 1:36.4 | Head on over to www.hiringscreen.com to check this out. |
| 1:40.8 | But without further ado, ladies and gents, it's time to welcome the incredible Sarah |
| 1:45.2 | Shubb, CEO and founder at University Parent. |
| 1:53.1 | You have now arrived at your destination. |
| 1:57.6 | Sarah, welcome to Founders Friday. I'm so thrilled to have you on the show. |
| 2:01.9 | Thanks so much for having me. |
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