Vivian is a sophomore born and raised in Palo Alto. She is majoring in Computer Science, and hopes to study abroad next year in Berlin and visit Brazil this summer as part of a consulting project. In the past she has done research at the Stanford Computer Science Department, been a business development intern at a startup in San Francisco, and this summer she will be interning at Google working to design a user interface for the sales team. She is currently Co-VP of Marketing, and is also a member of Stanford Consulting and loves planning sisterhood events for her sorority, Alpha Phi. In her free time she loves reading, hiking and road tripping to find the most delicious restaurants.
Day in the Life
10:30am wake up… sort of
11:00am go to CS 142 lecture, Web Applications! Learning about Javascript today
12:00pm do Insanity workout in Terra–abs are still dying from yesterday’s
1:00pm make stir fry for lunch in the open kitchen, meet with friends to talk about the draw
2:15pm CS 103 lecture in NVIDIA–professor talks about first order logic in terms of Rebecca Black’s Friday
4:00pm Go to office hours for CS 109 and finish up a problem set
6:00pm dinner back at Terra in the patio, such a nice day!
7:00pm Stanford Consulting meeting, work on slide deck for client presentation and practice
8:00pm SWIB marketing team meeting–plan out fliers and marketing materials that need to be made
9:00pm SWIB board meeting–Recap the Spring Conference, it went super well!
10:00pm Send out a googledoc for Alpha Phi Spa Day signups, research more sisterhood activities to do
10:30pm Work on CS 142 project– making a website with Ruby, finally got the files all working together!
12:00am Midnight bake! Someone in Terra made foccacia with goat cheese today… my favorite
12:30am and onward- go over lecture slides, study for upcoming midterms, do some Javascript exercises
2:30am watch the most recent episode of 30 Rock, then go to bed
A few articles have come out attacking and subsequently defending Stanford’s tech-entrepreneurship focus (linked below). What do you think about this ‘controversy’? Tweet us your response: @stanfordwib
The original New Yorker article: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/30/120430fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all
BusinessWeek defense: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-27/in-defense-of-stanford-university
SWIB’s Spring 2012 Conference, “Style Your Career” was a huge hit! We would like to say a HUGE thank you to:
Stanford GSB: Great to be in a new, vibrant space-thank you for letting us use your facilities!
Sponsors: Many thanks to Philz Coffee and Hobee’s for quality conference fuel
Speakers: Big thank you to Karen Katz, Caryl Athanasiu, Jack Abrahams, and all of our speakers from YouTube, Box, and the Levo League. From high-level global trends to low-level personal advice (and everything in between), they gave the audience helpful, practical take-aways
Panelists: Corporate and E-Commerce panels–we loved the interaction, and even disagreements, you all brought to the event. Thank you!
Attendees: Thank you to all of the conference attendees who chose to spend the (gorgeous, sunny) day with us. You were thoughtful, engaged, and enthusiastic, and we appreciate it. We would love to see you all at our future SWIB events. Check back here, and on our official website http://swib.stanford.edu for updates.
Thanks Again,
Stanford Women in Business
SAVE THE DATE!
Stanford Women in Business presents our Spring Conference,
Insights Across the Business Spectrum: Style Your Career
featuring speakers such as
CEO of Neiman Marcus, Karen Katz
CFO of Wells Fargo,Caryl Athanasiu
Executives from Youtube, box, Levo League and more…
Date: Saturday, April 21
Location: CEMEX Auditorium (GSB)
Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm
Please register at swib.stanford.edu/iabs
Get Moving, Young Grads! from The Levo League on Vimeo.
Calling all Entrepreneurs! Learn what it takes to make it in the world of startups at “The Startup Conference” on May 2 at the Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Mountain View. Tickets will go fast–order yours ASAP here Early Bird Sales end TODAY.
Check out the Facebook page here
Bobbi Brown Talks to Stanford students, March 2012
Bobbi Brown-makeup guru, healthy living advocate, and entrepreneur extraordinaire–shared some of her ‘words to live by’ at SWIB’s Bobbi Brown event last week. Check out Bobbi’s Best Tips below:
1. “Keep yourself open–you never know what will happen!” Bobbi went to two different colleges before discovering her passion for makeup as a theatrical makeup major at Emerson College. Post-college, Brown waited tables and worked as much as she could doing makeup on movie sets, small-scale photo shoots, and on herself!
2. Do whatever you have to! Being a career makeup artist was virtually unheard of when Bobbi started out. To book jobs, she made a business card, pored through the Yellow Pages, and made cold calls, doing anything she could to practice her craft. No job was too big or too small!
3. NETWORKING is key. You never know how someone you meet can help you in the future! An editor friend at Glamour magazine helped Bobbi launch her first line of lipsticks, which turned into the global brand it is today.
4. Stick to your guns: Bobbi has always believed that women are beautiful as they are; using makeup only enhances their natural features. That’s why she has never followed trends or strayed from her philosophy of simplicity and common sense–”The Essentials”!
5. Bobbi’s “Brand DNA”: Keeping it Simple, Real, and Approachable.
6. Never take ‘no’ for an answer–if you want something, keep at it until you achieve your goal.
7. Balance: Brown loves that her company is a ‘lifestyle brand’ advocating eating healthy foods, exercising, and taking care of yourself on the inside and outside. Bonus fact: Bobbi treats her staff to “a year of health” and brings in experts in yoga, spinning, healthy cooking, and skincare.
8. Creating a ‘buzz’ with guerilla marketing is key, especially now in the age of social media. Bobbi has her own Facebook page and a rockin’ blog: http://www.everythingbobbi.com/en/
9. Making a Difference: “The more you give, the more you get back.” Making a difference in your community is key to success in business and in life. Bobbi’s favorite charities include Dress For Success (Brown and guests at the 2010 Gala Event for DFS raised over 2 million dollars!), FEED headed by friend Lauren Bush, and ‘adopting’ schools in her area (the most recent was Broome Street Academy of Liz Murray, author of “Breaking Night,” fame. Learn more about Liz at http://manifestliving.com/ and check out Broome Street Academy on their homepage, http://www.broomestreetacademy.org)
10. Bobbi Brown’s “Secret to Beauty”: BE WHO YOU ARE!
A big thank you to Bobbi Brown for speaking to us last week! You can check out more pics from the event on the SWIB Facebook page
Marcheta is a junior who grew up moving all over the U.S. and the world. She is majoring in International Relations with a concentration in Economics and a minor in Mandarin Chinese and spent last year studying abroad in Beijing and Oxford. In the past she has interned at Google and the defense contractor General Dynamics. This coming summer she will be working in Investment Banking in San Francisco. Marcheta is the SWIB Conference Director and cannot wait for you to hear from the speakers lined up for the upcoming spring conference. In her free time she enjoys art, traveling and tennis. Read on for a day in her life!
7:30 am: wake up
8am: Eat breakfast and catch up on the world (news, financial markets and Pinterest of course).
8:45 Grab a coffee at Coupa at the GSB before heading to class
9am-12:30pm: Class- Statistics, Chinese and Foreign Policy
1pm: Lunch with a friend from my Beijing study abroad program at Russo Cafe, they have the best sushi
2pm: Emails, emails, emails
3pm: Read over case studies for my foreign policy class
4pm: Study chinese characters and practice conversation with my language partner
5pm: Meet a mentee for coffee to talk about opportunities and life at Stanford. I really love mentoring younger students and helping them maximize their time on campus and in their summer break
6pm: Golf practice at the Stanford Driving Range
7pm: Plan spring break travels around Northern Europe over dinner with a friend
8pm: Study at the Law School library until my eyes won’t stay open anymore
Go home, sleep, repeat…
