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A decade ago, entrepreneur and TED fellow Jane Marie Chen started a company that created a low-cost portable incubator for

premature babies in underserved communities and a goal to save over one million babies around the world.

It became Jane's life mission. But when a life-changing setback at the company led to burnout,

Jane had to make a choice. In her talk, Jane shares the story

of what happened next and how it taught her the secret to resilience. Do you ever wonder who you

are beyond your job, your titles, your accomplishments?

This is the question I was forced to confront

when the company I'd spent a decade pouring my soul into,

shut down.

My work had been my entire identity,

and without it, I didn't know who I was anymore.

Ten years earlier, I had co-founded Embrace, a social enterprise

that created a low-cost portable incubator for premature babies in underserved communities.

Our technology could work without constant electricity,

making it usable in remote parts of the world.

We set an audacious goal to save a million babies.

I moved to India, where over 20% of all the world's premature babies are born,

and I made that mission my life.

Over the years, we saved thousands of babies,

babies like Nathan,

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