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Sylvia Acevedo (Path to the Stars) - Perseverance Creates Opportunity
Season 16 · Episode 4

Sylvia Acevedo (Path to the Stars) - Perseverance Creates Opportunity

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) · STVP

October 21, 202047m 23s

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Show Notes

An entrepreneur, investor, business leader, and rocket-scientist, Sylvia Acevedo is the author of Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, which tells the story of her journey from a small town in New Mexico to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Acevedo most recently served as CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. In this conversation with Stanford professor Tina Seelig, she shares how some important early lessons in perseverance built a mindset that allowed her to excel as both a scientist and an entrepreneur.

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