Rebeca Hwang: The power of diversity within yourself
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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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for my mother to come back
منتظر بودیم تا مادرمان
had cancer surgery that day.
مادربزرگم جراحی سرطان داشت.
was to be buried back home in Korea."
که در خانه خاک شود.
and when the shock wore off,
و وقتی شوک از بین رفت
to be buried back home.
to Argentina six years prior,
آرژانتین مهاجرت کرده بودیم
or how we were going to make a living.
یا بدانیم چطور درآمد داشته باشیم.
who had lost everything,
همه چیز را از دست داده بودیم.
to rebuild our lives.
زندگی خود را از نو بسازیم.
that after all these years,
بعد ازهمه این سالها
to be buried someday,
کجا دوست دارم خاک شوم،
a lifelong quest for my identity.
جستجویی برای هویتم برای یک عمر شد.
سرزمین کیمچی؛
that I'm probably 80 percent cow by now;
احتمالا ۸۰٪ از گوشت گاو تشکیل شدم؛
I felt very much Argentinian,
حس آرژانتینی بودن داشتم،
of middle school,
came into the room.
in Spanish already,
مسلط شده بودم،
either Korean or Argentinian,
یا کرهای باشم،
I decided to go to Korea,
تصمیم گرفتم به کره بروم،
a place to call home.
که بتوانم اسمش را خانه بگذارم.
with a Spanish accent?"
اسپانیایی حرف میزنی؟
because of your big eyes
چشمهای درشتی داری
too Korean to be Argentinian,
کرهای بودن زیاد آرژانتینی بودم،
in the world to call home.
به عنوان خانه خودم پیدا کنم.
who speak with a Spanish accent --
با لهجه اسپانیایی
Argentinian accent --
that was rapidly changing,
تغییر است، کمکم میکرد،
obsolete overnight.
یک شبه منسوخ میشوند.
for that 100 percent commonality
با کسانی که ملاقات میکردم
دست برداشتم.
I was the only overlap
که من تنها وجه تشابه
usually in conflict with each other.
در مقابل هم قرار میگیرند.
of the different versions of myself --
متفاوت خودم را بپذیرم --
to reinvent myself at times.
گاهی خودم را از نو بسازم.
thick glasses, simple hairstyle --
عینک ته استکانی، مدل موی ساده --
because I shared my homework.
به بقیه میدادم چند تا دوست داشتم.
a new identity for myself,
too much credit for that.
بخاطرش تحسین شوم یا نه.
خیلی جذاب نیستند.»
that my advisors joked
مشاورانم به شوخی میگفتند
in "random studies."
a lot of different identities.
هویتهای مختلفی کسب کردم.
entrepreneur, social innovator.
نوآور اجتماعی شروع کردم.
خردسالم دائما میگوید.
میتواند خیلی سخت باشد.
didn't seem as interesting
خیلی هیجان انگیز نبود
traditional Korean parents,
from my PhD program.
generation to go to university,
نسل خانواده بودیم که دانشگاه رفتیم.
this was kind of a big deal.
مسئله مهمی بود.
this conversation was going to go.
چطور پیش میرفت.
a secret weapon with me,
سلاح مخفی با خودم داشتم.
the average income of all of the graduates
تمام فارغ التحصیلها
استنفورد را نشان میداد،
of all the dropouts
was definitely skewed
is no longer to find my tribe.
دیگر درباره پیدا کردن قبیلهام نیست.
permutations of myself
خود را بپذیرم
and five months old today,
پنج ماهه هستند.
with three nationalities
is actually from Denmark --
culture shocks in my life,
شُوک فرهنگی در زندگیام نداشتم،
will be the first Vikings
اولین وایکینگهایی خواهند بود
growing a beard when they become older.
مشکل خواهند داشت.
that their multiplicity
بفهمند که این گوناگونی
for them in their lives,
آنها بوجود بیاورد و باز کند.
to find commonality
برای یافتن وجه تشابه
increasingly global today.
که هر روز جهانیتر میشود.
anxious and worried
اضطراب و نگرانی داشته باشند
irrelevant someday,
بیربط میشود،
آزمون و خطا کنند
narrative and identity.
و داستان خود را بدست بگیرند.
their unique combination
این ترکیب منحصر بفرد
and cultures and skills
و مهارتها استفاده کنند
to alienate what looks different,
مجزا کردن ظاهرهای مختلف نباشد،
that they find tremendous joy
uncharted territories,
بیمرز کشف کنند،
her last lesson to me.
about going back to Korea
درباره برگشت به کره
she moved to Argentina.
مهاجرت کنیم، فوت کرده بود.
اقیانوسی نبود که
از هم جدا کرده بود؛
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rebeca Hwang - InvestorRebeca 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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