Rebeca Hwang: The power of diversity within yourself
Rebeca Hwang: A bennünk lévő sokoldalúság ereje
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
had cancer surgery that day.
aznap műtötték rákkal.
was to be buried back home in Korea."
Koreában temessék el."
and when the shock wore off,
és a döbbenet elmúltával
to be buried back home.
to Argentina six years prior,
or how we were going to make a living.
és sejtelmünk sem volt, miből élünk meg.
who had lost everything,
to rebuild our lives.
hogy újjáépítsük életünket.
that after all these years,
mindig Koreát jelentené.
to be buried someday,
hová temessenek majd;
a lifelong quest for my identity.
át tartó identitáskeresésemet.
that I'm probably 80 percent cow by now;
hogy magam is 80%-ban marha vagyok.
I felt very much Argentinian,
argentinnak éreztem magam,
of middle school,
came into the room.
in Spanish already,
beszéltem spanyolul,
either Korean or Argentinian,
hogy lehetek koreai vagy argentin
le kell mondanom,
I decided to go to Korea,
a place to call home.
a helyet, melyet hazámnak nevezek.
with a Spanish accent?"
beszélsz koreaiul?"
because of your big eyes
mert nagy a szemed,
too Korean to be Argentinian,
hogy argentin legyek,
in the world to call home.
amit hazámnak nevezhetnék.
who speak with a Spanish accent --
Argentinian accent --
argentin akcentusú koreai
that was rapidly changing,
gyorsan változó világunkban,
obsolete overnight.
for that 100 percent commonality
I was the only overlap
én vagyok az összekötő kapocs
usually in conflict with each other.
of the different versions of myself --
a magaménak fogom érezni,
to reinvent myself at times.
hogy néha újra kitaláljam magam.
thick glasses, simple hairstyle --
szemüvegem, egyszerű frizurám volt,
because I shared my homework.
hogy lemásolhassák a házimat.
a new identity for myself,
találni magamnak,
too much credit for that.
mennyiben tudható be ez nekem.
that my advisors joked
hogy tanácsadóim élcelődtek rajtam:
in "random studies."
kapok majd diplomát.
a lot of different identities.
sok különböző identitásra tettem szert.
entrepreneur, social innovator.
társadalmi újítóként kezdtem,
magunknak nagyon nehéz.
disszertációt írni a pincében
didn't seem as interesting
traditional Korean parents,
koreai szüleimhez –
from my PhD program.
generation to go to university,
egyetemisták vagyunk a családban,
this was kind of a big deal.
elképesztő dolog volt.
this conversation was going to go.
a secret weapon with me,
the average income of all of the graduates
PhD-programban végzettek
of all the dropouts
was definitely skewed
erősen eltorzították
is no longer to find my tribe.
hogy már nem törzsi alapon kutatom.
permutations of myself
and five months old today,
with three nationalities
is actually from Denmark --
culture shocks in my life,
megyek feleségül.
will be the first Vikings
growing a beard when they become older.
szakállt növeszteni, mikor felnőnek.
that their multiplicity
for them in their lives,
meg és teremt nekik életük folyamán,
to find commonality
increasingly global today.
nemzetközivé váló világban.
anxious and worried
irrelevant someday,
egykor lényegtelenné válik;
narrative and identity.
sorsukat és identitásukat.
their unique combination
and cultures and skills
és készségeik kivételes ötvözetét
to alienate what looks different,
nem a másnak látszók elidegenítése,
that they find tremendous joy
hogy töméntelen örömet lelnek majd
uncharted territories,
her last lesson to me.
utolsó intelme volt számomra.
about going back to Korea
she moved to Argentina.
költözése előtt hunyt el.
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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