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Adrian Rodriguez, co-founder and CEO of Dreamlinks, shares two lessons about entrepreneurship that he learned from a personal relationship. Like a relationship, starting a company takes work, and you have to be willing to do small but important things. Some relationships end, as do some projects, but heartbreak can lead to new paths.
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Adrian Rodriguez, co-founder and CEO of Dreamlinks, shares two lessons about entrepreneurship that he learned from a personal relationship. Like a relationship, starting a company takes work, and you have to be willing to do small but important things. Some relationships end, as do some projects, but heartbreak can lead to new paths.
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Stanford eCorner content is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. At STVP, we empower aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations.
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Twitter: twitter.com/ECorner
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Facebook: facebook.com/StanfordTechnologyVenturesProgram
YouTube: youtube.com/user/ecorner
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eCorner Website: https://ecorner.stanford.edu/
STVP Website: https://stvp.stanford.edu/
Support our mission of providing students and educators around the world with free access to Stanford University’s network of entrepreneurial thought leaders: https://ecorner.stanford.edu/give.
![Osi Imeokparia (Kode with Klossy) - Training Tech’s Next Gen [Entire Talk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c6EJpCQXENA/mqdefault.jpg "Osi Imeokparia (Kode with Klossy) - Training Tech’s Next Gen [Entire Talk]
Founded by supermodel Karlie Kloss, Kode With Klossy teaches young women and gender expansive youth how to code. The organization supports a community of 11,000 from 100-plus countries over more than a decade to ensure their education is effective. CEO Osi Imeokparia shares how long-term support and mentorship for diverse young coders can lead to success in computer science majors and careers in technology. She and Dani Lucas of McKinsey & Company also address the need for shifts in the industry to tackle the broken rung of the tech career ladder, which results in women and underrepresented workers facing challenges in promotions and upward advancement.")
