Tina Seelig (Stanford University) - Catching the Winds of Luck
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)
Stanford eCorner
4.5 • 740 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Tina Seelig is an educator, entrepreneur, and bestselling author who has spent decades teaching creativity, innovation, and leadership at Stanford. She is the executive director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars and director emerita of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. In this presentation, inspired by her forthcoming book What I Wish I Knew about Luck, Seelig gives practical and encouraging advice – illustrated by real-life stories – designed to help young people see and seize lucky opportunities.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everybody to the inaugural entrepreneurial thought leader seminar for fall 2025. |
| 0:20.3 | Woohoo! the inaugural entrepreneurial thought leader seminar for fall 2025. |
| 0:31.9 | As you guys know, ETL or the Entrepreneur Thought Leader Seminar is brought to you by STVP, |
| 0:36.8 | the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and Basis, the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students. |
| 0:38.3 | I am Ravi Balani, a lecturer in the Management Science and Engineering Department at Stanford. |
| 0:43.3 | This is not just the inaugural of the fall of a typical quarter of ETL, which is a celebration on its own. |
| 0:49.3 | It's also the inaugural of a once-in-a-hundred-year event. |
| 0:52.3 | This is the centennial of the School of Engineering. |
| 0:56.0 | And so this quarter we're going to be showcasing all speakers that have Stanford roots. |
| 1:00.0 | When Emily and I were planning this quarter, we knew that we wouldn't be able to feel the full spirit of the centennial. |
| 1:07.0 | Things would be incomplete if we couldn't have our inaugural guest today kick us off and that's because with today's keynote |
| 1:15.1 | Dr. Tina Seleig is going to be the most visited ETL keynote speaker that we've had. I don't believe anybody has spoken at ETL more than Tina will have after |
| 1:25.6 | today and more than that Tina's not only keynoted four times, |
| 1:31.3 | and we'll show you those four times, and we'll put that up on the screen, |
| 1:35.3 | but also Tina has hosted ETL and has been present at ETL for 20 years. |
| 1:43.3 | Tina is the godmother of ETL. Tina ran ETL for 20 years. Tina is the godmother of ETL. |
| 1:46.0 | Tina ran ETL for 20 years. |
| 1:48.0 | So this is really less of an introduction of an ETL keynote, |
| 1:52.0 | as it is me facilitating a homecoming of the one who stewarded |
| 1:56.0 | ETL for all of these decades. |
| 2:00.0 | Tina got her a PhD at Stanford in neuroscience, |
| 2:03.6 | and now Dr. Seleig has moved on to become really a best-selling author |
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