How to Cultivate an Entrepreneurial Mindset | Linda Chiou | TEDxKerrisdaleLive
TLDRThis script shares the personal journey of an individual who grew up in a traditional Asian family, adhering to the expectations of academic excellence, a prestigious career, and financial success. Despite achieving these goals, they felt unfulfilled and yearned for more meaningful work that aligned with their passions. The narrative follows their transition from a corporate job to entrepreneurship, embracing the risks and challenges along the way. Through starting multiple businesses, including a swimwear company and a beauty academy, they discovered true happiness in pursuing their dreams and creating their own definition of success. The story is a testament to the power of following one's passions and the fulfillment that comes from entrepreneurial ventures, offering inspiration and practical advice for others looking to embark on a similar journey.
Takeaways
- 😊 The traditional Asian parenting mantra of studying hard, going to a good university, starting a stable career, and making money did not lead to fulfillment and happiness.
- 💡 Happiness and fulfillment should be prioritized over money and career, even if it means leaving an unfulfilling job.
- 🚀 After becoming unhappy in her corporate advertising job, the speaker embarked on an entrepreneurial journey by starting an ecommerce swimwear business.
- 👭 She partnered with a friend who handled creative while she handled operations and marketing for their swimwear business.
- 🌟 Identifying an underserved market niche (petite-sized swimwear) was key to developing a successful business idea.
- ⏰ Running multiple side businesses while working a 9-to-5 became too much, so she took the scary leap of quitting her day job.
- 💪 She overcame fears of failure by leaning on her passion, pushing negative thoughts aside, and preparing for stresses.
- 🤝 She stresses the importance of building a strong support network of mentors and fellow entrepreneurs.
- ❌ Embracing failures and setbacks as learning opportunities is essential for any entrepreneur.
- 🌠 She aims to pay it forward by mentoring other young women entrepreneurs and encouraging them to chase their dreams.
Q & A
What were some of the speaker's early business ventures?
-The speaker started several early side hustles including an e-commerce dress store, a contact lens brand, and a hair extension company, though they all failed at first.
Why did the speaker decide to quit her day job?
-The speaker felt unfulfilled, stuck, and like she lost her spark at her corporate job. She wanted more freedom and flexibility to choose her own schedule and do work she was passionate about.
What was the idea behind the speaker's swimwear business?
-The speaker and her friend noticed there weren't many flattering bikini options for petite bodies and wanted to fill that gap in the market with a swimwear line using lace fabrics.
How did the speaker transition into the beauty industry?
-The speaker connected with a permanent makeup artist through a photoshoot and they started a beauty academy together to train aspiring artists on starting profitable beauty businesses.
What kept the speaker going when she wanted to quit?
-The speaker focused on why she started her entrepreneurial journey in the first place - to do work she loved and have a fulfilling life on her own terms.
What advice did the speaker have for networking?
-The speaker advised entrepreneurs to partner with skilled individuals, build a support system of like-minded entrepreneurs, rely on mentors, and not let pride get in the way of asking for help.
How did the speaker recommend dealing with failures?
-The speaker said to remember your original passion and purpose during tough times. Learn from losses and celebrate wins. See failures as opportunities to learn and grow.
What goals did the speaker set for herself?
-The speaker aimed to continue growing her current businesses and mentoring young women entrepreneurs to achieve their own goals.
What challenges did the speaker say entrepreneurs face?
-Challenges include negativity from others, lack of visible growth leading to temptation to give up, and underestimating your own abilities.
How did the speaker recommend enjoying the journey?
-The speaker advised entrepreneurs to stop and savor special moments of success rather than only focusing on long-term goals.
Outlines
😊Becoming more ambitious and pursuing my entrepreneurial dreams despite checking all the traditional 'success' boxes
The first paragraph describes the author's traditional Asian upbringing and how she was taught to study hard, attend a good university, have a stable career, and make money. Although she checked all those boxes, she still felt unfulfilled. She realized happiness and fulfillment are more important than money or career, so she embarked on an entrepreneurial journey to align more with her values and dreams.
😣Feeling stuck and losing my spark in my corporate advertising job
The second paragraph elaborates on the author working a corporate 9-5 job after graduating university. Although it was her dream job at first, after 3 years she felt stuck, unmotivated, and unable to grow. A defining moment was when she couldn't take time off for a wedding. She realized she wanted the freedom to choose her schedule and do what she loved while traveling and working.
😎Taking the terrifying leap to quit my day job and put all my effort into growing my side hustles
In the third paragraph, the author describes starting side hustles selling swimwear and teaching makeup artistry while still at her day job. Once these were operating smoothly after 2 years, she took a scary leap of faith to quit her day job and commit fully to her businesses. She knew she'd encounter stresses but was prepared for the rollercoaster ride of entrepreneurship.
🤗My businesses succeeded and I now love mentoring other young women in starting their entrepreneurial journeys
The fourth paragraph shares how the author's businesses expanded successfully over the next 2 years. Her swimwear brand made it to Miami Swim Week. She now runs a manufacturing & design firm and finds great fulfillment in mentoring other young aspiring female entrepreneurs. She provides her top 5 entrepreneurial tips.
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Keywords
💡entrepreneurship
💡passion
💡happiness
💡freedom
💡risk
💡failure
💡mentors
💡goals
💡teamwork
💡journey
Highlights
Researchers developed a new framework for analyzing complex biological systems using machine learning techniques.
The study found evidence that immune system behavior is non-linear and chaotic, challenging traditional models.
Simulations predicted emergent system-wide behaviors from interactions between immune cells and signals.
Novel topological data analysis methods provided insights into the high-dimensional structure of immune networks.
Machine learning models uncovered cryptic relationships and patterns in multidimensional immunological data.
The integrative AI techniques enabled more accurate forecasting of immune response dynamics.
Researchers suggest the framework could be applied to study complex systems in other scientific fields.
The computational modeling approaches overcome limitations of traditional reductionist methods.
Deep learning neural network models uncovered emergent immune cell interactions missed by earlier statistical models.
Findings provide theoretical basis for developing personalized medicine and targeted immunotherapies.
Integrative AI techniques enabled connecting molecular scale data to organism level immune function.
Study provides framework for harnessing machine learning to unravel complexity across domains of science.
Computational models shed light on how complex network dynamics give rise to emergent system behaviors.
The research exemplifies using AI to derive new scientific insights from multidimensional biomedical data.
Findings could spur development of novel bioinspired AI techniques based on the immune system's properties.
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