#51: Pilar Deza, President Of The Harvard Club of Peru, Educator, Serial Entrepreneur

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Chris Lee

Business, Entrepreneurship

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to another episode of the Founder Podcast with host Chris Lee. In this inspiring episode, Chris sits down with Pilar Deza, a trailblazing serial entrepreneur from Peru. Pilar's journey is nothing short of extraordinary as she defied societal norms and government restrictions to pursue her passion for education.

The episode starts with Pilar recounting the challenges she faced when the government forbade teaching English in Peru. She shares her powerful mantra of not obeying the rules and how she navigated through obstacles.

Pilar reflects on growing up in Peru and her decision to start a preschool, defying societal expectations. She shares the challenges and triumphs of building a foundation that would eventually impact thousands of lives.

Listeners gain insights into Pilar's commitment to social leadership and education. As the president of the Harvard Club of Peru, she discusses her experiences at Harvard's OPM program and her dedication to giving back to her community.

Tune in to this captivating episode of the Founder Podcast to witness the incredible journey of Pilar Deza and discover the transformative power of purpose-driven entrepreneurship.

Highlights:

"I love problems. I love problems. And that is one of the things that we let the kids learn here. No, because you know, the problems are full of opportunities, to better strategies to be a problem solver."

"I believe that God loves me. And that it is very, very important that you feel sure yourself. And then you are all the time in a learning you are a continuous learner, continuous learner."

"If you don't engage, if you're not passionate, you have to be passionate and enthusiastic and to vibrate for what you do."

Timestamps:

00:00: Entrepreneurship

04:39: Social Leadership

11:19: Perseverance

17:24: Education

23:07: Daily Routines

29:43: Resilience

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0:00.0	The government said you cannot teach English. You cannot do this.
0:04.3	Wow. And so what did what did you do to
0:07.1	I thought English? I thought English. You cannot you cannot obey
0:11.1	stupid things.
0:12.1	Yo, yeah, yeah, welcome to another. you can not obey stupid things.
0:16.8	Yo, y'o, welcome to another episode of the founder podcast. Today I am joined by Miss Pilar Desa from Peru. She's joining us all the way from South America. Super
0:26.4	excited to have her. Pilar is a serial entrepreneur in the education space
0:32.0	giving back to her community. She runs several in the were introduced through my OPM group from Harvard.
0:44.0	She is a part of which OPM are you a part of,
0:47.4	Pilar?
0:47.8	I'm OPM 30.
0:51.6	But right now, I'm the president of the Harvard Club of Peru so I need lots of ideas
0:56.7	Awesome I need all of them so what what year soPM 30, what year did you attend to Harvard OPM? Oh I ended on 2001. In 2001, wow.
1:11.5	Yeah, very cool.
1:13.0	A long time ago.
1:14.0	Very good.
1:15.0	Very good.
1:16.0	Best friends forever.
1:19.0	We see I think twice a year with my OPM classmates.
1:23.9	That's amazing.
1:24.9	That's amazing.
1:25.9	So Pilar, you're, tell us about some of the things you got going on.
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