Adapting to Change: How to Prepare Gen Z for the Evolving Workforce – Top Entrepreneurs Podcast

Dan Benveniste, the Founder and CEO of SkillWaze, which introduces the 21st Century Skills of Gen Z to Employers by creating employment opportunities for early talent through virtual internships joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Dan Benveniste discuss the following:

Can you start by telling us about SkillWaze?
How does the SkillWaze platform provide internships for potential employees and the companies they intern for?
What types of industries does SkillWaze work with?
How can virtual internships be even more beneficial than in-person ones for Gen-Z workers?
There are a lot of changes rapidly being instituted by the new administration, how can companies such as SkillWaze take advantage of what feels like a chaotic moment for those who work in the labor force and career industries?
Where do you see SkillWaze in 10 years?

Dan Benveniste is the Founder and CEO of SkillWaze.

He is a serial entrepreneur with over $150 Million in successful exits. 25 years executive leadership experience, from startup cofounder (Foglight Software, acquired by QSFT) to global executive (Nasdaq, ETF.com).

SkillWaze evolved from StartupGenius Inc. in 2015 to help Gen Z innovate. In 2021, Benveniste founded AlumniBridge.com, which accelerates the future of work with its AI-powered, individually curated, real-time “Learn & Earn” platform for entry-level skills-based talent development at scale sponsored by NPOs and employers. Now, the enterprise can develop and hire the actual skills they need in early talent from their own branded virtual talent pool farm teams—just like the Yankees!

Benveniste earned his Bachelor of Science in Law from the Western State College of Law, the same school where he completed his Jurist Dctorate.