Lake Dai

This is the story of Lake Dai, Entrepreneur, Investor, Professor, and all-around creator. For 20 years, she led the product and engineering teams globally at brands including, Alibaba, Apple, and Yahoo.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How her Mom didn't want her to be an engineer (even though she was an aerospace engineer!)

• Why she switched from economics & marketing to engineering & product creation

• What it was like working out of Jack Ma's garage in the early days of Alibaba

• How she created Alibaba's first generation of travel products and marketplace

• Why she teaches at Carnegie Mellon while expanding to venture capital investing

• Her three principles in life: Never Stop Learning, Share the Knowledge, Build a Community

• The importance and power of a 'Beginner's Mind'

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