E45 Sergio Marrero: Future of Education and Work

Today we talk with Sergio Marrero, a venture capitalist and managing partner at Rebel One. In our interview he discusses research he conducted while at Harvard and brings up some interesting thoughts about the future of education and work.

Sergio advises companies struggling to find diverse talent, to staff diverse team members to recruiting roles. These recruiters will bring networks and pipelines to the company that could expose new talent. Companies should also consider dropping degree requirements for many design and tech jobs. Plenty of talented candidates are overlooked because they didn't have the capital or resources to obtain a degree. Organizations like Google are catching up with this idea as they are rolling out affordably priced certification programs that will train people with the skills needed to find an entry level job. In regards to employee retention, Sergio believes that companies need to build a culture where people are enabled to feel like they can be their real selves. This includes scheduling social time or happy hours for employees to authentically interact with one another.

Sergio Marrero is a serial entrepreneur, founder, investor, and coach who graduated from the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He previously worked at PepsiCo, Teach For America, and the Deloitte Consulting Strategy Operations group. While in graduate school he conducted his thesis on venture studios and accelerating impact innovation at the intersection of business and government. He set up operations for two funds each raising $100M, produces an VC and CEO LiveStream Series called RBL1 Live, and is Managing Director of Rebel One - a double bottom line investing fund and investor network accelerating rebels innovating for a better world.

• Sergio Marrero: www.linkedin.com/in/sergiomarrero
• Rebel One Ventures: www.rbl1.com
• The Degree is Dead TEDxPrincetonU : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao35YqdqfwY
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