It’s when you take that leave of absence or quit your job to focus on the startup full-time that it becomes real. - Roger Lee, president at PaperG

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"Acting for me is the craft of self-exploration, and it’s the study of human nature." - Melanie Kannokada, actress and model

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"I think I felt I had to do certain things coming out of school, but quickly realized that wasn’t the life I wanted to live." - Rachel Cook, Microlending Film Project

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"We’re building a social gifting framework that allows me to get a gift for you by crowdsourcing the creativity of our common friends." - Dana Underwood, The Muse Factory

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