One Man's Mission to Find Work, Purpose, and Meaning for Millions
Our American Stories
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4.3 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, before Bob Funk founded Express Employment Professionals, he wanted to be an actual minister, but his real calling in helping people find work (and hope) has likely had a much bigger impact—with over 800 franchises around the world. The purpose of the business? Connect workers to work.
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| 0:00.0 | What have you asked two different people the same set of questions? |
| 0:03.0 | Even if the questions are the same, our experiences can lead us to drastically different answers. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Mini Driver, and I set out to explore this idea in my podcast, |
| 0:12.0 | and now Mini Questions is returning for another season. |
| 0:16.0 | We've asked an entirely new set of guests, our seven questions, including Jane Lynch, Delaney Row, and Cord Jefferson. |
| 0:25.0 | Listen to mini questions on the IHartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:29.0 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.0 | Seven questions, limitless answers. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer. If you're just as curious as I am about the way things are built, then tune into my podcast, building one. I speak with some of the best product builders out there. I've always been inspired by frustration. It came back to my own personal pinpoint. So we had to go out to farmers and convince them. |
| 0:55.0 | Following that |
| 0:55.5 | curiosity is a |
| 0:56.9 | superpower. |
| 0:57.6 | You have to be |
| 0:58.3 | obsessed with |
| 0:59.1 | the human |
| 0:59.5 | condition. |
| 1:00.2 | Listen to |
| 1:00.6 | Building One on |
| 1:01.4 | the IHeart Radio |
| 1:02.2 | app, |
| 1:02.6 | Apple, or |
| 1:03.2 | wherever you get |
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