ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rebeca Hwang - Investor
Rebeca Hwang is co-founder and managing director of Rivet Ventures, investing in solutions for women and empowering their choices.

Why you should listen

Rebeca Hwang is co-founder and managing director of Rivet Ventures, which invests in companies in women-led markets where female usage, decision-making and purchasing are crucial to company growth. Hwang is also co-founder of the San Francisco-based startup YouNoodle, which connects top startups with opportunities for growth. She also co-founded Kalei Ventures, a venture fund focused in Latin American startups.

With a background in chemical and civil and environmental engineering from MIT and Stanford, Hwang's work has garnered three US patents, and she has 17 pending patent applications in her portfolio. She has been recognized as one of MIT Tech Review's "Top 35 Global Innovators under 35" and as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Hwang serves in the Board of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, which annually runs GEW in 170 countries and gathers 10 million participants. As the co-founder of Cleantech Open, she has helped more than 1,000 cleantech startups raise in excess of $1 billion in external funding. In addition, Hwang is a lecturer at Stanford University and teaches technology entrepreneurship.

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Rebeca Hwang: The power of diversity within yourself

Rebeka Hvang (Rebeca Hwang): Snaga sopstvene raznolikosti

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Rebeka Hvang je provela život „žonglirajući” identitetima - korejsko nasleđe, odrastanje u Argentini, obrazovanje u Sjedinjenim Državama - i dugo je imala poteškoća sa tim da pronađe mesto u svetu koje će nazvati domom. Ipak je pored ovih izazova uspela da shvati nešto veoma važno: raznolika pozadina njenog odrastanja je upravo jedinstvena prednost u današnjem globalizovanom svetu. U ovom ličnom govoru, Hvang otkriva beskrajne mogućnosti koje se pružaju kada se prihvate kompleksni identiteti - i izražava svoje nade u stvaranje sveta gde se identiteti ne koriste da otuđe već ujedine ljude.
- Investor
Rebeca Hwang is co-founder and managing director of Rivet Ventures, investing in solutions for women and empowering their choices. Full bio

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00:12
We're holdingдржање handsруке,
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Držimo se za ruke
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staringзурење at the doorврата.
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i gledamo u vrata.
00:16
My siblingsbrat i sestra and I were waitingчекајући
for my motherмајка to come back
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Moja braća i sestre i ja
smo čekali majku da se vrati
00:19
from the hospitalболница.
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iz bolnice.
00:20
She was there because my grandmotherбака
had cancerрак surgeryоперација that day.
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Bila je tamo jer je moja baka
operisala tumor tog dana.
00:26
FinallyKonačno, the doorsврата openedотворен,
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Konačno, vrata su se otvorila,
00:29
and she said,
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a ona je rekla:
00:30
"She's goneотишла.
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„Nema je više.
00:31
She's goneотишла."
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Nema je više.”
00:33
She startedпочела sobbingjecajuжi and immediatelyодмах said,
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Počela je da jeca i odmah rekla:
00:36
"We mustмора make arrangementsaranžmani.
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„Moramo da se pobrinemo za sve.
00:38
Your grandmother'sbake dyingумирање wishжелети
was to be buriedпокопан back home in KoreaKoreja."
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Poslednja želja vaše bake bila je da je
sahranimo kod kuće u Koreji.”
00:46
I was barelyједва 12 yearsгодине oldстари,
and when the shockшок woreносио off,
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Bilo mi je tek oko 12 godina,
i kada je prvi šok prošao,
00:50
my mother'sмајка wordsречи were ringingzvoni in my earsуши.
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reči moje majke su mi odzvanjale u ušima.
00:53
My grandmotherбака wanted
to be buriedпокопан back home.
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Moja baka je želela
da je sahranimo kod kuće.
00:58
We had movedпреселила се from KoreaKoreja
to ArgentinaArgentina sixшест yearsгодине priorпре,
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Preselili smo se iz Koreje u Argentinu
šest godina pre toga,
01:04
withoutбез knowingзнајући any Spanishšpanski,
or how we were going to make a livingживи.
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bez ikakvog znanja španskog jezika
ili ideje kako da zaradimo za život.
01:09
And uponна arrivalдолазак, we were immigrantsimigranti
who had lostизгубљено everything,
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Kada smo stigli, bili smo imigranti
koji su izgubili sve,
01:13
so we had to work really hardтешко
to rebuildобновити our livesживи.
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pa smo morali da radimo veoma naporno
kako bismo ponovo izgradili živote.
01:16
So it hadn'tније occurredдошло to me
that after all these yearsгодине,
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I nije mi palo na pamet
da je nakon svih tih godina
01:20
back home was still in KoreaKoreja.
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dom i dalje Koreja.
01:24
It madeмаде me ponderRazmislite o where I would want
to be buriedпокопан somedayједног дана,
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Navelo me da razmišljam o tome
gde bih ja volela da me sahrane,
01:28
where home was for me,
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gde je meni dom,
01:30
and the answerодговор was not obviousочигледан.
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a odgovor nije bio očigledan.
01:33
And this really botheredузнемирен me.
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I to me je stvarno mučilo.
01:36
So this episodeepizoda launchedлансиран
a lifelongдоживотно questpotraga for my identityидентитет.
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Time je ovaj događaj pokrenuo doživotnu
potragu za mojim identitetom.
01:43
I was bornрођен in KoreaKoreja -- the landземљиште of kimchiKimchi;
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Rođena sam u Koreji - zemlji kimčija;
01:46
raisedОдгојен in ArgentinaArgentina,
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odrasla sam u Argentini,
01:48
where I ateПојео so much steakodrezak
that I'm probablyвероватно 80 percentпроценат cowкрава by now;
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gde sam jela toliko mesa da sam do sada
verovatno 80% krava;
01:54
and I was educatedобразован in the US,
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a školovala sam se u SAD-u,
01:56
where I becameпостао addictedзавистан to peanutkikiriki butterputer.
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gde sam se navukla na puter od kikirikija.
01:59
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
02:00
DuringTokom my childhoodдетињство,
I feltосетио very much ArgentinianArgentinska,
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Tokom odrastanja sam se uvek osećala
kao Argentinka
02:04
but my looksизглед betrayedиздати me at timesпута.
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ali bi me izgled ponekad odao.
02:07
I rememberзапамтити on the first day
of middleсредина schoolшкола,
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Sećam se da je na prvom času
u osnovnoj školi
02:10
my Spanishšpanski literatureлитературе teacherнаставник
cameДошао into the roomсоба.
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moja nastavnica španskog ušla u učionicu.
02:13
She scannedскениран all of my classmatesдругови,
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Pogledom je preletela sve moje vršnjake
02:15
and she said,
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i rekla:
02:16
"You -- you have to get a tutortutor,
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„Ti - moraćeš da nađeš tutora,
02:18
otherwiseиначе, you won'tнеће passпасс this classкласа."
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u suprotnom nećeš položiti razred.”
02:21
But by then I was fluentTečno govori
in Spanishšpanski alreadyвећ,
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Međutim, ja sam već znala
dobro da govorim španski,
02:25
so it feltосетио as thoughипак I could be
eitherили Koreankoreanski or ArgentinianArgentinska,
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tako da sam mogla da budem
ili Korejka ili Argentinka,
02:31
but not bothи једно и друго.
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ali ne oba.
02:33
It feltосетио like a zero-sumнула-сум gameигра,
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Bilo je poput situacije nulte sume,
02:35
where I had to give up my oldстари identityидентитет
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gde sam mogla ili da se odreknem
svog starog identiteta
02:38
to be ableу могуцности to gainдобит or earnzaradi a newново one.
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kako bih mogla da dobijem
ili zaslužim novi.
02:43
So when I was 18,
I decidedодлучио to go to KoreaKoreja,
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Stoga sam sa 18 godina odlučila
da odem u Koreju,
02:47
hopingнадати се that finallyконачно I could find
a placeместо to call home.
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u nadi da ću konačno pronaći mesto
koje mogu da nazovem domom.
02:51
But there people askedпитао me,
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Ali su me tamo ljudi upitali:
02:53
"Why do you speakговорити Koreankoreanski
with a Spanishšpanski accentnaglasak?"
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„Zašto govoriš korejski sa španskim
akcentom?”
02:56
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
02:57
And, "You mustмора be Japanesejapanski
because of your bigвелики eyesочи
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Kao i: „Mora da si iz Japana
jer imaš te krupne oči
03:01
and your foreignстрани bodyтело languageЈезик."
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i govor tela stranca.”
03:04
And so it turnsокреће се out that I was
too Koreankoreanski to be ArgentinianArgentinska,
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I tako se ispostavilo da sam bila
previše Korejka da bih bila Argentinka,
03:08
but too ArgentinianArgentinska to be Koreankoreanski.
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ali previše Argentinka
da bih bila Korejka.
03:11
And this was a pivotalnajbitniji realizationrealizacija to me.
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I ovo je bilo pravo otkriće za mene.
03:15
I had failedније успео to find that placeместо
in the worldсвет to call home.
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Nisam uspela da nađem mesto na svetu
koje mogu da nazovem domom.
03:20
But how manyмноги Japanese-lookingJapanci u potrazi KoreansKorejci
who speakговорити with a Spanishšpanski accentnaglasak --
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Ali koliko ima Korejaca sa španskim
akcentom koji liče na Japance -
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or even more specificспецифични,
ArgentinianArgentinska accentnaglasak --
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ili preciznije, argentinskim akcentom -
03:29
do you think are out there?
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šta mislite?
03:31
PerhapsMožda this could be an advantageprednost.
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Možda je to prednost.
03:34
It was easyлако for me to standстој out,
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Bilo mi je lako da se istaknem,
03:36
whichкоја couldn'tније могао hurtболи in a worldсвет
that was rapidlyбрзо changingпромена,
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što nije na odmet u svetu
koji se brzo menja
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where skillsвештине could becomeпостати
obsoleteзастарело overnightпреко ноћи.
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i gde veštine zastarevaju preko noći.
03:43
So I stoppedпрестала looking
for that 100 percentпроценат commonalitysličnosti
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Stoga sam prestala da tražim
tu kompletnu istovetnost
03:50
with the people that I metиспуњен.
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sa ljudima koje srećem.
03:51
InsteadUmesto toga, I realizedреализован that oftentimescesto,
I was the only overlapпреклапање
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Umesto toga sam shvatila
da se često jedino ja preklapam
03:58
betweenизмеђу groupsгрупе of people that were
usuallyобично in conflictконфликт with eachсваки other.
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između grupa ljudi koji su često
u sukobu jedni sa drugima.
04:03
So with this realizationrealizacija in mindум,
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I kada sam to shvatila,
04:06
I decidedодлучио to embraceзагрли all
of the differentразличит versionsверзије of myselfЈа сам --
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odlučila sam da prihvatim
sve različite verzije sebe -
04:10
even allowдозволите myselfЈа сам
to reinventobnovim myselfЈа сам at timesпута.
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čak dozvolim povremeno da
„prepravim samu sebe”.
04:15
So for exampleпример, in highвисоко schoolшкола,
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Na primer, u srednjoj školi sam,
04:18
I have to confessPriznaj I was a mega-nerdMega-nerd.
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moram da priznam, bila mega-štreber.
04:20
I had no senseсмисао of fashionмода --
thickдебео glassesнаочаре, simpleједноставно hairstylefrizura --
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Nikakav osećaj za modu - debele naočare,
jednostavna frizura -
04:24
you can get the ideaидеја.
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možete da zamislite.
04:25
I think, actuallyзаправо, I only had friendsпријатељи
because I sharedдељени my homeworkдомаћи задатак.
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Mislim da sam imala prijatelje
samo zato što sam im davala svoj domaći.
04:30
That's the truthистина.
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Istina je.
04:31
But onceједном at universityуниверзитет,
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Međutim, kada sam došla da studiram,
04:33
I was ableу могуцности to find
a newново identityидентитет for myselfЈа сам,
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pronašla sam svoj novi identitet,
04:37
and the nerdштребер becameпостао a popularпопуларно girlдевојка.
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i štreberka je postala popularna devojka.
04:42
But it was MITMIT-A,
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To je bio MIT,
04:43
so I don't know if I can take
too much creditкредит for that.
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pa ne znam da li mogu da preuzmem
previše zasluga za to.
04:45
As they say over there,
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Kako to oni tamo kažu:
04:47
"The oddsквоте are good,
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„Izgledi su dobri
04:49
but the goodsроба are oddчудно."
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ali dobra izgledaju čudno.”
04:52
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
04:55
I switchedсвитцхед majorsvelikima so manyмноги timesпута
that my advisorssavetnici jokednašalio se
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Toliko puta sam promenila glavni predmet
da su se moji mentori šalili
04:58
that I should get a degreeстепен
in "randomслучајно studiesстудије."
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kako treba da diplomiram
„nasumične studije”.
05:02
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
05:03
I told this to my kidsклинци.
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Ispričala sam to deci.
05:05
And then over the yearsгодине, I have gainedстекао
a lot of differentразличит identitiesIdentiteti.
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I tokom godina sam stekla
mnogo različitih identiteta.
05:10
I startedпочела as an inventorпроналазач,
entrepreneurPREDUZETNIK, socialсоцијално innovatorinovator.
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Započela sam kao pronalazač,
preduzetnik, društveni inovator.
05:14
Then I becameпостао an investorinvestitor,
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Zatim sam postala investitor,
05:17
a womanжена in techтецх,
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žena u svetu tehnologije,
05:18
a teacherнаставник.
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učitelj.
05:20
And mostнајвише recentlyнедавно, I becameпостао a momмама,
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I konačno, postala sam majka
05:23
or as my toddlertek prohodala saysкаже repeatedlyу више наврата,
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ili kako to moje dete ponavlja:
05:26
"MomMama!" day and night.
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„Mama!” dan i noć.
05:30
Even my accentnaglasak was so confusedзбуњено --
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Čak se i moj akcenat zbunio -
05:35
its originпорекло was so obscureremetiti,
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njegovo poreklo bilo je toliko nejasno
05:38
that my friendsпријатељи calledпозвани it, "RebecaneseRebecanese."
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da su ga moji prijatelji
nazivali „rebekanski”.
05:41
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
05:43
But reinventingреинвентинг yourselfсами can be very hardтешко.
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Međutim, „prepravljanje sebe”
može biti veoma naporno.
05:46
You can faceлице a lot of resistanceотпорност at timesпута.
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Osećate mnogo otpora povremeno.
05:49
When I was nearlyскоро doneГотово with my PhDProf. dr,
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Kada sam bila blizu doktoriranja
05:52
I got bittenujeden by that entrepreneurialpreduzetničke bugбуг.
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„zarazilo” me je preduzetništvo.
05:55
I was in SiliconSilikon ValleyDolina,
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Bilo je to u Silicijumskoj dolini,
05:57
and so writingписање a thesisтеза in the basementподрум
didn't seemИзгледа as interestingзанимљиво
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kada pisanje teze u podrumu
nije bilo tako zanimljivo
06:02
as startingпочевши my ownвластити companyкомпанија.
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poput osnivanja sopstvene kompanije.
06:04
So I wentотишао to my very
traditionalтрадиционални Koreankoreanski parentsродитељи,
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Stoga sam otišla pred svoje korejske
roditelje vrlo tradicionalnog morala
06:07
who are here todayданас,
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koji su sa nama danas,
06:09
with the taskзадатак of lettingизнајмљивање them know
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sa namerom da ih obavestim
06:10
that I was going to dropкап out
from my PhDProf. dr programпрограм.
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da ću odustati od doktorskih studija.
06:14
You see, my siblingsbrat i sestra and I are the first
generationгенерације to go to universityуниверзитет,
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Vidite, moja braća i sestre i ja smo prva
generacija koja je studirala,
06:18
so for a familyпородица of immigrantsimigranti,
this was kindкинд of a bigвелики dealдоговор.
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pa je za porodicu imigranata
to bilo prilično bitno.
06:22
You can imagineзамислити how
this conversationразговор was going to go.
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Možete da zamislite
kako se razgovor odvijao.
06:26
But fortunatelyсрећом, I had
a secretтајна weaponоружје with me,
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Srećom, imala sam keca u rukavu,
06:30
whichкоја was a chartграфикон that had
the averageпросек incomeприход of all of the graduatesдипломци
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a to je bio grafički prikaz
prosečnih primanja svih diplomaca
06:36
from StanfordStanford PhDProf. dr programsпрограме,
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doktorskih studija sa Stanforda,
06:39
and then the averageпросек incomeприход
of all the dropoutsodustali od školovanja
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kao i prosečnih primanja
svih studenata koji su napustili studije
06:42
from StanfordStanford graduateдипломирани programsпрограме.
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na Stanfordu.
06:44
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
06:45
I mustмора tell you -- this chartграфикон
was definitelyдефинитивно skewediskrivljeni
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Moram da vam kažem,
ovaj grafik su osnivači „Google”-a
06:48
by the foundersOsnivači of GoogleGoogle.
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definitivno okrenuli u svoju korist.
06:49
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
06:50
But my momмама lookedпогледао at the chartграфикон,
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Moja majka je pogledala grafik
06:52
and she said,
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i rekla:
06:54
"Oh, for you -- followпратити your passionстраст."
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„O, što se tebe tiče -
prati svoju strast.”
06:57
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
06:59
HiZdravo, MomMama.
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Ćao, mama.
07:02
Now, todayданас my identityидентитет questpotraga
is no longerдуже to find my tribeплеме.
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Danas moja potraga za identitetom
više nije da pronađem svoje pleme.
07:08
It's more about allowingдозвољавајући myselfЈа сам
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Više se radi o tome da dozvolim sebi
07:11
to embraceзагрли all of the possibleмогуће
permutationspermutacija of myselfЈа сам
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da prihvatim sve moguće permutacije sebe
07:15
and cultivatingkulturan diversityразноликост withinу склопу me
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i kultivišem raznolikost u sebi,
07:20
and not just around me.
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a ne samo oko sebe.
07:23
My boysдечаци now are threeтри yearsгодине
and fiveпет monthsмесеци oldстари todayданас,
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Moji dečaci sada imaju
3 godine i 5 meseci,
07:27
and they were alreadyвећ bornрођен
with threeтри nationalitiesнационалности
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a već su rođeni
sa 3 različite nacionalnosti
07:30
and fourчетири languagesјезике.
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i 4 jezika.
07:32
I should mentionпомени now that my husbandмуж
is actuallyзаправо from DenmarkDanska --
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Trebalo bi da vam napomenem
da je moj muž zapravo iz Danske -
07:37
just in caseслучај I don't have enoughдовољно
cultureкултура shocksšokove in my life,
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za slučaj da nema dovoljno kulturnih
šokova u mom životu,
07:40
I decidedодлучио to marryоженити се a Danishdanski guy.
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odlučila sam da se udam za Danca.
07:42
In factчињеница, I think my kidsклинци
will be the first VikingsVikinzi
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Zapravo mislim da će moja deca
biti prvi Vikinzi
07:45
who will have a hardтешко time
growingрастуће a beardбрада when they becomeпостати olderстарији.
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kojima će biti teško
da puste bradu kada odrastu.
07:48
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
07:50
Yeah, we'llдобро have to work on that.
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Da, moraćemo da poradimo na tome.
07:51
But I really hopeнадати се that they will find
that theirњихова multiplicityмножина
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Ali se zaista nadam
da će im njihova raznovrsnost
07:58
is going to openотворен and createстворити a lot of doorsврата
for them in theirњихова livesживи,
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otvoriti mnoga vrata u životu
08:01
and that they can use this as a way
to find commonalitysličnosti
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i da će je iskoristiti kao način
da pronađu zajednički jezik
08:05
in a worldсвет that's
increasinglyсве више globalглобално todayданас.
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sa svetom koji postaje sve više globalan.
08:10
I hopeнадати се that insteadуместо тога of feelingОсећај
anxiousnestrpljiv and worriedзабринуто
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Nadam se da će umesto
anksioznosti i zabrinutosti
08:14
that they don't fitфит in that one boxбок
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da ne pripadaju tim okvirima
08:16
or that theirњихова identityидентитет will becomeпостати
irrelevantирелевантно somedayједног дана,
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ili da će njihov identitet
postati nebitan jednog dana,
08:20
that they can feel freeбесплатно to experimentексперимент
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osećati slobodu da eksperimentišu
08:23
and to take controlконтрола of theirњихова personalлични
narrativeнаратив and identityидентитет.
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i preuzmu kontrolu nad sopstvenim
nasleđem i identitetom.
08:29
I alsoтакође hopeнадати се that they will use
theirњихова uniqueјединствен combinationкомбинација
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Takođe se nadam da će iskoristiti
ovu jedinstvenu kombinaciju
08:32
of valuesвредности and languagesјезике
and culturesкултура and skillsвештине
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vrednosti i jezika i kulture i veština
08:37
to help createстворити a worldсвет
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kako bi stvorili svet
08:39
where identitiesIdentiteti are no longerдуже used
to alienateotuрiљ what looksизглед differentразличит,
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gde se identitet ne koristi sa namerom
otuđenja svega različitog,
08:45
but ratherприлично, to bringдовести togetherзаједно people.
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već da ujedini ljude.
08:49
And mostнајвише importantlyважно, I really hopeнадати се
that they find tremendousстрашно joyрадост
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I najvažnije, zaista se nadam
da će pronaći neizmernu radost
08:53
in going throughкроз these
unchartednepoznatoj territoriesтериторије,
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tumaranjem kroz ove nepoznate teritorije
08:57
because I know I have.
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jer znam da ja jesam.
09:01
Now, as for my grandmotherбака,
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Što se moje bake tiče,
09:04
her last wishжелети was alsoтакође
her last lessonлекцију to me.
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njena poslednja želja takođe je bila
njena poslednja lekcija meni.
09:09
It turnsокреће се out that it was never
about going back to KoreaKoreja
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Zapravo se nikada nije radilo
o povratku u Koreju
09:13
and beingбиће buriedпокопан there.
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i sahranjivanju tamo.
09:15
It was about restingодмарати се nextследећи to her sonсин,
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Radilo se o tome da bude pored svog sina
09:19
who had diedумро long before
she movedпреселила се to ArgentinaArgentina.
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koji je preminuo mnogo
pre njenog dolaska u Argentinu.
09:23
What matteredbilo bitno to her was not the oceanокеан
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Nije joj bio važan okean
09:27
that dividedподељено her pastпрошлост and newново worldсвет;
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koji razdvaja njen prošli i novi svet;
09:32
it was about findingпроналажење commonзаједнички groundземља.
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važno je bilo pronaći zajedničko tle.
09:37
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
09:39
(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Katarina Colic
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rebeca Hwang - Investor
Rebeca Hwang is co-founder and managing director of Rivet Ventures, investing in solutions for women and empowering their choices.

Why you should listen

Rebeca Hwang is co-founder and managing director of Rivet Ventures, which invests in companies in women-led markets where female usage, decision-making and purchasing are crucial to company growth. Hwang is also co-founder of the San Francisco-based startup YouNoodle, which connects top startups with opportunities for growth. She also co-founded Kalei Ventures, a venture fund focused in Latin American startups.

With a background in chemical and civil and environmental engineering from MIT and Stanford, Hwang's work has garnered three US patents, and she has 17 pending patent applications in her portfolio. She has been recognized as one of MIT Tech Review's "Top 35 Global Innovators under 35" and as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Hwang serves in the Board of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, which annually runs GEW in 170 countries and gathers 10 million participants. As the co-founder of Cleantech Open, she has helped more than 1,000 cleantech startups raise in excess of $1 billion in external funding. In addition, Hwang is a lecturer at Stanford University and teaches technology entrepreneurship.

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