{"id":70553,"date":"2024-09-02T14:46:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T14:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/lessons-from-a-lifetime-entrepreneur-with-eric-ly-from-karmacheck\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T14:46:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T14:46:35","slug":"lessons-from-a-lifetime-entrepreneur-with-eric-ly-from-karmacheck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/lessons-from-a-lifetime-entrepreneur-with-eric-ly-from-karmacheck\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from a lifetime entrepreneur with Eric Ly from KarmaCheck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not every week that Becca and Dom get to talk to a founder who has been building companies for <!--more--> the past 22 years. This week on Found, we\u2019re joined by Eric Ly, co-founder of LinkedIn and the current co-founder and CEO of KarmaCheck (<a href=\"https:\/\/karmacheck.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/karmacheck.com\/<\/a>) \u00a0 startup that is making the background check process quicker and more transparent. Ly discusses his vision for streamlining background checks, the challenges of building multiple companies, and how his entrepreneurial mindset has evolved since the early days of the internet. You\u2019ll learn about the future of online trust and the potential impact of blockchain technology on identity verification.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Introduction and Two Truths and a Lie\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>02:00 &#8211; Introducing Karma Check: Background Checks Reimagined\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>05:00 &#8211; The Evolution of Background Checks\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>08:00 &#8211; Automating and Streamlining the Process\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>12:00 &#8211; Demand for Faster Background Checks in the Job Market\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>15:00 &#8211; Eric Ly&#8217;s Entrepreneurial Journey\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>18:00 &#8211; The Changing Landscape of Venture Capital\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>21:00 &#8211; Leadership Evolution and Building Company Culture\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>23:00 &#8211; Entrepreneurial Mishaps and Lessons Learned\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>27:00 &#8211; Growing Up in Silicon Valley 29:00 &#8211; Navigating Market Cycles and Hype\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>31:00 &#8211; Future Possibilities: Blockchain and Digital Identity\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>33:00 &#8211; Conclusion and Wrap-up<\/p>\n<p>Found posts every Tuesday. 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Subscribe to Found (<a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/found\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/pod.link\/found<\/a>)  to hear more stories from founders each<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Connect with us:<\/p>\n<p>  \u2022  On Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/found\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/found<\/a>)<br \/>\n  \u2022  On Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/foundpod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/foundpod\/<\/a>)<br \/>\n  \u2022  Via email: found@techcrunch.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not every week that Becca and Dom get to talk to a founder who has been building companies for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}