From the course: Career Advice from Some of the Biggest Names in Business

Tory Burch on being open to learning

From the course: Career Advice from Some of the Biggest Names in Business

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Tory Burch on being open to learning

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- What do you tell someone whose 21, 20, really thinking about it? What kind of advice you giving them today? - I spoke at Stanford a couple years ago and I was amazed to hear that everyone wanted to be an entrepreneur. And I thought that that was such an interesting thing to say because usually you find your passion and you become an entrepreneur by nature of what your passion is and figure that out. But people need to pay their dues a bit and be open to learning. I don't think that everyone can all of sudden have a startup, it's good to get some experience under your belt. And I do give that advice. And I also think that if you work in some places that aren't the best job for you, you should look at it in an entrepreneurial way and take things from it and look at things as a learning experience. And then when you move on, you do that again. Then you sort of find your path and you realize more and more what you want to do. - Do you think that the culture of entrepreneurship then, the kind of Shark Tank fueled idea that anyone can start up anything at anytime, is a bad model for kids today? - I don't think it's a bad model and certainly I don't want to dissuade people if they have a great idea but I do feel that there's something to be said for putting in some time and hours and understanding and even being a great leader, I think that's essential. - I'm curious what your take is on the push towards STEM education? That the idea that really if you want to graduate and have an incredible career and a long career, you need to be focused on STEM. You're an art history major. Do you think that there's value in the humanities? - I think there's value in everything and particularly, I went to the College of Arts and Sciences, so I really tried to branch out. If you can take as many different kinds of classes, that's really important and be as well-rounded as possible. I really recommend to my boys not go into the business school right away because I thought that was important.

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