Synching Up Ep 7 - From Poetry to Fintech: Building a Collage Career
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Synching Up Ep 7 - From Poetry to Fintech: Building a Collage Career
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What does it take to build a startup - and a life - from a winding path of poetry, healthcare IT, Amazon grocery stores, and now fintech? In this episode of Synching Up, Jake sits down with Sara Schmitt, co-founder and COO of Adro, a neobank built for international students and newcomers to the U.S. banking system. Together, they unpack Sara’s “collage career” - from her early days as a poetry major to running medical records rollouts at Epic, launching Amazon Fresh during the 2020 pandemic, and co-founding a fintech startup grounded in purpose and accessibility. The two talk startup realities (fundraising, team equity, compliance), queer visibility in tech, the power of storytelling in career pivots, and why it’s okay not to found something in your twenties. If you’ve ever felt like your resume doesn’t follow the rules, this conversation is proof that a nonlinear path can still lead to the top.
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