"The beauty of entertainment is that you’re helping people have fun during their day." - Sheila Marikar, ABCNews.com

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"Part of job satisfaction is knowing that you're doing a really good job." - Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot

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"Just listening and communicating, even if it takes some extra time out of your day, is extraordinarily important." - Tarun Mahajan, doctor and BCG consultant

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"In a startup, there are many situations where you just don’t know what you’re supposed to do because you’ve never seen it before. But it’s also really exciting because you get experience you may never get in a traditional job." - Kevin Yang, EAT Club

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"I knocked on 19,000 doors full-time for 15 months, and that’s how I won the election." - Stanley Chang, Honolulu City Council, District 4

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