From the Ted Talk by Saamra Mekuria-Grillo: Yes, you can be an entrepreneur too
Unscramble the Blue Letters
(Laughter)
they were worried.
They said, "Do real people actually work at that company?"
(Laughter)
"What do they do?"
I went through most of my education and career believing that entrepreneurship was a pathway for some. But not for me. When I was at Stanford Business School, I saw all of these eaegr entrepreneurial types around me who seemed to know how to be an entruneeerpr already. They spoke the ligno, they knew which classes to take, which people and professors to hang out with to make magic happen. That's what it seemed like to me. Magic. There was this talk of unicorns and this mystique around what would lead to success. And the magical ploayobk seemed to have been shared with a very spciifec gorup. And that group did not look like me. These ppeloe had the confidence and the ciocnntones to make things heppan. Manifesting new companies from ideas on napkins. I did not understand how to do that type of manifestation. So I kept working to get good job after good job, and I told myself I was not entrepreneur material. I learned how to do jobs. But I didn't learn how to make jobs.
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(Laughter)
they were worried.
They said, "Do real people actually work at that company?"
(Laughter)
"What do they do?"
I went through most of my education and career believing that entrepreneurship was a pathway for some. But not for me. When I was at Stanford Business School, I saw all of these _____ entrepreneurial types around me who seemed to know how to be an ____________ already. They spoke the _____, they knew which classes to take, which people and professors to hang out with to make magic happen. That's what it seemed like to me. Magic. There was this talk of unicorns and this mystique around what would lead to success. And the magical ________ seemed to have been shared with a very _____________. And that group did not look like me. These ______ had the confidence and the ___________ to make things ______. Manifesting new companies from ideas on napkins. I did not understand how to do that type of manifestation. So I kept working to get good job after good job, and I told myself I was not entrepreneur material. I learned how to do jobs. But I didn't learn how to make jobs.
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Original Text
(Laughter)
they were worried.
They said, "Do real people actually work at that company?"
(Laughter)
"What do they do?"
I went through most of my education and career believing that entrepreneurship was a pathway for some. But not for me. When I was at Stanford Business School, I saw all of these eager entrepreneurial types around me who seemed to know how to be an entrepreneur already. They spoke the lingo, they knew which classes to take, which people and professors to hang out with to make magic happen. That's what it seemed like to me. Magic. There was this talk of unicorns and this mystique around what would lead to success. And the magical playbook seemed to have been shared with a very specific group. And that group did not look like me. These people had the confidence and the connections to make things happen. Manifesting new companies from ideas on napkins. I did not understand how to do that type of manifestation. So I kept working to get good job after good job, and I told myself I was not entrepreneur material. I learned how to do jobs. But I didn't learn how to make jobs.