On today’s episode, Alan moves away from talking Big Tech to hear from Naama Bloom, who also turned down an offer from Big Tech. Naama Bloom has spent over two decades as a marketing executive for numerous companies, including founding her own startup. She methodically makes career decisions with a matrix of criteria. Listen in as Naama shares her career journey, how she makes decisions, and advice for others in their careers.
In This Episode:
[03:27] Some of the problems Naama solves on a daily basis
[09:26] Naama’s thought process on leaving media to go to business school
[15:24] Naama recalls her journey with American Express
[27:51] The commercial that went viral at her startup
[36:07] The decision matrix Naama was looking for in job
[45:23] Advice from Naama for people in their careers
Key Takeaways:
One of the most important things when looking for/ accepting jobs is knowing what criteria is important to you.
It is wiser to be quiet until you have something beneficial to say instead of just speaking to be heard.
If you feel like you can do more, it actually shows a great work ethic to ask for more work.
Naama Bloom is a 20-year marketing executive who has worked at corporations large and small. Over her career, she spent time at American Express, Zulily, and as a founder of HelloFlo, a women’s health company that she built and later sold to She Media. She is currently the CMO of TrueML, a fintech software company dedicated to improving the lives of people in debt.
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