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That's a fantastic question.

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And I think that my own journey is a journey of resilience

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and not giving up on my dreams.

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I'm originally from Ukraine.

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I got to US to first build my corporate career,

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successfully going through Wharton Business School,

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Boston Consulting Group at Klein,

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being corporate letter at Dell, and then building my startup

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also from scratch because I thought

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life was too easy in the corporate world.

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And I think what brings me to support others is just

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knowing how hard the journey is and how many mistakes

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and sometimes deadly mistakes folks can make on their journey.

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So I just want to make that journey easier.

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And also, I think having been through that

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as immigrant founder, female founder in tech,

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just knowing how important mindset

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is in this whole journey, way more important

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than whatever tactics and tricks you can learn.