Everyone wants to achieve their highest potential. And resilience is one of the most important ingredients to achieve that. 

Many of us know Sylvia Acevedo as the CEO of The Girl Scouts of the USA, a Board Member of Qualcomm, and the Presidential Commissioner who drove President Obama’s initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics in early childhood leadership. However, what makes her special is her trait of never taking NO for an answer! At every point in her career, she did not see many people who looked like her. So, she identified her superpowers and how they fit into the larger company goals, to make a career that many of us dream of! 

Oh, and she is also the first male or female Hispanic to get a graduate engineering degree at Stanford!

Key takeaways from Episode 1, Season 4 of Women Who Build are:

• Never walk away from a sale until you hear a NO at least thrice
• To progress in your professional life, identify opportunities/niches for yourself and pitch to the person who cares 
• Building focus while pursuing diverse interests: Don’t major in the minors!
• Board Memberships (Private and Public):

• How to become a board member? First, think about the why, then redo your CV by fleshing out your value-add, network, get in touch with executive search teams, and make BOLD moves!
• Being on boards of private (Early-stage) companies means heavily focusing on the product and helping founders with introductions. With public companies, a board member should have some expertise

Follow:

Women Who Build on Instagram at women.who.build.wwb

Sylvia Acevedo at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylviaacevedo/

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