Garrett Lord: belief

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…Okay. So, we have 600-ish super passionate teammates that work on the core business, which I would separate those. These aren't two businesses, I think it's one business, but what is that business? If you're a young person in America that's graduated in the last five, six, seven, eight years, you probably have Handshake on your phone. You definitely know what Handshake is. It's a verb with young people in America, it's a verb with people that are in college in their PhD or master's program, and it is, I call it an unconnected graph, meaning you don't need to ... LinkedIn is very focused on who you know and what your experience is. The first question on LinkedIn is what's your job? And a lot of young people start off, they've never had a job before. They don't have 500 connections to add to their graph. Whereas on Handshake, you start off trying to discover, and explore, and figure out how to navigate through school and figure out, "Oh, I'm an engineer. Maybe I want to be a PM, maybe I want to work at a startup, maybe I want to go to a larger company. " What are the pros and cons you want to learn from your peers and young alumni? And so, Handshake's this I call a very social platform with groups, and messaging, and profiles, and short-form video and feed, all focused on your interests and helping really build your confidence in your early career to find your first job, your second job, and to manage 18 to 30, I would say. And how long has that business been around?…

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