Rejection is Redirection | Anu Shah | TEDxUniversityofLeeds

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Rejection is Redirection: What you gain when you lose” recounts her life's struggles and how each rejection led to remarkable redirections. From professional rejections to heartbreaks she illustrates how these setbacks ultimately guided her towards personal growth. Anu's story champions resilience and the transformative power of rejection. In a quest to find respect and equality, at age of 20, Anu Shah left home with just $30 in her pocket to start her professional journey with a call centre in Mumbai. Through her sheer perseverance and hard work, Anu scaled up the ladder from being a call centre employee to work in M&A, strategy consulting, and private equity across Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai and London. Later she went to prestigious Harvard University and dropped out to become a serial entrepreneur with successful exits. She is a fierce advocate for gender equality,a leading philanthropist who donated all proceeds from the sale of her startups to a charity advancing the cause of women empowerment. She is also a UN advisor, patron of American India Foundation, venture capitalist, and an angel investor. She uses her time, capital and expertise to drive impactful change across the world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx