Tina Seelig (Stanford University) - Catching the Winds of Luck

About this episode

Tina Seelig shares insights on recognizing and seizing lucky opportunities based on her experiences and forthcoming book.

Tina Seelig is an educator, entrepreneur, and bestselling author who has spent decades teaching creativity, innovation, and leadership at Stanford. She is the executive director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars and director emerita of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. In this presentation, inspired by her forthcoming book What I Wish I Knew about Luck, Seelig gives practical and encouraging advice – illustrated by real-life stories – designed to help young people see and seize lucky opportunities. ------------------------ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders and other Stanford eCorner content is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at the Stanford School of Engineering. STVP empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations. CONNECT WITH US YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ecorner X: https://x.com/ECorner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanfordtechnologyventuresprogram/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stanfordstvp.bsky.social LEARN MORE STVP: https://stvp.stanford.edu/ eCorner by STVP: https://stvp.stanford.edu/ecorner Support our mission of providing students…

People in this episode

Guest: Tina Seelig

Topics covered

• creativity
• innovation
• leadership
• opportunity
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• luck
• entrepreneurship
• Stanford
• creativity
• innovation
• leadership
• opportunities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stanford University, Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Stanford Technology Ventures Program

Books & works: What I Wish I Knew about Luck

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