"It’s amazing how much an actual interpersonal interaction matters." - Amrit Dhir, Google Partner Development Manager

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"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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"I think one of the biggest keys to transitioning is just talking to mentors who have been there before." - Amy Montalvo, ONEPASS Productions

The post Why a Yale graduate left broadcast journalism to start a video production company that has taken her traveling to Spain, Latin America, China, the Philippines, Africa, and more appeared first on Hack Your Wealth.

Paul Graham was like, "This could be the Altair Basic." - Jason Shen, Ridejoy

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"One of the important messages Harvard imparted on all of its graduates was that you should focus on tri-sector competence.” - Yiaway Yeh, Palo Alto mayor

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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

The post The biggest entrepreneurship lessons this science major learned in two failed attempts starting a company, before nailing it the third time with a multi-million dollar venture-backed food startup appeared first on Hack Your Wealth.

"People don’t tell you how much the world is slanted toward 'no.' The number of times we heard 'no' when building Teach For China was huge." - Rachel Wasser, co-founder of Teach For China

The post How a recent college grad started with nothing but a vision, and in 4 years built one of the most prominent education NGOs in China (and convinced Teach For America’s founder to join her board) appeared first on Hack Your Wealth.