“Dream Big, Start Small” The 5 Lessons I Learned Being a 20-Something Founder

I had the pleasure of interviewing Krista Suh, the twentysomething creator of the Pussyhat, which, in just two intense months, made history as an iconic symbol of the women’s movement, is recognized all over the globe, and has made waves in politics, activism, museums, street art, tech, traditional media, and more. She is a screenwriter-producer and an advocate for representation in Hollywood for women and Asian-Americans. She is an expert on creativity sharing her unique advice in her new book DIY Rules for a WTF World, on her website kristasuh.com and social media @kristasuh on Instagram and Twitter.

Jean: Thank you so much for doing this with us! What is your “backstory” of how you become a founder?

Thank you for having me! I was very much the good Asian-American kid — straight As, a perfect SAT score, piano, black belt — you couldn’t get more cliché than that. However, I always had the urge to do something more creative. I held myself back until the very end of college when I just couldn’t take it anymore: I quit pre-med and promised myself a few years to give screenwriting a try. The writing and mental health tools I learned in those years were invaluable to becoming the activist-artist-writer that I am today. There’s something very uncomfortable about going against people’s…