An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by thunk » Sat, Jul 10, 2010, 9:53 PM UTC

An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself
nytimes.com

Re: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by jessor » Sat, Jul 10, 2010, 10:26 PM UTC

Maybe I value my time more than my net worth. Maybe my fear of boredom outweighs my fear of failure. Or, maybe I have an irrational belief that I will succeed against all odds. Whatever it is, I find the risk of entrepreneurship to be not only worthwhile but also necessary for fulfillment. Work is no longer work. It is life, and a good one.

Is it just me or do those last paragraphes sound like beautiful poetry?

Re: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 10, 2010, 11:49 PM UTC

jessor wrote: post #2

Maybe I value my time more than my net worth. Maybe my fear of boredom outweighs my fear of failure. Or, maybe I have an irrational belief that I will succeed against all odds. Whatever it is, I find the risk of entrepreneurship to be not only worthwhile but also necessary for fulfillment. Work is no longer work. It is life, and a good one. Is it just me or do those last paragraphes sound like beautiful poetry?

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Re: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by SMrF » Sat, Jul 10, 2010, 11:49 PM UTC

She's a Stanford grad, entrepreneur, surfer, model and apparently she has been published in the NYT. She also created this diet, which looks interesting: http://thenaturalfoodsdiet.com/about.php

I had no idea human beings like this existed. I feel inferior.

http://prernagupta.com/

Re: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by mburney » Sun, Jul 11, 2010, 12:05 AM UTC

jessor wrote: post #2

Maybe I value my time more than my net worth. Maybe my fear of boredom outweighs my fear of failure. Or, maybe I have an irrational belief that I will succeed against all odds. Whatever it is, I find the risk of entrepreneurship to be not only worthwhile but also necessary for fulfillment. Work is no longer work. It is life, and a good one. Is it just me or do those last paragraphes sound like beautiful poetry?

Sounds more like banal, run-of-the-mill inspirational speech (not that I have anything against that)

Re: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by wallflower » Sun, Jul 11, 2010, 12:09 AM UTC

One of the more interesting profiles to be featured on NYTimes - interesting for the fact that she could easily have had an easy high-lifestyle life financed by her consulting career and gave it up to make her own destiny.

I know someone who worked for the Monitor Group - which is the unnamed consulting group - she was super sharp.

Re: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by dbz » Sun, Jul 11, 2010, 12:33 AM UTC

jessor wrote: post #2

Maybe I value my time more than my net worth. Maybe my fear of boredom outweighs my fear of failure. Or, maybe I have an irrational belief that I will succeed against all odds. Whatever it is, I find the risk of entrepreneurship to be not only worthwhile but also necessary for fulfillment. Work is no longer work. It is life, and a good one. Is it just me or do those last paragraphes sound like beautiful poetry?

It sounds like anaphora, and correctly used anaphora at that =]

Re: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by code_duck » Sun, Jul 11, 2010, 12:35 AM UTC

SMrF wrote: post #4

She's a Stanford grad, entrepreneur, surfer, model and apparently she has been published in the NYT. She also created this diet, which looks interesting: http://thenaturalfoodsdiet.com/about.php I had no idea human beings like this existed. I feel inferior. http://prernagupta.com/

That is a great diet. I haven't heard of her before, but that's exactly what I eat already, actually. I think it comes naturally to anyone who has an interest in natural foods and is a vegetarian.

Re: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by jberryman » Sun, Jul 11, 2010, 1:00 AM UTC

SMrF wrote: post #4

She's a Stanford grad, entrepreneur, surfer, model and apparently she has been published in the NYT. She also created this diet, which looks interesting: http://thenaturalfoodsdiet.com/about.php I had no idea human beings like this existed. I feel inferior. http://prernagupta.com/

So that "diet" website is a little tongue-in-cheek, right?

Re: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself

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Post by timr » Sun, Jul 11, 2010, 1:18 AM UTC

SMrF wrote: post #4

She's a Stanford grad, entrepreneur, surfer, model and apparently she has been published in the NYT. She also created this diet, which looks interesting: http://thenaturalfoodsdiet.com/about.php I had no idea human beings like this existed. I feel inferior. http://prernagupta.com/

There are tons of people who have bios like this, especially in San Francisco. You quickly come to realize that most of the people who have done 50 million different "impressive" things in a short period of time are either dilettantes who seek the most recognition for the least work investment, or people who have one or two serious interests, and a strong ability to promote all of their other minor achievements.

(Protip: my vanity meter goes off the scale when the self-promoter is a woman who prominently features her amateur modeling portfolio on a personal website, or intermixes pictures of herself in a bikini in otherwise unrelated content.)

I think the thing to learn here is that noise level for self-promotion is set pretty high. If you think you're bragging too much about an accomplishment...well, you probably aren't. ;-)