My Purpose on this Earth is to Share: Author, Storyteller, Founder UNYKRN David Pailin Jr. '23

Peer-nominated, Peer-interviewed: the UCLA Drive Time Summer Spotlight series.
David Palin Jr. ’23 interviewed by Caitlin McMahon ’23.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpailinjr/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-klein-mcmahon/

1:35 Talk about your job before Anderson

2:35 What made you want to pursue FEMBA?
1. Be the Best. LA vs NY.
2. Learn how to raise capital. Tried before: Complete Failure!
3. Learn to lead more effectively.
4. Community! Heard great stories about UCLA Anderson alumni
5. FEMBA because I had to get a job out here in LA. LA is expensive. Loans. Sweat equity. Prayers.

7:00 You were born and raised in Dallas, right? Let’s bring out Dylan Stafford, a fellow Texan.

10:20 How’d you choose Morehouse?

12:20 You majored in Marketing at Morehouse?

15:00 Growing up Southern Baptist. Storytelling.
My purpose on this earth is to share.

15:45 After college, where did you start?

18:30 Teachers really do inspire us.

19:25 Coming to LA in a Pandemic.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation. AIDS spiked during COVID. Homelessness in LA. Very different from Texas. Apply Operations. Help Veterans.

22:10 Tell us about your start up UNIKYRN.
Help graduate students. How to pivot? How to bet on themselves?

25:05 What is Entrepreneur Venture Initiation? Business Plan Development (BPD)? What is Business Creation Program?

26:40 Global Access Program. Business Creation Option. AMR.

27:20 What fueled your desire to go into these causes?
Faith and wanting to be in a service business.

30:30 In the MBA, I learned how to make a team. How do you make a team?
Trust. Being able to trust others. Story from team with Caitlin.
Being individually great will only get you so far.

33:00 Learning how to leverage each other’s skillsets in b-school.

33:55 Dive into UNYKRN and how can MBAs take advantage of it?
Thank you Dean Jeff Scheinrock.
Two Marketplaces in UNYKRN:
First is a Talent Marketplace
Second is on the IP side: library, research, case studies, interviews

39:30 You are making true impact. Being humble too. A puzzle. Hustle.
Matt Gorlick shoutout!
Thank you Dean Scheinrock.

46:10 Understanding everyone else’s WHY. Superheroes. FEMBA/EMBA Moms!

46:50 Every single person here is incredible.

48:55 You are a natural leader. I love what you said about their WHY.
Dr. Carter: Quote Machine. We don’t get mad; we get data.

50:00 We’re going to learn from failure.
Treating MBA as a safe space for mistakes. Not “A+ or bust”. Different priorities.

54:10 Tell us about your non-profit work.
If you’re interested in learning to lead, lead volunteers!
Dr. Carter: Leadership is getting people from point A to B without hostility.

59:00 Tell us about the Social Impact Challenge

1:01:20 Tell us about your book #Dearmillenial
A) Finding your identity.
B) Leveling up. Hitting your stride.
C) Insights to lead a successful life.
Digital version is out.
Augmented Reality version in development.
Story from Dallas. Homeless Man: “I’m homeless. If I can do all this [share food] and I’m homeless, imagine what you can do.”

1:08:50 “You have to fall in love with the process of becoming great to achieve true greatness.”
We are MBAs. We are competitive. We like to win. We don’t like to lose.
We understand finances, compound interest. Apply to ourselves.

1:13:55 Andertakes section of the podcast. Are you ready?

1:14:06 Best class at Anderson?
Business Creation Program. Haven’t seen anything like it.

1:14:30 Best memory from FEMBA?
Shared memory with Caitlin. Anderween Halloween party.

1:16:18 Favorite Professor?
Professor Aimee Drolet Rossi

1:19:04 Most memorable Case Study?

1:20:00 Best Core Year Memory?
First class in person. It was horrible, being remote. I didn’t come to LA from Texas to be on zoom.
Finally, felt like a business school student. It’s what I always looked forward to.

1:22:25 Favorite Slack Channel?

1:24:10 Any advice to future and current students?
A) Know your Why
B) Show up in your learning groups.
C) Don’t be afraid
My Mom, “God did not give us a Spirit of Fear”.

1:29:35 Final Thoughts?
You are talented, smart and gifted. You were created for this.

Shouting Anderson from the mountaintops! Can’t imagine myself anywhere else.

1:33:00 Dean Dylan Stafford joins. Debrief live.
Dylan reads favorite quotes from David and Caitlin.

1:37:15 How to follow David Pailin Jr.?
https://www.dearmillennial.co/
https://www.unykrn.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpailinjr/

1:38:40 Shoutouts to Dean Jeff Scheinrock, to encourage Brian Thomas $100M Co-Founder, Brian Thomas ‘14

1:42:20 Drive Time Nominations for you David.
People Saw You. They really saw you.

1:46:39 Caitlin: Don’t be afraid of the B.

1:47:25 Surprise!

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