Deb Liu (Ancestry) - The Power of Scrappiness

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Deb Liu is the CEO of Ancestry. With over 19 years in the tech industry, she has been named one of Business Insider’s most powerful female engineers and one of PaymentsSource’s most influential women in payments. She was previously a senior executive at Facebook, where she created and led Facebook Marketplace. Her book, “Take Back Your Power: 10 New Roles for Women at Work,” was published in August 2022. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Liu shares stories from her successful career to illustrate the essential skills of scrappiness, being willing to learn, and using your power in positive ways.

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0:00.0	Who you are defines how you build.
0:05.0	This is the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series.
0:09.0	Brought to you by Stanford E-Corner.
0:13.0	Welcome YouTube and Stanford Community to the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar.
0:20.0	I am Ravi Balani, a lecturer in the management science and engineering department at
0:24.6	Stanford and the director of Alchemist and Accelerator for Enterprise Startups.
0:29.6	We are kicking off the winter quarter with a bang.
0:33.6	We are very, very honored to present to you today to have as our first ETL speaker, Deb
0:39.3	Lou, the CEO of Ancestry.
0:42.3	How many people have heard of Ancestry.com?
0:44.8	Terrific.
0:45.5	So I don't need to tell you this, but Ancestry.com is a $1.4 billion publicly traded
0:49.9	company.
0:50.3	That's also the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world.
0:57.0	Deb is also the, not only is Deb the CEO of Ancestry, Deb is also the author of Take
1:02.3	Back Your Power, 10 new rules for women at work. Deb also serves on the board of directors
1:09.3	of Intuit and has been named one of Business Insider's
1:12.1	most powerful female engineers and one of payment sources most influential women in payments.
1:19.0	Deb grew up in South Carolina and an Asian American family and then got a bachelor's
1:24.1	in civil and environmental engineering from Duke and then an MBA from here on the farm at Stanford.
1:30.3	Deb started her professional career as a consultant at BCG.
1:34.3	She then spent seven years at PayPal and eBay in various product management and strategy roles,
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