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Freeda Johnson '23, Alex Zhang '22 and Aileen Lee '23 discuss how they have grown their ideas into successful businesses and the approaches they employ to drive future growth.

Carolyn Disbrow is the Senior Director of Brand Marketing for CNN Worldwide and a member of Columbia Business School's Executive MBA Class of 2018.

“By my actions I'm starting to make a statement about what matters most to me.”

“It is really, really hard to start a company. You will hear no over and over. You need to  persevere and push through in spite of the world almost seeming to work against you.”

“Being an immigrant kid and seeing how hard my parents worked in a country they didn't know taught me not to give up, but to have 'grit.'”

CBS alum David Rosenberg '02 turns agriculture on its head — and in the process helps solve the global water crisis.

“How I want to measure my life and the impact is what can I do for other people.”