Adam Eckstein
Operations Manager at Modern Ventures
New York
Crews
Introduction
I’m Adam. I am currently living in Brooklyn and leading a small biz ops / marketplace ops team at Vettery. Vettery is a job marketplace that uses machine learning to curate a pool of candidates in the tech and sales verticals and help match them with actively hiring employers.
Before Vettery (2018) I worked at Grant Thornton in their restructuring advisory practice, where I consulted for financially distressed companies (Happy to chat with anyone looking to make a similar move!)
I have also been volunteering with the International Rescue Committee tutoring refugee youth in NYC for several years and care deeply about this work as well as economic inequality, sustainability and all things food (eating it, cooking it, growing it, helping people access it!)
Professional Goals
Acquire the skills, knowledge, experience and network such that I can start and/or run a business that is truly mission-driven. I hope that through Propel I can develop myself in each of these areas.
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Future Interests
Gives
- In addition to advising on the finance-to-tech transition, I think marketplace businesses are super interesting and would be happy to chat with anyone about the challenges associated with effectively running a marketplace.
- I also love biking and could always use a buddy for rides in the 5 boroughs!
Asks
Insights from anyone who has successfully pivoted their career towards climateLearnings from founders on the early days of ideation and how to know when you're ready to take the leap