"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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"You can re-invent yourself during a career transition. Don’t be confined to who you were or what others expect of you." - Stephanie Lai, marketer at Smule

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"I spend a lot of time thinking about scaling our organization and figuring out how to preserve the culture." - Jessica Yuen, Khan Academy

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"One of the most helpful things in figuring out what you want to do is to actually just start the job search process." - Gemmy Tsai, OpenTable

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