Nate Pollak, EMBA ‘18 - Launching a Successful Restaurant, Hustling, Wrestling with Failure, and Pursuing an Executive MBA
with Nate Pollak
Nate Pollak, EMBA ‘18 - Launching a Successful Restaurant, Hustling, Wrestling with Failure, and Pursuing an Executive MBA
0:00 / --:--Episode #07: I am joined by Nate Pollak of the Executive MBA 2018 program. Nate’s background started in Management Consulting out of his undergrad and after four years he decided to start a restaurant in San Francisco at the height of the recession. Throughout our conversation, we talk about the type of mindset you need to have and the hustle required to succeed as an entrepreneur. We then turn around and talk about wrestling with failure yet maintaining a student always mentality. If you are interested in what Nate is up to or want to reach out to him regarding his businesses, you can reach him at natepollak@berkeley.edu.
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