Give First

Wendy Lea talks about the risks of saying no


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Wendy Lea is a longtime entrepreneur and investor, as well as a board member and mentor at Techstars. With David and Brad, she digs into some of her own first mentoring experiences and reflects on a time when a mentor changed her life. 



Wendy was early in her career, and had just been offered a promotion that would cause a lot of change in her life, and she was hesitating. Her mentor told her: the risk of saying no is very high. “If you say no, you’re playing small. You have a lot of potential, and you need to go explore that potential.”  



She did, and she traces her success back to that encouragement and good advice. 



Listen for more about the risks of saying no… and saying yes. 


Bonus: Listen to Wendy, David, and Brad reminisce about the first Techstars class. 




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