Welcome to the Culture FYI’RS Podcast. Culture FYI’RS is a creative collaboration meetup held weekly at the FYI Campus in Los Angeles. Each week, we feature a fireside chat with a guest, showcase projects being worked on by members of the FYI community, and share product updates for FYI.AI, the creative collaboration app co-founded by will.i.am.

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Our guest today is Karl Jacob - entrepreneur, former Facebook advisor, and current CEO and founder of LoanSnap. Karl's journey reads like a tech industry roadmap: from computer engineer at Apple, to the early chaotic days of Facebook working directly with Mark Zuckerberg, to building his own ventures at the intersection of finance and technology. He’s also the Strategic Advisor for USC’s Information Sciences Institute, where he is helping to explore the exciting world of quantum technology.

In this conversation with FYI Chief Growth Officer Julie Pilat, Karl opens up about the moment he hit a career ceiling at Apple and made the terrifying leap into startup uncertainty. He shares what it was really like in Facebook's early days - far from the Hollywood portrayal in the film "The Social Network" - including the sacrifices, failures, and moral tensions that came with explosive growth.

So whether you're building your first startup, navigating the venture capital world, or simply curious about the human stories behind the tech headlines, this conversation offers rare insights from someone who's been in the room where it happens.

Check out the project link to this Culture FYI’RS event with Karl :

https://fyi.me/p/culturefyirs67

Want to attend a Culture FYI’RS event in person at the FYI Campus in Los Angeles? Hit the link below to see a schedule of who’s speaking at a future event and to RSVP to join the next session.

https://fyi.me/p/culturefyirs

This episode’s Culture FYI’RS event was produced by FYI co-founder will.i.am, Aminah Muhammad, Emily Choi, Frankie Sandoval, Giuliana Rodriguez, Jafet Chavez, Julie Pilat, Lilly Kam, Markus Nielsen-Kolding, Roneal Madlani, Sean Kantrowitz, Shania Jafari, Taylor Weng, the FYI Product Team, and of course, the FYI Community. The podcast is edited by Rob Van Vranken.

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