The Founder's Journey Ep. 6 | Jeffrey Doucet, Thrive

The future of work is changing shifting around us. Automation, globalization of talent, the freelance workforce and of course remote work are changing our professional lives forever. 

Jeffrey Doucet is founder and CEO of Thrive. Based in Toronto, Thrive is a career advancement platform defining how companies and governments will upskill and reskill their people in the face of a disrupted workforce. 

In this episode we discuss: 
- The urgent need to focus on retraining talent to compete in a modern workforce 
- How frustration with the college placement process lead to a high growth business 
- Why focusing on what you can sell, over what you can build, is priority #1 in a startup 
- How a startup is the new MBA