Podcasts

“We want to innovate so fast that when people try to replicate they're chasing ghosts.”

“We want to innovate so fast that when people try to replicate they’re chasing ghosts.”

“Being an immigrant kid and seeing how hard my parents worked in a country they didn’t know taught me not to give up, but to have ‘grit.’”

“Being an immigrant kid and seeing how hard my parents worked in a country they didn't know taught me not to give up, but to have 'grit.'”

“There's no point in working really hard — striving and striving — if you have no clue where you're headed.”

“It is really, really hard to start a company. You will hear no over and over. You need to  persevere and push through in spite of the world almost seeming to work against you.”

“It is really, really hard to start a company. You will hear no over and over. You need to  persevere and push through in spite of the world almost seeming to work against you.”

“By my actions I'm starting to make a statement about what matters most to me.”

“By my actions I'm starting to make a statement about what matters most to me.”

Carolyn Disbrow is the Senior Director of Brand Marketing for CNN Worldwide and a member of Columbia Business School's Executive MBA Class of 2018.