E1028: Laura Huang, author of “Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage” shares insights on overcoming disadvantages to create an edge, being bitter vs. getting better, structural bias in tech & more

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

0:41 Jason intros "Edge" Author Laura Huang
3:00 How do Harvard MBA students compare with Stanford MBA students?
7:17 Why did Laura write "Edge" at this time?
8:55 Overcoming disadvantages based on race, ethnicity & gender
14:56 Laura's experience reading her own audiobook
17:23 What does her research show about structural bias against Female entrepreneurs?
23:33 How can a founder turn adversity into an advantage when asked a question with a negative bias?
28:01 How being underestimated inhibits the opportunity to enrich & provide value? What is an example of delight in p2p interaction?
36:39 How should we look at intent when discussing bias & privilege?
44:35 How to deal with being bitter vs. getting better and controlling emotions while still allowing ourselves to feel?
1:00:17 Laura & Jason share personal stories about bitter vs. better & explain how she converted her energy
1:05:09 What is Laura's hope for the lasting impact "Edge" has on its readers?

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0:42.0	Hey everybody welcome to this week in Starless. My guest today is Laura Huang and she Huang, sorry.
0:47.0	She was on the pod back in June of 2017, episode 739.
0:52.0	And she was at the time a professor at Wharton that's right and you were
0:58.9	doing research on angel investors and somehow we got put in touch where I reached out to you I wasn't sure.
1:05.8	You found me, you somehow.
1:07.2	Somebody was tweeting about you I think and then I was like, hey, tell me about your research.
1:12.0	Because if it's about angel investing I want to know and now
1:15.8	your new book is out edge turning adversity into advantage and you can go order that right now
1:21.8	if you're listening to me and you're a fan of the pod go and order the book anytime anybody's on the podcast if you are a true fan you order and buy the book to show support for the authors who come on in the podcast we So we get even better authors on over time.
1:34.5	And that's been happening.
1:35.4	Great authors come on the pod all the time.
1:37.4	So since that time, you left and you went to Harvard.
1:41.1	I did.
1:42.0	So now you're at HBS teaching.
1:43.7	I am.
1:44.4	What are you teaching?
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