If I’d only known then…what Tina Seelig knows now
| July 16, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
We can’t go back in time but we can look forward to words of wisdom from Tina Seelig, Executive Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and Author of “What I Wish I Knew When I Was Twenty: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World”, to help us as we move forward toward our goals.
Seelig is co- recipient of the 2009 National Academy of Engineering’s Gordon Prize for her work with the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, which is the entrepreneurship center at Stanford’s Engineering school, as well as the author of over a dozen books and educational games. Of Seelig’s newest book, Publisher HarperCollins says:
…starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us whether or not we are making the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success.
…Seelig throws out the old rules and provides a new model for reaching our highest potential. We discover how to have a healthy disregard for the impossible, how to recover from failure, and how most problems are remarkable opportunities in disguise…
Kindly hosted by Adaptive Path at their lovely, South of Market space in San Francisco, members of both Girls in Tech and Bay Area Women in Film and Media will be interested to hear Seelig discuss her new book and offer advice and perspective on entrepreneurship, creativity and how one goes about making lemonade from lemons! This event is scheduled for July 16th at 7pm with doors opening at 6:30pm. Books will be available for purchase at the event and light refreshments will be served.
Tickets available online through Eventbrite for $5: http://tinaseeligchat.eventbrite.com/
June 30th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I made a custom book for my son with the same theme ‘Things I wish I knew at 13′.
It was filled with advice from mentors, family and friends.
I’ve always loved this theme! If I’m in SF then, I will surely come by!
A book I’d love to write or read… ‘Things I Wish I Knew and What to Look Forward to…Advice for Women in their 20’s, 40’s and 60’s”
I have soo many questions about what to expect as I get older!