Today I sit down with a true powerhouse - a woman whose drive, unapologetic courage, contagious smile and boundless generosity made her a rising star in our CareerClimb community early on in her Product Executive Accelerator cohort.  

Linda Lee started the year as a stuck and frustrated Senior Director at Walmart.com and is now head of her own startup - Wonderblocks.io, which she started in the third month of our program and which aims to transform the gaming and leisure industries through blockchain innovation.

You would never guess that as a child she was called the “dumb one” and that she felt she had to compete with her “perfect” brother.  When it came time to go to Cornell, her father was told that he was wasting his money sending a girl to an expensive school.  Her childhood was all about adapting to new environments - born in Taiwan, she was raised in Costa Rica before moving to the US and beginning her adventures in tech.

Linda and I talk about getting unstuck in your career, recognizing when you’re operating below your level (as Linda was when she joined our Product Executive Accelerator) and being able to imagine the future in order to take big leaps instead of small increments. 

Linda's success today is testament to grit, perseverance and courage.  Linda’s message to every single girl is “just go for it”, even if nobody else believes in you but you.