How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

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4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

As COVID-19 continues to affect the global economy, college graduates are entering a job market reminiscent of the 2008 financial crisis. Taha Bawa is hoping to help with Goodwall, the social networking site he co-founded that links students to jobs and opportunities all around the world. These conversations are excerpts from our How I Built Resilience series, where Guy talks online with founders and entrepreneurs about how they're navigating turbulent times.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to how I built this early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:09.0	New Year's is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.
0:13.0	As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.
0:17.0	So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.
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0:27.0	Hey everyone and welcome to how I built this resilience edition.
0:30.0	On these episodes, we're talking with entrepreneurs and other business leaders about how they're thinking creatively during such a disruptive time.
0:38.0	And today, we're going to hear from Tahabawa, the co-founder of GoodWall.
0:42.0	GoodWall is a social network that connects high school and college graduates with jobs and scholarships.
0:49.0	Today, GoodWall has raised over $16 million with more than a million users on the platform.
0:55.0	I spoke with Tahabawa from his company headquarters in Switzerland, where he gave me a rundown of GoodWall's mission.
1:02.0	For people who've never heard of GoodWall, just kind of tell us how does it work?
1:06.0	It's essentially a mobile first platform that's designed for the next generation.
1:10.0	We started off with high school students helping them build up their first profile, showcase themselves in a way that accentuates their extracurricular activities in particular.
1:19.0	Connect them to opportunities, mostly scholarships and colleges, and then all of this happens within a positive and supportive community.
1:27.0	And over time, we've grown with our members into the college and young professional space.
1:32.0	Our whole goal is to level the playing field and maximize the potential of as many people as possible.
1:37.0	So it's been compared to LinkedIn, is that a fair comparison?
1:41.0	I think there are similarities.
1:43.0	However, we're really focused on our part, which is this next generation starting as early as 16 and guiding them through almost sure putting them through the future of earning and learning and those opportunities.
1:54.0	I think there are various features that we have that they don't, and we're really focused from a user experience perspective.
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