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How to Spur Your Creativity by Being Curious Again

A guide on what makes it so hard to be curious as an adult, why it matters for creativity, and how you can reignite your love for questions.

5 min readSep 7, 2021

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The Problem With “Just” Scratching Your Own Itch

A profile of education innovator Heather Hiles shows how success with the cliche advice lies in finding the perfect problem to solve.

4 min readAug 25, 2021

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The Problem With “Just” Scratching Your Own Itch

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How to Craft Your Career by Existing in Hyphens

A dive into Lux Capital partner Deena Shakir’s unconventional career journey of existing in hyphens and what you can learn from it.

3 min readAug 18, 2021

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How to Craft Your Career by Existing in Hyphens

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Why You Should Be the Sore Thumb

A story of an underdog entrepreneur who embraced sticking out like a sore thumb and why you should too.

3 min readAug 8, 2021

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Why You Should Be the Sore Thumb

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What’s the secret to achieving the impossible?

Stories from real-life people and companies who embraced being the underdog to create something new for the world.

2 min readAug 5, 2021

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What’s the secret to achieving the impossible?

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Public Education is Rigged Against Entrepreneurs.

It was 1955. A boy was born in San Francisco to a single mother. She requested an adoption for him soon after, and he was placed with a…

8 min readMar 29, 2021

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Public Education is Rigged Against Entrepreneurs.

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3 Steps for Writers to Turn Blah Blocks Into Building Blocks

If you’ve been feeling “blah” about writing, these 3 steps will help you turn that lack of motivation into creative fuel.

6 min readJan 18, 2021

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The 2020 Small-Business Friendly Gift Guide (for Procrastinators)

For all the procrastinators out there who still want to support small businesses this holiday season.

5 min readDec 21, 2020

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Why We Need Design Thinking More Than Ever Right Now.

How we can apply design thinking principles to social innovation. In a time of social injustice, we need entrepreneurship more than ever.

5 min readNov 7, 2020

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Vedika Dayal

Vedika Dayal

Author of “Think Outside the Odds” & student at UC Berkeley. Thinking about empowering the underdog and how we can all live more intentional, innovative lives.

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