Rebuilding Resilience: The Entrepreneur's Guide | Lujain Al Mansoori | TEDxNorthwesternUQatar Women

The talk is about Embracing Resilience; how you respond to challenges is what makes you unique and how to define one’s path in life through entrepreneurship. This talk highlights how entrepreneurship gives someone the ability to reinvent themselves and look at life from a different and empowering perspective. Further, it highlights how perspective plays a huge role in one’s life, where someone should not define themselves by the challenges that face them, but by how they respond to them. This talk is accompanied by personal stories shared by Al Mansoori to support this idea, and how she was able to turn challenges into points of change. This talk explains what led Al Mansoori to begin her co-founding experience in an award-winning startup, amid scarce female representation, explaining how she found the courage to forge her own path. The core message, "You are not your challenges; you are how you respond to them," aims to resonate deeply with aspiring women entrepreneurs. This talk is particularly significant at a time when women are breaking entrepreneurial barriers, yet still face unique challenges. The audience will learn about the importance of mental fortitude, the power of daily perseverance, and how to find the beauty of resilience in entrepreneurship. By sharing real-life experiences and insights on overcoming personal and professional adversities, Al Mansoori intends to foster an environment of motivation and empowerment. The talk encourages attendees to see the 'creases' in their lives not as imperfections, but as unique attributes that shape their distinctive stories. Lujain Al Mansoori, born April 13th, 2002, in Qatar, began her academic journey at Qatar Academy Doha. After distinguishing herself as the Valedictorian at QF’s ABP, she secured a coveted spot in CMU-Q’s Information Systems Major. Now in her third year, Lujain consistently garners multiple awards, including multiple Dean's List awards for her outstanding GPA. In June 2023, she made her entrance into the entrepreneurial sphere by participating in a business pitch hackathon organized by QDB. Today, Lujain is at the helm of an innovative startup as a Co-Founder; focused on enhancing food security by 3D printing sustainable, edible vegetables. Her talk will explain what led Al Mansoori to begin her co-founding experience in an award-winning startup, amid scarce female representation, explaining how she found the courage to forge her own path. The core message, "You are not your challenges; you are how you respond to them," aims to resonate deeply with aspiring women entrepreneurs. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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