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Don't focus: search for something that sticks

Published: Thursday, 24 January 2013

During my second to fourth years of university, I worked on Nudge, mew and Robogals.  I did various projects with all those initiatives over that time.

I participated in pitching competitions in London, Sweden and Melbourne and attended many events in London and Melbourne promoting Nudge and getting advice on running and growing companies.  With Nudge, we managed to expand to 4 pharmacies in Melbourne.

Doing mew, I made my best friends in London with whom I spoke with all the time about robot building, programming and entrepreneurship.  With mew, we grew to 40 people, built some robots and then after I left London, it segued into the Imperial College Robotics Society.

With Robogals in that time, we expanded to hundreds of volunteers across 12 chapters in 4 countries around the world.  When I started Robogals, I never expected that result.

By the end of my fourth year at university, I was pretty tired.  Robogals was going the best, so I stopped doing many of my other projects, and focused on that.

Don't focus for a while - search for something that sticks, and then focus.

About Me

Marita ChengForbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.

I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.

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