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Welcome I'm Sean Wilkerson.

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Innovation Development Program

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manager here at the United States

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Patent and Trademark Office,

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otherwise known as USPTO.

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Want to thank you all for joining us today

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for the Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium.

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We're excited to have you here for

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the 2nd in our series of discussions

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being held every Wednesday in March.

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Celebrating Women's History Month.

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Before we start the program,

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pathways to invention,

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entrepreneurship and STEM careers

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for K through 12 and beyond.

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introduce you to our panel moderator,

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Joyce Ward.

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Joyce Ward is the director of the

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I'll let you take it from here.

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Thank you so much Sean.

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I am delighted to be here today

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with this wonderful panel of women

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who are going to talk with us about

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pathways to expanding innovation.

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each one of them are trail,

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actively engaged in creating

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pathways and on their own pathway.

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So we want to start out first by

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asking each one of our panelists.

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Introduce themselves and to tell

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you a bit about themselves,

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and so we're going to go

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in alphabetical order.

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Here I'm going to start with Carol Dahl.

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Great thank you Joyce.

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It's a pleasure to be here today and

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was such a great group of women.

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So I'm Carol Dahl.

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I'm executive director at the Lemelson

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Foundation and our mission is to

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improve lives and true invention

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so we have a lot in common with

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the USPTO and we do that through

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supporting the education and

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cultivation of the next generation

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of inventors as well as supporting

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the pathway that allows them to

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take their ideas to turn them into

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products and businesses with impact.

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So I'm a scientist by training.

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graduate degrees in life Sciences.

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of the people in my extended family

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are in some way involved in health care,

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but I did not end up in healthcare.

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I actually ended up as a scientist

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research and I just fell in love with that.

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traditional career I was on the faculty

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the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.

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the Human Genome Project was starting

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National Institutes of Health.

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diagnosis and health in general.

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that became a passion for me.

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incentivizing companies to invest

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the National Cancer Institute to help

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emerging technologies and so on.

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progress against the National Cancer Mission.

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help start a diagnostics company,

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so I had spent some life being a bit of

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an entrepreneur really learned about

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what it takes to build an enterprise.

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of building something new,

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but I got an offer while I was

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challenges programs at the Bill

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and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Gates Foundation bringing novel

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technologies and new solutions

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to neglected problems with low

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a path where I became very

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interested in innovation invention.

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solutions that really reach people

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and that led me to my current role,

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which has the additional advantage.

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fostering the next generation inventors,

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of an entrepreneur.

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something fundamentally new but

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also an intrapreneur building new

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things within an organization.

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I feel super lucky to have.

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well as to help invest in others

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who have great ideas to bring them

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to fruition as entrepreneurs.

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that is outstanding and it's it's

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it's very nice to see just the the

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pathway and the various experiences

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that you bring to the discussion.

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about always being an entrepreneur

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as well as an intrapreneur and so the

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next one of our panelists that I want

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to introduce to you is Rozalynn Goodwin.

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Rozalynn's daughter a couple of weeks ago.

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you tell us about yourself,

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and certainly about what you're

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doing with your daughter as well.

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Rozalynn. Hi good afternoon everyone.

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It really is an honor to be on such

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an esteemed panel with amazing women.

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This women's History Month.

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My name is Rozalynn Goodwin.

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I live in Columbia, SC.

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I am a first generation entrepreneur

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raising a second generation entrepreneur.

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Our journey started when she

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was just seven years old.

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At five she daily nagged us about these

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barrettes that would not stay in her hair,

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or.

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I was aggravated by the barrettes that

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would not stay in her hair and

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after a social media exchange with

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a number of moms and a suggestion

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from our pastor too that this should

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maybe be a market we break into

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Gabby at 5 ask me everyday about

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these magical barrettes that we would

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create that would stay in her hair.

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That led to a two year journey to invent the

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perfect hair bow and Gabby bows were born.

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It is a hair barrette,

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a double face,

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double snap hair barrettes guaranteed,

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non slip for barrettes.

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That we have patents on.

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confidence with that invention,

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but it's expanded beyond that.

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We now have a full line of plant based

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girls natural hair care products.

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Our entire mission is to remove stress

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from the styling process or moms,

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dads and girls can cherish this

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precious time they have together doing

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her with their girls during the day.

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I am Vice president and lobbyist

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for the South Carolina Hospital

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Association so I'm a health care

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Policy wonk have been in

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that for over 20 years,

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so I'm excited to share just from a

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mom who wanted to show her daughter

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that nothing was impossible and

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that she could solve problems.

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My perspective is now an inventor as well.

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Thank you so much Rozalynn.

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And then our third panelist is Ruth Farmer.

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I have had the pleasure of working

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with Ruth in various capacities

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over the years and so Ruth Farmer,

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why don't you tell us about yourself?

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You're, you're muted.

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OK, um it's really here

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to fund Rozalynn store here.

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It's fun to hear Rozalynn story

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because I got my start in this space

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creating an invention camp for girls

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with the Girl Scouts back in 2001.

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see how just letting girls know that

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they could change their environment.

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work for them that they could

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create something and fix it,

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and I'm still in touch with all of those

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girls who back in 2001 were inventing

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solutions for their lives and an for

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the lives of the people around them.

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I actually have my background in

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engineers and I have spent almost

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pathways I was at the Girl Scouts

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for seven years working on

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Actually rejected the STEM label.

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I focused exclusively on

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tech and engineering.

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One of the big achievements there

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was establishing the robotics

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programs within Girl Scouting,

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and now we have some 78 badges related to

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engineering and the Girl Scout Movement,

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which is super exciting because

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that will reach literally millions

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of girls every year forever and

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in every zip code I was with the

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National Center for Women and IT

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for nine years building up programs.

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Specifically related to girls and

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women sort of K through 20 in the

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computer science space joined the

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White House to lead tech inclusion

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for President Obama in 2016.

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And then started working with an

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organization called CS NYC which

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together with the leadership there

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we pivoted that organization

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from focusing just on NYC,

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which arguably is as big as an

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entire state school system.

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If you look at New York City public

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schools to bringing that knowledge to

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the whole nation for how to do systems

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change for computer science education,

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and then my most recent thing is I

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just launched something called the

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Last Mile Education Fund, which.

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Um is really from learning.

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20 years of watching girls go

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through the gauntlet of becoming an

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engineer and seeing the different

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gaps in places where we're failing,

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one big one is we're doing a great

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job of getting more girls and

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women into pipeline.

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We're not doing a great job of

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getting students out the other end,

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and so the last mile education fund

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funds the last mile for low income

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tech and engineering women right

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now will probably be expanding

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to fund young men as soon.

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But you know,

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uh,

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a little obstacle can be a huge obstacle

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when you're in those last few months.

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And those last few credits.

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And so we're getting students over

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the last mile and into a career.

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And on Monday it was announced that

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were a finalist for the $40 million

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equality Can't Wait Challenge,

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which will award $10 million to

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three different organizations to

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improve women's power and influence.

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So we're super excited about that,

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and I'm excited to be part

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of this conversation today.

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Very good. That is all very exciting Ruth.

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And we thank all three of you

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for being here today so we we

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want to start the discussion.

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There was a recent report that was

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published by the Council on Competitiveness

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and we're very fortunate in that.

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I know that Carol Dahl is instrumental

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in working with that group and so

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I'm hoping that Carol will will

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help set the stage for us.

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But but basically the thing that I

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wanted to highlight in there is that.

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There's language that that that

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basically says that we want to ensure

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that every student has the opportunity

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to experience invention and innovation

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throughout pre K12 and higher education and.

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I guess my question is how do we

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do that and why is it important?

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And so Carol,

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I'd like you to start out if you will.

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Great thanks, Joyce and

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If you don't mind I'm gonna take just

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a little bit of time to frame why

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this report is so important and why

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they report was actually even done.

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So thank you for mentioning it.

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I think it is a really important

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breakthrough report.

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Just provide a bit of context that

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Council on Competitiveness is a

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membership organization that is

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comprised of leadership of industry,

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universities, national laboratories,

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in labor unions,

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and it was formed decades ago with a mission.

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To inform and advise the nation on the

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needs to ensure US competitiveness.

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So in late 2019 they formed a Commission

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on innovation and competitiveness

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Frontiers on how to tackle how the

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US can really strengthen and create a

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more resilient innovation ecosystem to

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ensure future global competitiveness

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for the US and as Joyce as mentioned,

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I am thrilled to be part of this.

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I'm actually a Commissioner an

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involved with this activity and I

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think it's it's really important.

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About report highlights.

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The importance of fostering innovation

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and why is that so important?

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I guess that's really fundamental

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to our discussion today.

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An it is that it leads to high quality jobs,

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and we think that high quality.

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It's not just about having a job,

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it's about having a good job and

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turns out innovation.

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Workers earn a median salary of

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like 85,000 in 2017.

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In contrast to all other workers

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where it's more like 38,000.

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So definitely higher quality

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jobs creates new industries.

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More resilient economy,

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essential for addressing key

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challenges we may face as a society.

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Certainly seen that in the pandemic

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without vaccines, diagnostics, etc.

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We'd be in trouble.

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But of course innovation runs dry

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without the engine of invention,

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so invention is critical to this as well.

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The bottom line is our nation

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is falling behind at the end of

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the last century.

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We were the world's leader by

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far and away in investing in

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research and discovery that

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drives invention and innovation.

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An inventions per capita,

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but that's not the case anymore.

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So the report has identified

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50 priority recommendations on

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how to strengthen innovation

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and competitiveness in the US.

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And if people are interested,

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it's at www.compete.org,

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and it's called competing

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in the next economy.

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And I'd like to focus on 3 themes.

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And then I'm going to turn

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to your question Joyce.

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So just the three things are

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the following that I think are

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really important in the report.

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The first is that there are opportunities

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to enhance our innovation efforts

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both in the innovation path where we

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take ideas and inventions and turn

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them into products and businesses.

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We talked about that a lot,

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but we don't talk about.

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A lot is also the importance of the path,

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the educational process that

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cultivates the needed talent.

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So we need to strengthen

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both aspects of that.

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So the second point I want to make is that

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it's critical in order to cultivate more.

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And more diverse individuals prepared to

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invent and be inventors and entrepreneurs,

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we need to make some specific changes

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in our approach to education is

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not just more of the above.

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More of what we're doing,

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but really change it, and so I'm I'm

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sure we will get to that in a moment.

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The third thing is that we need to

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make a more supportive and inclusive

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environment for all inventors,

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innovators and entrepreneurs to take their

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ideas into those products and businesses.

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And currently it is not

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an inclusive environment.

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In fact,

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women and people coming from

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low income communities,

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communities of color,

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also rural communities just don't have the

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same access to take their ideas into impact.

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So the questioner had experiencing

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invention and innovation.

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There's a growing community of practice

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among educators who have introduced

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invention education into their classrooms.

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And after an out of school programs as well,

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and we're seeing there

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seeing remarkable results,

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and we really have been

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learning through them.

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What it is is that they're

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using invention education.

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So what is that?

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It's literally the experience of inventing,

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going through the iterative

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innovation process,

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foreign ideas reduced to practice and

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exploring routes to make sure that

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you can identify a path to taking it

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to those people who might want it.

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So the elements of entrepreneurship.

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You know,

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like the integrates design thinking,

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STEM engineering,

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computer science,

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range of disciplines from the social

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Sciences and its hands on a promise.

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Problem based,

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but we're really distinguishes

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it from a lot of other hands-on

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type programs or the kind of

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education we tend to introduce now

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Generally is it starts with

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students identifying problems

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that they see as worth solving.

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I'm really unpacking those

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problems in the context of those

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who might want the solution,

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so it's quite different from current

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approaches to education that start

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with a problem someone else is defined,

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which the child may or may not care about

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may have no cultural relevance to them,

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and then a strict rubric for how to solve it.

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So really allowing them to define it

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themselves and what we're seeing is

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that kids who go through this starting

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early an on going it,

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changes their perceptions of what their

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own potential and empowerment is.

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They see that they can change the path there.

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Rear opportunities,

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they also get more interested in learning

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and self learning or particular around stem.

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And they cultivate mindsets and skill sets.

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The CEOs of innovation based

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companies say they're looking for

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in their recruiting and workforce.

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I think the critical thing just come

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close here is that you know it's

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reaching kids early with the experience.

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As data suggests that kids

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make their decisions early,

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like by middle school,

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about what they're not good at an there are

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lots of queues and messages that are given.

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Earlier on in their educational

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process to girls and kids from

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underrepresented minorities.

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Kids in rural settings that they are not

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right for the innovation jobs of the future.

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So we can change that by early exposure,

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ongoing exposure,

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and so the Commission makes that

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point to reach all students,

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not just those from you know,

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high income communities.

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Not just boys,

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but all students from pre K

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to 12 into higher education.

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The invention education experience

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and that we expand the number of

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girls and students from historically

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underrepresented minorities

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involved in invention, innovation,

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00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:09,875
entrepreneurship.

567
00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:12,125
It's going to strengthen our country,

568
00:20:12,125 --> 00:20:14,055
give those individuals an opportunity

569
00:20:14,055 --> 00:20:16,748
for really high quality jobs and being

570
00:20:16,748 --> 00:20:18,854
part of the future innovation economy.

571
00:20:22,245 --> 00:20:24,005
Thank thank you Carol.

572
00:20:24,005 --> 00:20:27,548
As you were talking I couldn't help but

573
00:20:27,548 --> 00:20:30,411
think Rozalynn Goodwin is a case study.

574
00:20:30,415 --> 00:20:32,510
Invention, education and she's doing

575
00:20:32,510 --> 00:20:35,549
all the right things when you talk

576
00:20:35,549 --> 00:20:37,724
about nurturing a child's interests.

577
00:20:37,725 --> 00:20:40,885
Rozalynn, I'd love for you to tell us

578
00:20:40,885 --> 00:20:44,002
more about your case study and what

579
00:20:44,002 --> 00:20:47,185
you and your daughter Gabby are doing.

580
00:20:47,185 --> 00:20:49,335
Not only to serve as examples,

581
00:20:49,335 --> 00:20:54,031
but also to encourage others along the way.

582
00:20:54,035 --> 00:20:56,180
Absolutely, and now I'm definitely

583
00:20:56,180 --> 00:20:58,840
seeing the resilience in the the

584
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,055
picture potential for high earning.

585
00:21:01,055 --> 00:21:05,081
Even with our daughter our daughter.

586
00:21:05,085 --> 00:21:06,114
Growing the business.

587
00:21:06,114 --> 00:21:07,143
Patenting an invention,

588
00:21:07,145 --> 00:21:09,406
she was able to hit six figures

589
00:21:09,406 --> 00:21:12,287
by the 6th grade, so it's not just

590
00:21:12,287 --> 00:21:14,345
for our economy in our country,

591
00:21:14,345 --> 00:21:16,761
but it is on an individual level that

592
00:21:16,761 --> 00:21:19,185
some of the same things that Carol

593
00:21:19,185 --> 00:21:21,545
was talking about for our country.

594
00:21:21,545 --> 00:21:24,289
Why it's beneficial for our country as a whole,

595
00:21:24,295 --> 00:21:25,441
as our economy,

596
00:21:25,441 --> 00:21:29,335
that is the impact it has on our children.

597
00:21:29,335 --> 00:21:31,291
So we've certainly gone through that,

598
00:21:31,295 --> 00:21:32,270
and you know,

599
00:21:32,270 --> 00:21:33,245
experience the challenges.

600
00:21:33,245 --> 00:21:35,429
All of the hurdles that are there

601
00:21:35,429 --> 00:21:37,821
and the lack of access to capital

602
00:21:37,821 --> 00:21:40,274
and funding and how my husband and

603
00:21:40,274 --> 00:21:42,409
I basically just had to pull money

604
00:21:42,409 --> 00:21:45,020
out of retirement to to give birth

605
00:21:45,020 --> 00:21:47,385
to this dream our daughter had.

606
00:21:47,385 --> 00:21:49,809
You know we we can talk about the

607
00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,504
hurdles and the challenges that are there,

608
00:21:52,505 --> 00:21:53,459
but you know,

609
00:21:53,459 --> 00:21:55,367
we've been on a mission since

610
00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:57,275
then and instituted in 2018.

611
00:21:57,275 --> 00:21:59,321
The mommy and me entrepreneurship Academy.

612
00:21:59,325 --> 00:22:01,943
We're really trying to and this is

613
00:22:01,943 --> 00:22:04,093
what Gabby's request to to me and

614
00:22:04,093 --> 00:22:06,013
her dad was as we were traveling

615
00:22:06,013 --> 00:22:08,521
the country and she was speaking.

616
00:22:08,525 --> 00:22:10,235
And, you know, inspiring girls.

617
00:22:10,235 --> 00:22:12,497
She wanted girls who looked up

618
00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:15,506
to her to know and to figure out

619
00:22:15,506 --> 00:22:18,045
how to be CEOs just like her.

620
00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,547
So she has a very unique story that she

621
00:22:20,547 --> 00:22:22,779
started when she was seven and you know,

622
00:22:22,785 --> 00:22:25,025
she really just wanted to solve a problem,

623
00:22:25,025 --> 00:22:25,937
inspire people.

624
00:22:25,937 --> 00:22:28,673
But she was also extremely shy.

625
00:22:28,675 --> 00:22:30,740
Joyce, you just met her so you

626
00:22:30,740 --> 00:22:31,965
probably don't believe this.

627
00:22:31,965 --> 00:22:34,349
And if you've ever seen her on camera,

628
00:22:34,355 --> 00:22:36,715
now you're like no way but the first

629
00:22:36,715 --> 00:22:38,542
video shoot when she was seven,

630
00:22:38,545 --> 00:22:40,035
right when we were launching,

631
00:22:40,035 --> 00:22:42,016
she cried the entire time and I

632
00:22:42,016 --> 00:22:43,923
had to take over her lines.

633
00:22:43,925 --> 00:22:46,233
But innovation, solving problems.

634
00:22:46,235 --> 00:22:48,979
All that comes with owning a business,

635
00:22:48,985 --> 00:22:50,167
starting a business,

636
00:22:50,167 --> 00:22:52,531
having to pitch an idea that

637
00:22:52,531 --> 00:22:53,705
nobody else sees,

638
00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:56,063
but you, build up that confidence.

639
00:22:56,065 --> 00:22:58,025
Encourage that now she's a

640
00:22:58,025 --> 00:22:59,201
traveling keynote speaker,

641
00:22:59,205 --> 00:23:01,563
so all of those things develop,

642
00:23:01,565 --> 00:23:04,509
but she wanted all of the girls who

643
00:23:04,509 --> 00:23:07,389
looked up to her to also bcoz like

644
00:23:07,389 --> 00:23:10,202
her so we created an Academy of

645
00:23:10,202 --> 00:23:12,902
mentoring Academy to help girls and

646
00:23:12,902 --> 00:23:15,695
their moms start their own businesses.

647
00:23:15,695 --> 00:23:17,741
With our help under the brand,

648
00:23:17,745 --> 00:23:19,791
so that exposes these girls directly

649
00:23:19,791 --> 00:23:22,535
to a mentor and Gabby where she has,

650
00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:23,165
you know,

651
00:23:23,165 --> 00:23:24,740
monthly calls with them where

652
00:23:24,740 --> 00:23:26,295
we've had to postpone.

653
00:23:26,295 --> 00:23:28,191
But we are going to have

654
00:23:28,191 --> 00:23:29,455
hopefully this year or

655
00:23:29,531 --> 00:23:30,743
retreat with them.

656
00:23:30,745 --> 00:23:32,310
And these girls are learning

657
00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:34,505
how to sail through E Commerce.

658
00:23:34,505 --> 00:23:36,569
They're learning how to pitch their

659
00:23:36,569 --> 00:23:38,954
product's face to face at vendor shows.

660
00:23:38,955 --> 00:23:41,085
Also, where we're exposing them to

661
00:23:41,085 --> 00:23:43,574
those and what we're seeing in that

662
00:23:43,574 --> 00:23:45,919
Academy is that they're coming up with.

663
00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:47,803
Ideas and concepts and they're seeing

664
00:23:47,803 --> 00:23:49,475
problems that they want solved.

665
00:23:49,475 --> 00:23:51,413
You know Gabby solve the problem.

666
00:23:51,415 --> 00:23:53,035
I have problems every day,

667
00:23:53,035 --> 00:23:55,459
but what type of problem can I solve

668
00:23:55,459 --> 00:23:57,554
and they see the example that

669
00:23:57,555 --> 00:24:00,131
OK, here's a little girl who looks like me.

670
00:24:02,405 --> 00:24:06,151
She did it. I can do it too, so the exposure

671
00:24:06,151 --> 00:24:09,185
Is just invaluable for people to look at.

672
00:24:09,185 --> 00:24:11,225
Looks like them. Who does something

673
00:24:11,225 --> 00:24:13,194
that they only dream of doing

674
00:24:13,195 --> 00:24:15,827
And it's not just something in a history

675
00:24:15,827 --> 00:24:18,720
book and it's not so far away that we

676
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,114
only celebrated a certain month out of

677
00:24:21,114 --> 00:24:23,668
the year and it's Black History Month.

678
00:24:23,668 --> 00:24:25,933
So yeah, we're gonna celebrate.

679
00:24:25,935 --> 00:24:27,151
Person invented the traffic light.

680
00:24:27,151 --> 00:24:29,775
but now I'm seeing a real life example.

681
00:24:29,775 --> 00:24:32,215
I have someone coming to my school who's

682
00:24:32,215 --> 00:24:34,513
doing the school Assembly and she started

683
00:24:34,513 --> 00:24:37,149
a business and had an invention Patent at 7

684
00:24:37,149 --> 00:24:39,993
like I think that's kind of where we start.

685
00:24:39,993 --> 00:24:42,156
We've got to really lift up the

686
00:24:42,156 --> 00:24:43,854
stories like this in support.

687
00:24:43,855 --> 00:24:45,135
The companies like this,

688
00:24:45,135 --> 00:24:46,399
you know, God forbid,

689
00:24:46,399 --> 00:24:48,583
I don't want anybody any other family

690
00:24:48,583 --> 00:24:50,929
to go through all that we went through

691
00:24:50,929 --> 00:24:53,455
to help our daughter's dream come true.

692
00:24:53,455 --> 00:24:55,375
So we gotta really encourage that

693
00:24:55,375 --> 00:24:57,917
expose children to that. But then.

694
00:24:57,917 --> 00:25:00,441
Support the support system.

695
00:25:00,445 --> 00:25:01,459
For those children,

696
00:25:01,459 --> 00:25:03,149
through their parents through the

697
00:25:03,149 --> 00:25:05,255
Girl Scout troops through the the

698
00:25:05,255 --> 00:25:06,970
organizations in the communities that

699
00:25:06,970 --> 00:25:09,385
will really help them continue to innovate,

700
00:25:09,385 --> 00:25:11,455
invent and help change the world.

701
00:25:14,625 --> 00:25:16,385
Thank you Rozalynn and Ruth.

702
00:25:16,385 --> 00:25:18,657
I know that you have worked in a

703
00:25:18,657 --> 00:25:20,989
number of areas and you've been able

704
00:25:20,989 --> 00:25:23,219
to pull in students and programs

705
00:25:23,219 --> 00:25:25,534
that haven't been served before,

706
00:25:25,535 --> 00:25:27,999
or that that people have not targeted.

707
00:25:28,005 --> 00:25:30,725
Could you talk a little bit about some

708
00:25:30,725 --> 00:25:33,979
of the work that you've been able to do?

709
00:25:33,985 --> 00:25:36,232
And certainly chime in with regard to

710
00:25:36,232 --> 00:25:38,564
what Rozalynn and Carol have mentioned.

711
00:25:38,565 --> 00:25:41,232
Yeah, actually one thing that both Rozalynn

712
00:25:41,232 --> 00:25:45,045
Carol talked about was the you know, the

713
00:25:45,045 --> 00:25:46,465
Students responding to problems

714
00:25:46,465 --> 00:25:48,240
that are relevant to them,

715
00:25:48,245 --> 00:25:50,212
and I remember so years ago Intel

716
00:25:50,212 --> 00:25:52,972
had given a grant to the Girl Scouts

717
00:25:52,972 --> 00:25:54,817
to increase girls participation in

718
00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:56,886
the science and engineering fair

719
00:25:56,886 --> 00:25:58,886
in the engineering and computer

720
00:25:58,895 --> 00:26:00,167
science and math categories,

721
00:26:00,167 --> 00:26:02,546
and that was what ended up becoming

722
00:26:02,546 --> 00:26:04,571
the design and Discovery program.

723
00:26:04,575 --> 00:26:07,725
And I remember the first time we show up at

724
00:26:07,807 --> 00:26:10,959
the science fair and it's the science fair.

725
00:26:10,965 --> 00:26:12,381
So everything, science, science,

726
00:26:12,381 --> 00:26:14,855
science and I was like, OK, girls?

727
00:26:14,855 --> 00:26:16,255
Your projects are engineering.

728
00:26:16,255 --> 00:26:18,355
We printed out a thing there's like.

729
00:26:18,355 --> 00:26:20,155
This is the engineering design process.

730
00:26:20,155 --> 00:26:22,255
So when people come talk to you,

731
00:26:22,255 --> 00:26:24,159
This is why you explain why you don't

732
00:26:24,159 --> 00:26:25,799
have a hypothesis because you're

733
00:26:25,799 --> 00:26:27,639
doing an engineering project and

734
00:26:27,639 --> 00:26:29,560
there was another class that came

735
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,555
in every single kid had done make

736
00:26:31,555 --> 00:26:33,355
a bridge out of popsicle sticks

737
00:26:33,355 --> 00:26:35,752
and see how strong you can make it.

738
00:26:35,755 --> 00:26:38,651
It was exactly the same product like and

739
00:26:38,651 --> 00:26:41,795
those kids didn't have any skin in the game.

740
00:26:41,795 --> 00:26:44,903
They just didn't care and I

741
00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:47,725
remember my my little girls.

742
00:26:47,725 --> 00:26:49,495
All kinds of different inventions

743
00:26:49,495 --> 00:26:51,265
that they'd come up with,

744
00:26:51,265 --> 00:26:54,451
but one was a girl who played the bass.

745
00:26:54,455 --> 00:26:56,991
And when you play the bass you have

746
00:26:56,991 --> 00:26:59,734
to hold your hand in this weird like

747
00:26:59,734 --> 00:27:02,726
kind of nano nano way and her teacher

748
00:27:02,726 --> 00:27:05,066
would put rubber bands around her

749
00:27:05,075 --> 00:27:07,193
fingers together to hold hand position.

750
00:27:07,195 --> 00:27:09,939
So after lots and lots of materials

751
00:27:09,939 --> 00:27:11,490
engineering experiments she came

752
00:27:11,490 --> 00:27:13,625
up with what she called bass space

753
00:27:13,625 --> 00:27:15,878
which was a flexible plastic device

754
00:27:15,878 --> 00:27:17,848
for holding your hand position.

755
00:27:17,855 --> 00:27:18,210
Well,

756
00:27:18,210 --> 00:27:20,340
I just saw something just like

757
00:27:20,340 --> 00:27:22,966
that swing by me on wish.com on

758
00:27:22,966 --> 00:27:24,816
an advertisement on Facebook and

759
00:27:24,816 --> 00:27:26,254
I was like this.

760
00:27:26,255 --> 00:27:28,839
12 year old came up with that way

761
00:27:28,839 --> 00:27:31,542
back in in 2001 and I'm seeing

762
00:27:31,542 --> 00:27:33,915
all these things popping up now.

763
00:27:33,915 --> 00:27:35,375
You know, remote control,

764
00:27:35,375 --> 00:27:36,835
wireless Christmas tree lights,

765
00:27:36,835 --> 00:27:38,660
other things that girls were

766
00:27:38,660 --> 00:27:40,485
thinking of back then and

767
00:27:43,765 --> 00:27:47,093
I think we're missing out as a country.

768
00:27:47,095 --> 00:27:49,383
When we don't access all of our talent,

769
00:27:49,385 --> 00:27:51,011
we're leaving, you know, like it

770
00:27:51,011 --> 00:27:53,105
mixed up all kinds of metaphors here,

771
00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:55,107
but leaving a lot of the team

772
00:27:55,107 --> 00:27:56,814
on the bench, right? And so

773
00:27:59,105 --> 00:28:01,571
Women are not an underrepresented minority.

774
00:28:01,575 --> 00:28:05,095
Women are half of humanity.

775
00:28:05,095 --> 00:28:07,983
1/2 an 100% of the Mothers of Humanity,

776
00:28:07,985 --> 00:28:10,847
so like this is not a niche market that

777
00:28:10,847 --> 00:28:13,752
we need to do something special for.

778
00:28:13,755 --> 00:28:15,921
Like this is half the team.

779
00:28:15,925 --> 00:28:18,085
Now if you add up all of the

780
00:28:18,085 --> 00:28:20,059
people that are typically excluded

781
00:28:20,059 --> 00:28:22,324
from the innovation pathways we're

782
00:28:22,324 --> 00:28:24,588
looking at 75% of the population.

783
00:28:24,588 --> 00:28:26,032
Women people of color,

784
00:28:26,035 --> 00:28:27,563
people with disabilities. And.

785
00:28:27,563 --> 00:28:30,411
So you know when Carol was talking

786
00:28:30,411 --> 00:28:32,355
about global competitiveness in

787
00:28:32,355 --> 00:28:34,435
the United States, it's like

788
00:28:36,445 --> 00:28:39,405
More than half of the kids in the

789
00:28:39,405 --> 00:28:42,115
United States today are on free lunch.

790
00:28:42,115 --> 00:28:46,741
So. We have a real issue.

791
00:28:46,745 --> 00:28:49,841
If all the pathways into these jobs that

792
00:28:49,841 --> 00:28:52,636
are going to be very high performing

793
00:28:52,636 --> 00:28:55,166
that are going to bring people's

794
00:28:55,166 --> 00:28:58,220
innovative minds to the design table,

795
00:28:58,225 --> 00:28:59,921
that's gonna create technologies

796
00:28:59,921 --> 00:29:02,041
to help all of us.

797
00:29:02,045 --> 00:29:04,621
If we're leaving out half of kids

798
00:29:04,621 --> 00:29:06,897
because they don't have financial

799
00:29:06,897 --> 00:29:10,565
access pathways, that's just.

800
00:29:10,565 --> 00:29:13,045
A really foolish way to go about things,

801
00:29:13,045 --> 00:29:15,493
and so I think.

802
00:29:15,495 --> 00:29:18,039
You know, given what's going on in the

803
00:29:18,039 --> 00:29:20,374
country in the last 12 months or so,

804
00:29:20,375 --> 00:29:23,084
you know the borders are affectively closed.

805
00:29:23,085 --> 00:29:25,225
And we're not, you know,

806
00:29:25,225 --> 00:29:27,360
using migration as a way

807
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:28,641
of increasing talent.

808
00:29:28,645 --> 00:29:31,912
You know the H1B visas and so on like

809
00:29:31,912 --> 00:29:35,710
you were not going to fill our these

810
00:29:35,710 --> 00:29:39,095
innovation rolls with international talent

811
00:29:39,095 --> 00:29:41,261
Anymore. one because of Covid too,

812
00:29:41,265 --> 00:29:42,709
because of other immigrations

813
00:29:42,709 --> 00:29:44,514
policies and things going on.

814
00:29:44,515 --> 00:29:46,951
But also you know we've got the

815
00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:49,205
people right here in this country.

816
00:29:49,205 --> 00:29:51,745
You know we have

817
00:29:51,745 --> 00:29:53,325
Millions of really qualified people.

818
00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:55,565
And the other thing that I think

819
00:29:55,565 --> 00:29:57,735
is missing from the conversation.

820
00:29:57,735 --> 00:29:59,535
Every piece of research says

821
00:29:59,535 --> 00:30:01,335
that diverse teams make better.

822
00:30:01,335 --> 00:30:03,495
Stop.

823
00:30:03,495 --> 00:30:05,016
All the research,

824
00:30:05,016 --> 00:30:08,058
nobody argues that the United States

825
00:30:08,058 --> 00:30:11,235
uniquely has a native diverse population.

826
00:30:11,235 --> 00:30:13,188
In our country and we are not

827
00:30:13,188 --> 00:30:14,565
leveraging that competitive advantage,

828
00:30:14,565 --> 00:30:16,837
we are not investing in the home team

829
00:30:16,837 --> 00:30:18,864
that is black and Brown and women

830
00:30:18,864 --> 00:30:21,331
an men and all the people that we

831
00:30:21,331 --> 00:30:23,353
could be engaging in our economy.

832
00:30:23,355 --> 00:30:25,723
And so I think some of the things

833
00:30:25,723 --> 00:30:26,994
I'm really proud of,

834
00:30:26,995 --> 00:30:28,864
1 Obviously all the work with the

835
00:30:28,864 --> 00:30:30,423
Girl Scouts because I'm really

836
00:30:30,423 --> 00:30:31,835
interested in permanent change.

837
00:30:31,835 --> 00:30:34,123
Like if we make

838
00:30:34,125 --> 00:30:35,785
Computing and engineering and invention.

839
00:30:35,785 --> 00:30:38,425
A regular part of being a Girl Scout.

840
00:30:38,425 --> 00:30:40,411
It's there for every American girl,

841
00:30:40,415 --> 00:30:41,077
forever, right?

842
00:30:41,077 --> 00:30:43,063
Other places that are doing that.

843
00:30:43,065 --> 00:30:45,354
Boys and Girls Club 4H all these

844
00:30:45,354 --> 00:30:46,717
organizations that serve literally

845
00:30:46,717 --> 00:30:48,964
millions of kids all the time forever

846
00:30:48,964 --> 00:30:51,335
and have over 100 years of experience.

847
00:30:51,335 --> 00:30:55,088
That's a great place for us to put this.

848
00:30:55,095 --> 00:30:58,947
Because what we want is longitudinal

849
00:30:58,947 --> 00:31:02,163
experiences sending a kid to

850
00:31:02,163 --> 00:31:03,792
an invention camp.

851
00:31:03,795 --> 00:31:05,731
Is like sending a kid to horse camp

852
00:31:05,731 --> 00:31:07,243
who's never going to own horse.

853
00:31:07,245 --> 00:31:07,921
Like,

854
00:31:07,921 --> 00:31:10,287
If you want them to keep going,

855
00:31:10,295 --> 00:31:12,255
there needs to be some touch points,

856
00:31:12,255 --> 00:31:14,495
so that's going to be part of school.

857
00:31:14,495 --> 00:31:16,735
It's gotta be part of out of school.

858
00:31:16,735 --> 00:31:18,415
There's going to be pulled through,

859
00:31:18,415 --> 00:31:20,375
and that's critical role models as well.

860
00:31:20,375 --> 00:31:21,495
As I was saying,

861
00:31:21,495 --> 00:31:22,055
super critical,

862
00:31:22,055 --> 00:31:24,071
we want to see role models for the

863
00:31:24,071 --> 00:31:26,255
kids an and so we're talking about,

864
00:31:26,255 --> 00:31:27,935
you know Patent Office has these

865
00:31:27,935 --> 00:31:29,055
great inventor trading cards,

866
00:31:29,055 --> 00:31:31,141
but also like who are the young

867
00:31:31,141 --> 00:31:33,000
inventors when I talk to kids and

868
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,214
like I want to be a YouTube star,

869
00:31:35,215 --> 00:31:36,335
well that's because that's

870
00:31:36,335 --> 00:31:37,175
what they're seeing.

871
00:31:37,175 --> 00:31:38,675
That's what they're seeing as.

872
00:31:38,675 --> 00:31:40,831
As having value and and then finally,

873
00:31:40,835 --> 00:31:43,255
one thing I just want to flag is a recent

874
00:31:43,317 --> 00:31:45,187
project that I've been doing

875
00:31:45,187 --> 00:31:46,683
with the federal government,

876
00:31:46,685 --> 00:31:49,070
even though I don't work

877
00:31:49,070 --> 00:31:50,978
for the government anymore.

878
00:31:50,985 --> 00:31:54,618
With the Junior ROTC, there are 545

879
00:31:54,618 --> 00:31:57,873
thousand kids in the Junior ROTC.

880
00:31:57,875 --> 00:32:00,269
And they are more than half minority.

881
00:32:00,275 --> 00:32:03,019
There are more than half on free lunch,

882
00:32:03,025 --> 00:32:05,489
but these are young people who already

883
00:32:05,489 --> 00:32:07,474
raised their hands to be leaders.

884
00:32:07,475 --> 00:32:08,847
They've already raised their

885
00:32:08,847 --> 00:32:10,219
hands from public service.

886
00:32:10,225 --> 00:32:11,940
And so I've been working

887
00:32:11,940 --> 00:32:13,312
with Senator Rosen's office,

888
00:32:13,315 --> 00:32:15,025
and representative Brown from Maryland,

889
00:32:15,025 --> 00:32:17,005
and the whole cohort of corporate

890
00:32:17,005 --> 00:32:18,985
partners to make sure that every

891
00:32:18,985 --> 00:32:20,785
gerety C cadet in the United

892
00:32:20,785 --> 00:32:22,636
States has access to computer

893
00:32:22,636 --> 00:32:24,621
science education in their school.

894
00:32:24,625 --> 00:32:27,061
Because these are young people that have

895
00:32:27,061 --> 00:32:29,432
raised their hand to serve the country.

896
00:32:29,435 --> 00:32:31,934
And what better way to do that?

897
00:32:31,935 --> 00:32:34,075
Then to contribute to technology.

898
00:32:36,735 --> 00:32:39,437
So it sounds like we need the

899
00:32:39,437 --> 00:32:41,567
technology piece in the computer

900
00:32:41,567 --> 00:32:44,219
science piece because we know that

901
00:32:44,219 --> 00:32:47,313
our jobs and our lives are changing.

902
00:32:47,315 --> 00:32:49,912
But we also know that invention comes

903
00:32:49,912 --> 00:32:53,422
in many forms and there are a lot of

904
00:32:53,422 --> 00:32:55,610
different aspects of invention and

905
00:32:55,610 --> 00:32:57,882
certainly of entrepreneurship. Carol,

906
00:32:57,885 --> 00:33:02,981
How do we? How do we get more?

907
00:33:02,985 --> 00:33:06,805
Emphasis on the invention and

908
00:33:06,805 --> 00:33:08,333
entrepreneurship education.

909
00:33:10,595 --> 00:33:11,915
Topic areas throughout.

910
00:33:11,915 --> 00:33:14,995
I think you mentioned in the beginning

911
00:33:15,074 --> 00:33:18,426
that the way we approach things from an

912
00:33:18,426 --> 00:33:20,829
academic standpoint that we have to look

913
00:33:20,829 --> 00:33:22,959
at at how this matter is integrated.

914
00:33:22,959 --> 00:33:25,178
So what are some of your ideas

915
00:33:25,178 --> 00:33:27,607
or suggestions for ways to make

916
00:33:27,607 --> 00:33:29,652
sure that we're getting invention

917
00:33:29,723 --> 00:33:31,703
education to more populations,

918
00:33:31,705 --> 00:33:34,795
especially to girls?

919
00:33:34,795 --> 00:33:37,328
You know it's a great great question, Joyce.

920
00:33:37,328 --> 00:33:39,672
I think the important thing is the only

921
00:33:39,672 --> 00:33:42,237
way we're going to reach all students is

922
00:33:42,237 --> 00:33:44,713
actually by going through the Public systems.

923
00:33:44,715 --> 00:33:46,773
You know there are kids right now

924
00:33:46,773 --> 00:33:48,555
who are getting this exposure,

925
00:33:48,555 --> 00:33:51,291
but they are by and large either in

926
00:33:51,291 --> 00:33:52,919
affluent communities who were there

927
00:33:52,919 --> 00:33:55,348
and private schools are so on and we

928
00:33:55,348 --> 00:33:57,525
really need to reach children at the

929
00:33:57,525 --> 00:34:00,395
place where we know we can reach them all,

930
00:34:00,395 --> 00:34:02,315
which is the public school system.

931
00:34:02,315 --> 00:34:05,555
So I think there is an opportunity to bring

932
00:34:05,555 --> 00:34:06,551
Educate invention experiences

933
00:34:06,551 --> 00:34:08,211
and education into the classroom.

934
00:34:08,215 --> 00:34:10,207
In addition to the after school

935
00:34:10,207 --> 00:34:11,535
programs and you know,

936
00:34:11,535 --> 00:34:13,407
it's only a very small portion

937
00:34:13,407 --> 00:34:15,065
of our educational process that

938
00:34:15,065 --> 00:34:16,840
actually happens in the classroom.

939
00:34:16,845 --> 00:34:21,363
But it is the one that reaches all students.

940
00:34:21,365 --> 00:34:23,581
Making sure that they are all of these

941
00:34:23,581 --> 00:34:25,800
out of school experiences as well that

942
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,515
they can tap into is really important.

943
00:34:28,515 --> 00:34:30,747
So I think a critical thing is to

944
00:34:30,747 --> 00:34:33,097
step back and realize in order to

945
00:34:33,097 --> 00:34:35,345
bring it into the educational system,

946
00:34:35,345 --> 00:34:37,241
we actually need to have both

947
00:34:37,241 --> 00:34:39,229
examples of what works right and

948
00:34:39,229 --> 00:34:41,191
and there are examples out there,

949
00:34:41,195 --> 00:34:42,495
and there's actually free

950
00:34:42,495 --> 00:34:43,145
curriculum available.

951
00:34:43,145 --> 00:34:44,915
There's a site called Invention

952
00:34:44,915 --> 00:34:47,079
education.org where people can find stories

953
00:34:47,079 --> 00:34:49,410
of students and stories of the educators

954
00:34:49,410 --> 00:34:51,720
themselves and what they see is the benefits.

955
00:34:51,725 --> 00:34:53,225
But also can find free

956
00:34:53,225 --> 00:34:54,125
educational materials there,

957
00:34:54,125 --> 00:34:55,925
but we need more of that.

958
00:34:55,925 --> 00:34:58,625
We need to be able to bring that in.

959
00:34:58,625 --> 00:35:00,821
We need the kind of space in the school

960
00:35:00,821 --> 00:35:03,210
day that will allow this kind of

961
00:35:03,210 --> 00:35:05,224
integrative student Lead learning to happen.

962
00:35:05,225 --> 00:35:06,982
But that also means that we need

963
00:35:06,982 --> 00:35:08,559
to provide resources to help

964
00:35:08,559 --> 00:35:09,723
provide professional development.

965
00:35:09,725 --> 00:35:11,525
This is not the way educators

966
00:35:11,525 --> 00:35:12,725
are caught to teach.

967
00:35:12,725 --> 00:35:14,411
They are now kind of like

968
00:35:14,411 --> 00:35:16,025
the sage on the stage.

969
00:35:16,025 --> 00:35:17,169
They stand up there.

970
00:35:17,169 --> 00:35:18,599
They were supposed to know

971
00:35:18,599 --> 00:35:19,925
everything they're supposed to.

972
00:35:19,925 --> 00:35:22,069
You know, bring a rubric and kids are

973
00:35:22,069 --> 00:35:24,471
supposed to perform according to that rubric.

974
00:35:24,475 --> 00:35:26,089
And in fact, this really puts

975
00:35:26,089 --> 00:35:27,933
you in the guide on the side.

976
00:35:27,935 --> 00:35:28,377
I mean,

977
00:35:28,377 --> 00:35:30,145
you know if a student came up to

978
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,132
me and said she wanted to invent

979
00:35:32,132 --> 00:35:33,515
their better hair Barrette.

980
00:35:33,515 --> 00:35:35,909
I would have told you how about doing that.

981
00:35:35,915 --> 00:35:37,481
I don't have a rubric, right,

982
00:35:37,481 --> 00:35:39,133
but it is to help guide them

983
00:35:39,133 --> 00:35:40,435
in that self learning.

984
00:35:40,435 --> 00:35:41,995
As as the wonderful example we

985
00:35:41,995 --> 00:35:43,625
have here today on the panel,

986
00:35:43,625 --> 00:35:43,891
right?

987
00:35:43,891 --> 00:35:45,753
But to help them in that learning,

988
00:35:45,755 --> 00:35:47,523
they want to do and we see students

989
00:35:47,523 --> 00:35:49,352
who are wanting to create all kinds

990
00:35:49,352 --> 00:35:51,345
of things to either help their own

991
00:35:51,345 --> 00:35:53,459
communities or communities they see a need,

992
00:35:53,465 --> 00:35:55,061
but that needs to change the

993
00:35:55,061 --> 00:35:57,034
school day as well, so I think.

994
00:35:57,034 --> 00:35:59,155
You know we need a freedom in

995
00:35:59,229 --> 00:36:01,224
the schoolrooms to do that.

996
00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:03,990
We need government and other types of

997
00:36:03,990 --> 00:36:06,524
also philanthropic support and so on to

998
00:36:06,524 --> 00:36:08,450
provide resources to get these programs

999
00:36:08,515 --> 00:36:10,615
off the ground to get the metrics.

1000
00:36:10,615 --> 00:36:13,051
The research that needs to be done,

1001
00:36:13,055 --> 00:36:14,790
supported and then to get

1002
00:36:14,790 --> 00:36:16,178
the curriculum out there,

1003
00:36:16,185 --> 00:36:18,333
but also to provide the professional

1004
00:36:18,333 --> 00:36:20,370
development for the educators so that

1005
00:36:20,370 --> 00:36:22,538
they are prepared for this very open ended

1006
00:36:22,601 --> 00:36:24,881
potentially uncomfortable way of teaching.

1007
00:36:24,885 --> 00:36:26,789
That's actually very liberating,

1008
00:36:26,789 --> 00:36:28,693
because they see such

1009
00:36:28,693 --> 00:36:30,315
transformation in the kids.

1010
00:36:30,315 --> 00:36:32,555
So I think those are major pieces.

1011
00:36:32,555 --> 00:36:34,879
We just want to emphasize also that

1012
00:36:34,879 --> 00:36:36,533
there's opportunity for everybody in

1013
00:36:36,533 --> 00:36:38,633
the community to play a role right?

1014
00:36:38,635 --> 00:36:40,875
Because the parents need to be supportive.

1015
00:36:40,875 --> 00:36:43,701
It it takes extra time and effort for kids

1016
00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:46,952
to be able to immerse in this sort of thing.

1017
00:36:46,955 --> 00:36:49,363
And the kind of wonderful support that we

1018
00:36:49,363 --> 00:36:52,073
see that Rozalynn is provided for her daughter,

1019
00:36:52,075 --> 00:36:52,386
right?

1020
00:36:52,386 --> 00:36:54,252
Parents need to see the opportunity

1021
00:36:54,252 --> 00:36:56,552
for their kids to have this experience.

1022
00:36:56,555 --> 00:36:58,349
Also think that you know community

1023
00:36:58,349 --> 00:36:59,971
members like companies and businesses

1024
00:36:59,971 --> 00:37:01,811
need to provide opportunities for.

1025
00:37:01,815 --> 00:37:03,957
Students to see examples of people in

1026
00:37:03,957 --> 00:37:05,954
these careers to provide resources.

1027
00:37:05,955 --> 00:37:07,685
Access to facilities you know.

1028
00:37:07,685 --> 00:37:09,265
Summer internship programs that

1029
00:37:09,265 --> 00:37:11,635
someone that will allow kids to

1030
00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:13,200
go on that path as well.

1031
00:37:13,205 --> 00:37:15,965
So lots of opportunity there to make change.

1032
00:37:18,165 --> 00:37:20,313
I wanna add something to that,

1033
00:37:20,315 --> 00:37:23,207
but something Carol said sort of

1034
00:37:23,207 --> 00:37:25,625
sparked something was just this.

1035
00:37:25,625 --> 00:37:26,993
Letting educators know and

1036
00:37:26,993 --> 00:37:28,703
parents know that it's hard,

1037
00:37:28,705 --> 00:37:31,078
but you're really just sort of playing

1038
00:37:31,078 --> 00:37:33,757
like a concierge role like an advisor role

1039
00:37:33,757 --> 00:37:36,224
and the hardest thing with this program.

1040
00:37:36,225 --> 00:37:38,556
I launched with the Girl Scouts Design

1041
00:37:38,556 --> 00:37:40,995
and Discovery was the fact that every

1042
00:37:40,995 --> 00:37:43,065
student was doing a different project.

1043
00:37:43,065 --> 00:37:45,846
And so I swear we were like driving back

1044
00:37:45,846 --> 00:37:48,733
and forth to the hardware store all day

1045
00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:51,619
long because we were trying to, you know,

1046
00:37:51,619 --> 00:37:54,355
you couldn't know what the supplies would be.

1047
00:37:54,355 --> 00:37:55,441
You couldn't predict.

1048
00:37:55,441 --> 00:37:58,955
And so I think that can be challenging.

1049
00:37:58,955 --> 00:38:01,678
That's one of the really nice things

1050
00:38:01,678 --> 00:38:04,145
about computing is when what you're

1051
00:38:04,145 --> 00:38:06,180
inventing is ones and zeroes.

1052
00:38:06,185 --> 00:38:09,004
The supplies are not a constraint, right?

1053
00:38:09,004 --> 00:38:11,867
But physical supplies and the other thing

1054
00:38:11,867 --> 00:38:16,805
I would add is with parents, I think.

1055
00:38:16,805 --> 00:38:19,301
We all have to sort of hold back

1056
00:38:19,301 --> 00:38:21,596
our need to like control, and

1057
00:38:21,596 --> 00:38:24,193
Just let them play around and break

1058
00:38:24,193 --> 00:38:27,002
things and make a mess and and it's OK.

1059
00:38:27,005 --> 00:38:29,462
And explore and I remember a commercial

1060
00:38:29,462 --> 00:38:32,441
that came out a while back that was about,

1061
00:38:32,445 --> 00:38:33,185
you know,

1062
00:38:33,185 --> 00:38:35,775
with a girl where the parent was

1063
00:38:35,775 --> 00:38:37,931
constantly Oh no that's not safe or

1064
00:38:37,931 --> 00:38:40,264
no that let your brother do that.

1065
00:38:40,265 --> 00:38:43,401
And those kinds of things that we've

1066
00:38:43,401 --> 00:38:45,444
all had indoctrinated into us.

1067
00:38:45,445 --> 00:38:49,335
You really have to encourage

1068
00:38:49,335 --> 00:38:50,891
that exploration.

1069
00:38:50,895 --> 00:38:54,192
And that starts very early early as

1070
00:38:54,192 --> 00:38:58,563
seven or younger, as Rozalynn said.

1071
00:38:58,565 --> 00:39:00,371
It's sometimes hard for us to do.

1072
00:39:02,625 --> 00:39:04,175
Thank you Ruth and Rozalynn.

1073
00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:06,345
I know one of the things that,

1074
00:39:06,345 --> 00:39:07,585
well, several things struck

1075
00:39:07,585 --> 00:39:09,445
me as I talked with Gabby,

1076
00:39:09,445 --> 00:39:12,501
but one of the things she said is, you know,

1077
00:39:12,501 --> 00:39:15,197
at first I think my mom thought of this

1078
00:39:15,197 --> 00:39:17,813
as a science experiment and so you know,

1079
00:39:17,815 --> 00:39:19,675
I was always working on this.

1080
00:39:19,675 --> 00:39:21,225
I was collecting the data.

1081
00:39:21,225 --> 00:39:23,417
I was, you know, trying to figure out

1082
00:39:23,417 --> 00:39:26,015
what work and and she shared you getting

1083
00:39:26,015 --> 00:39:28,044
different products for her to examine.

1084
00:39:28,045 --> 00:39:30,432
Could you tell us sort of about

1085
00:39:30,432 --> 00:39:32,155
your iterative process about the

1086
00:39:32,155 --> 00:39:34,927
The way that you had Gabby or the way

1087
00:39:34,927 --> 00:39:37,687
that you and Gabby together, I guess,

1088
00:39:37,687 --> 00:39:40,455
kind of as a guide on the side.

1089
00:39:40,455 --> 00:39:42,903
How did you work together to

1090
00:39:42,903 --> 00:39:45,425
come up with your solution?

1091
00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:47,075
Right, I honestly I did

1092
00:39:47,075 --> 00:39:49,335
think it was a science project.

1093
00:39:49,335 --> 00:39:50,923
I as I mentioned.

1094
00:39:50,923 --> 00:39:52,908
1st Generation entrepreneurs and even

1095
00:39:52,908 --> 00:39:55,504
as we were talking about the idea,

1096
00:39:55,505 --> 00:39:57,899
I did have the thought that wow,

1097
00:39:57,905 --> 00:40:00,362
you know if we come up with

1098
00:40:00,362 --> 00:40:01,415
something maybe we.

1099
00:40:01,415 --> 00:40:03,953
And salad can sell the idea

1100
00:40:03,953 --> 00:40:05,645
to an established company,

1101
00:40:05,645 --> 00:40:08,861
'cause I certainly couldn't think about.

1102
00:40:08,865 --> 00:40:10,261
Starting our own company,

1103
00:40:10,261 --> 00:40:12,825
I just had not been exposed to it,

1104
00:40:12,825 --> 00:40:14,750
so it really was just a sitting

1105
00:40:14,750 --> 00:40:16,788
down at the kitchen table and

1106
00:40:16,788 --> 00:40:18,703
gathering various types of barrettes

1107
00:40:18,703 --> 00:40:21,075
that we already had in our home.

1108
00:40:21,075 --> 00:40:23,315
And then we went to the store to

1109
00:40:23,315 --> 00:40:26,208
buy some others and we sent her to

1110
00:40:26,208 --> 00:40:28,335
school with certain barrettes and say,

1111
00:40:28,335 --> 00:40:29,985
OK, how did these come?

1112
00:40:29,985 --> 00:40:32,955
How did how many of these came back today?

1113
00:40:32,955 --> 00:40:34,020
These hung on.

1114
00:40:34,020 --> 00:40:35,795
So let's make some observations

1115
00:40:35,795 --> 00:40:38,163
about what it was and that the

1116
00:40:38,163 --> 00:40:39,753
level of her age comprehension.

1117
00:40:39,755 --> 00:40:41,045
You know, she said, well,

1118
00:40:41,045 --> 00:40:42,325
maybe it's the spiky things

1119
00:40:42,325 --> 00:40:43,869
that's on the faces, OK, teeth,

1120
00:40:43,869 --> 00:40:45,154
so let's write down teeth.

1121
00:40:45,155 --> 00:40:45,923
Teeth are important.

1122
00:40:45,923 --> 00:40:46,435
My mom.

1123
00:40:46,435 --> 00:40:48,043
Her grandmother had a pet peeve

1124
00:40:48,043 --> 00:40:49,620
about Bretts that was flip and

1125
00:40:49,620 --> 00:40:51,181
you would just see the strip on

1126
00:40:51,181 --> 00:40:52,797
the back and she just constantly

1127
00:40:52,797 --> 00:40:54,655
every time she saw Gabby and are

1128
00:40:54,655 --> 00:40:56,185
the barrettes was turned around and

1129
00:40:56,185 --> 00:40:57,483
you couldn't see the design.

1130
00:40:57,485 --> 00:40:59,798
You just saw the ugly strip on the back.

1131
00:40:59,805 --> 00:41:01,797
She re twist their hair and say you

1132
00:41:01,797 --> 00:41:03,602
know rise and you don't know how

1133
00:41:03,602 --> 00:41:05,428
to twist their hand at the barrettes

1134
00:41:05,428 --> 00:41:07,248
design is always seem so that was

1135
00:41:07,248 --> 00:41:09,202
one of the things we wrote down so

1136
00:41:09,202 --> 00:41:11,103
we gotta get rid of that problem.

1137
00:41:11,105 --> 00:41:12,778
I don't want my mom embarrassing me

1138
00:41:12,778 --> 00:41:14,782
and redoing my daughters here every time.

1139
00:41:14,785 --> 00:41:17,113
I see here so we got to create

1140
00:41:17,113 --> 00:41:18,673
something that has two faces.

1141
00:41:18,675 --> 00:41:20,415
So anytime the hair terms you're

1142
00:41:20,415 --> 00:41:22,264
always able to see the design.

1143
00:41:22,265 --> 00:41:24,179
So we literally would just write

1144
00:41:24,179 --> 00:41:25,455
down observations testing different

1145
00:41:25,506 --> 00:41:26,442
barrettes and said OK,

1146
00:41:26,445 --> 00:41:28,275
we gotta come up with something

1147
00:41:28,275 --> 00:41:30,436
that has the team that has room

1148
00:41:30,436 --> 00:41:32,480
for the hair to be wrapped around

1149
00:41:32,550 --> 00:41:34,552
the center strip that has two faces

1150
00:41:34,552 --> 00:41:36,603
so you can always see the design.

1151
00:41:36,603 --> 00:41:39,078
So by the time you had all these

1152
00:41:39,078 --> 00:41:41,558
things we wanted to have on the barrettes

1153
00:41:41,633 --> 00:41:43,481
to make it work and stay in.

1154
00:41:43,485 --> 00:41:45,155
We just kind of started.

1155
00:41:45,155 --> 00:41:46,535
Just kind of drawing OK,

1156
00:41:46,535 --> 00:41:47,915
what would that look like?

1157
00:41:47,915 --> 00:41:50,123
It is going to have all these things.

1158
00:41:50,125 --> 00:41:52,085
OK, so it probably has to have two

1159
00:41:52,085 --> 00:41:54,450
faces of two faces look like this and

1160
00:41:54,450 --> 00:41:56,525
literally the first idea we had was

1161
00:41:56,525 --> 00:41:58,401
two faces sticking out like this and

1162
00:41:58,405 --> 00:42:01,702
then the center strip in the middle.

1163
00:42:01,705 --> 00:42:04,753
And the final thing I thought I had

1164
00:42:04,753 --> 00:42:08,095
it with me know what it did with it.

1165
00:42:08,095 --> 00:42:10,165
Something that looked a little different

1166
00:42:10,165 --> 00:42:13,223
that we had to have our engineers and

1167
00:42:13,223 --> 00:42:15,243
manufacturers help us work through,

1168
00:42:15,245 --> 00:42:17,870
but that was literally the science project.

1169
00:42:17,875 --> 00:42:20,486
A sitting down at the kitchen table

1170
00:42:20,486 --> 00:42:23,511
and trying to figure out what that is.

1171
00:42:23,515 --> 00:42:26,029
A science project with observations and

1172
00:42:26,029 --> 00:42:28,773
then enlisting help because we had the idea,

1173
00:42:28,775 --> 00:42:31,783
but neither one of us can really draw.

1174
00:42:31,785 --> 00:42:34,046
So I. Reached out to an artist

1175
00:42:34,046 --> 00:42:36,593
who was at our church is that,

1176
00:42:36,595 --> 00:42:37,179
you know,

1177
00:42:37,179 --> 00:42:39,223
can you sit down with me for

1178
00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:41,051
about 30 minutes to an hour?

1179
00:42:41,055 --> 00:42:43,595
I have an idea in my head and he was

1180
00:42:43,670 --> 00:42:45,926
able to talk with the 3D image of

1181
00:42:45,926 --> 00:42:48,472
what I have right here before you.

1182
00:42:48,475 --> 00:42:49,663
That something that feels

1183
00:42:49,663 --> 00:42:51,445
more like an N or a Z,

1184
00:42:51,445 --> 00:42:53,566
but that is literally the process it

1185
00:42:53,566 --> 00:42:55,844
took us about two years because we

1186
00:42:55,844 --> 00:42:58,118
certainly had a number of hurdles I

1187
00:42:58,118 --> 00:43:00,102
didn't know who to reach out to and

1188
00:43:00,102 --> 00:43:02,889
the people who are reached out to were

1189
00:43:02,889 --> 00:43:05,054
probably more discouraging than encouraging.

1190
00:43:05,055 --> 00:43:07,383
And but we made it through.

1191
00:43:07,385 --> 00:43:08,245
We persevere,

1192
00:43:08,245 --> 00:43:10,395
and she's definitely an example

1193
00:43:10,395 --> 00:43:12,813
for other girls to look at now.

1194
00:43:15,795 --> 00:43:17,490
And I'm very curious because

1195
00:43:17,490 --> 00:43:20,027
two things I will say why this

1196
00:43:20,027 --> 00:43:21,962
is extremely interesting to me.

1197
00:43:21,965 --> 00:43:24,149
I'm much much older than Gabby

1198
00:43:24,149 --> 00:43:26,324
and probably more so than you

1199
00:43:26,325 --> 00:43:28,565
All is well, but I remember you

1200
00:43:28,565 --> 00:43:31,095
know my mom talking to me when

1201
00:43:31,095 --> 00:43:33,327
I would come home without those

1202
00:43:33,411 --> 00:43:35,311
little barrettes 'cause they were

1203
00:43:35,311 --> 00:43:37,939
a big thing even way back then.

1204
00:43:37,939 --> 00:43:40,111
And it was always a struggle.

1205
00:43:40,115 --> 00:43:42,565
And I also remember the fact that

1206
00:43:42,565 --> 00:43:45,561
you know it only showed on one side,

1207
00:43:45,565 --> 00:43:46,965
so that's very relatable.

1208
00:43:46,965 --> 00:43:49,597
To me and I suspect it's very

1209
00:43:49,597 --> 00:43:51,445
relatable to other students

1210
00:43:51,445 --> 00:43:53,033
and to children because again,

1211
00:43:53,033 --> 00:43:55,415
you and Gabby identified a problem

1212
00:43:55,483 --> 00:43:57,283
that they could relate to and

1213
00:43:57,285 --> 00:43:59,735
I think there's a lot of difference

1214
00:43:59,735 --> 00:44:01,976
when there is a problem or

1215
00:44:01,976 --> 00:44:04,214
there's an issue that is personal.

1216
00:44:04,215 --> 00:44:06,045
You're a lot more invested.

1217
00:44:06,045 --> 00:44:07,865
That's why Gabby was asking

1218
00:44:07,865 --> 00:44:09,321
you about this everyday.

1219
00:44:09,325 --> 00:44:12,610
I guess you're a lot more invested in it,

1220
00:44:12,615 --> 00:44:15,156
but I'm really curious to know because

1221
00:44:15,156 --> 00:44:18,395
you are in the South in South Carolina.

1222
00:44:18,395 --> 00:44:21,643
I believe you made it how how

1223
00:44:21,643 --> 00:44:24,784
did you go about finding

1224
00:44:24,785 --> 00:44:27,113
Support or help for or to try to

1225
00:44:27,113 --> 00:44:29,612
get this product into market areas.

1226
00:44:29,615 --> 00:44:32,100
I read an article in the Washington

1227
00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:34,442
Post Kids section a couple of weeks,

1228
00:44:34,445 --> 00:44:36,629
but well I guess about a month

1229
00:44:36,629 --> 00:44:39,499
ago so I know that you're now in

1230
00:44:39,499 --> 00:44:41,344
a major big box store.

1231
00:44:41,345 --> 00:44:43,075
And so I'm just curious,

1232
00:44:43,075 --> 00:44:45,811
how did you do that from

1233
00:44:45,815 --> 00:44:49,896
rural South Carolina to the point of

1234
00:44:49,896 --> 00:44:53,413
getting this into a major market.

1235
00:44:53,415 --> 00:44:55,396
That first I I did that I

1236
00:44:55,396 --> 00:44:56,515
had about selling it.

1237
00:44:56,515 --> 00:44:58,475
I literally would take my lunch break

1238
00:44:58,475 --> 00:45:00,661
and I had a company in mind that

1239
00:45:00,661 --> 00:45:02,724
once we came up with the concept.

1240
00:45:02,725 --> 00:45:04,135
So I'm going to pitch.

1241
00:45:04,135 --> 00:45:05,827
I'm going to get in front

1242
00:45:05,827 --> 00:45:06,955
of the right person.

1243
00:45:06,955 --> 00:45:09,203
I don't know exactly who to talk to,

1244
00:45:09,205 --> 00:45:10,550
but I'm gonna keep calling

1245
00:45:10,550 --> 00:45:12,305
everyday until I find that person.

1246
00:45:12,305 --> 00:45:14,003
It took me about six months,

1247
00:45:14,005 --> 00:45:15,637
but I did find that person

1248
00:45:15,637 --> 00:45:17,362
who explores new ideas and we

1249
00:45:17,362 --> 00:45:18,792
had submitted the drawing in.

1250
00:45:18,795 --> 00:45:19,579
Anybody listening?

1251
00:45:19,579 --> 00:45:21,931
Please don't do what we did.

1252
00:45:21,935 --> 00:45:25,919
We submit this drawing of our idea no.

1253
00:45:25,925 --> 00:45:27,229
No protection, no patent,

1254
00:45:27,229 --> 00:45:29,185
no nothing was just sitting out.

1255
00:45:29,185 --> 00:45:31,264
This 3D image of our idea to

1256
00:45:31,264 --> 00:45:33,094
companies and their idea database,

1257
00:45:33,095 --> 00:45:35,415
and it's it's only by the grace of

1258
00:45:35,415 --> 00:45:37,439
God that Gabby bows aren't just

1259
00:45:37,439 --> 00:45:40,230
like all over the place and Gabby has

1260
00:45:40,230 --> 00:45:42,540
nothing to do with them because we

1261
00:45:42,540 --> 00:45:44,505
were literally just sending them out.

1262
00:45:44,505 --> 00:45:46,135
We didn't know about patent,

1263
00:45:46,135 --> 00:45:47,740
Trademark Office and how to protect

1264
00:45:47,740 --> 00:45:49,725
our idea at the time,

1265
00:45:49,725 --> 00:45:52,125
but we actually I got to that person

1266
00:45:52,125 --> 00:45:54,806
in the concept of the idea of a

1267
00:45:54,806 --> 00:45:56,705
double face double snap barrettes.

1268
00:45:56,705 --> 00:45:59,008
Was taken before a focus of this

1269
00:45:59,008 --> 00:46:01,135
major established hair accessory company.

1270
00:46:01,135 --> 00:46:03,970
They went through about a few rounds

1271
00:46:03,970 --> 00:46:06,912
and at the end it didn't meet.

1272
00:46:06,915 --> 00:46:08,841
They're strategic planning as far as

1273
00:46:08,841 --> 00:46:11,252
what they were going to be investing in,

1274
00:46:11,255 --> 00:46:12,495
so he, you know,

1275
00:46:12,495 --> 00:46:13,425
turn it down.

1276
00:46:13,425 --> 00:46:15,905
I was just torn to pieces, just shattered.

1277
00:46:15,905 --> 00:46:18,075
'cause that's all I had in mind.

1278
00:46:18,075 --> 00:46:20,070
Was selling this idea and putting some

1279
00:46:20,070 --> 00:46:22,414
money aside for Gabby Gabby's college fund.

1280
00:46:22,415 --> 00:46:24,275
That's all I could think about.

1281
00:46:24,275 --> 00:46:26,183
But of course, today you see

1282
00:46:26,183 --> 00:46:28,421
that that is not the path that

1283
00:46:28,421 --> 00:46:30,785
we had that was in store for us.

1284
00:46:30,785 --> 00:46:32,645
But that person at that company.

1285
00:46:32,645 --> 00:46:34,906
I told them we know when he

1286
00:46:34,906 --> 00:46:37,383
called me and told me I'm sorry.

1287
00:46:37,385 --> 00:46:38,855
This is not something that fits

1288
00:46:38,855 --> 00:46:40,145
along with our strategic plans,

1289
00:46:40,145 --> 00:46:41,951
but you know, thank you for going

1290
00:46:41,951 --> 00:46:43,155
through this process with us.

1291
00:46:43,155 --> 00:46:44,415
I said wait a minute,

1292
00:46:44,415 --> 00:46:45,670
my daughters at home everyday

1293
00:46:45,670 --> 00:46:46,925
ask me about this Brett.

1294
00:46:46,925 --> 00:46:48,682
You can't just hang up on me.

1295
00:46:48,685 --> 00:46:50,393
You gotta help me make one bet

1296
00:46:50,393 --> 00:46:52,193
Brett and these are my exact words.

1297
00:46:52,195 --> 00:46:53,671
You gotta help me finish the

1298
00:46:53,671 --> 00:46:54,955
science project and he said,

1299
00:46:54,955 --> 00:46:56,160
ma'am, you can't understand how

1300
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:57,929
much money is gonna cost you to

1301
00:46:57,929 --> 00:46:59,219
finish this little science project.

1302
00:46:59,225 --> 00:47:00,475
I said, well, I mean,

1303
00:47:00,475 --> 00:47:01,981
I can't let my daughter down.

1304
00:47:01,985 --> 00:47:03,485
I can't show that you know,

1305
00:47:03,485 --> 00:47:04,715
things get hard and people

1306
00:47:04,715 --> 00:47:06,255
tell you know and you quit.

1307
00:47:06,255 --> 00:47:08,229
We got at least finish science project.

1308
00:47:08,235 --> 00:47:10,552
You don't have to get a mold,

1309
00:47:10,555 --> 00:47:12,535
you're gonna have to get engineers.

1310
00:47:12,535 --> 00:47:14,195
You don't have to manufacture.

1311
00:47:14,195 --> 00:47:16,175
I don't know what that costs,

1312
00:47:16,175 --> 00:47:18,887
but I can't go home and tell my

1313
00:47:18,887 --> 00:47:20,969
daughter because you said no, we quit.

1314
00:47:20,969 --> 00:47:23,348
So he was the one who gave us some

1315
00:47:23,348 --> 00:47:24,852
recommendations of engineers that

1316
00:47:24,852 --> 00:47:27,766
were close to us and Charlotte, NC.

1317
00:47:27,766 --> 00:47:29,090
Those engineers connected us

1318
00:47:29,090 --> 00:47:30,083
through our manufacturing.

1319
00:47:30,085 --> 00:47:32,071
We literally working with the same

1320
00:47:32,071 --> 00:47:33,395
engineers and manufacturers today.

1321
00:47:33,395 --> 00:47:35,705
Our score. We have a score mentor.

1322
00:47:35,705 --> 00:47:37,365
Our small business development Office,

1323
00:47:37,365 --> 00:47:39,423
still a great support to us.

1324
00:47:39,425 --> 00:47:41,287
Our city and our mayor support just

1325
00:47:41,287 --> 00:47:43,063
came out of the woodwork because

1326
00:47:43,063 --> 00:47:45,205
we network and we went out there.

1327
00:47:45,205 --> 00:47:45,783
You know,

1328
00:47:45,783 --> 00:47:47,228
Gabby was pitching in front

1329
00:47:47,228 --> 00:47:48,095
of 1,000,000 cups.

1330
00:47:48,095 --> 00:47:50,375
We were having meetings with banks and now

1331
00:47:50,375 --> 00:47:52,714
most of them turned us down for money,

1332
00:47:52,715 --> 00:47:54,605
but we establish some really good

1333
00:47:54,605 --> 00:47:56,401
relationship that they were able to

1334
00:47:56,401 --> 00:47:58,095
refer to other people who could help

1335
00:47:58,095 --> 00:47:59,941
us along this seven year journey.

1336
00:47:59,945 --> 00:48:01,189
So it's through persistence

1337
00:48:01,189 --> 00:48:03,378
It took just continuing to talk about

1338
00:48:03,378 --> 00:48:05,718
it and get in front of the right people,

1339
00:48:05,725 --> 00:48:07,831
but eventually people were aiding us

1340
00:48:07,831 --> 00:48:10,178
and helping us get through a number

1341
00:48:10,178 --> 00:48:12,744
of the hurdles that we had as far as.

1342
00:48:12,745 --> 00:48:13,157
Financing,

1343
00:48:13,157 --> 00:48:13,569
manufacturing,

1344
00:48:13,569 --> 00:48:16,453
and knowing what next steps to take.

1345
00:48:18,995 --> 00:48:19,850
Thank you.

1346
00:48:19,850 --> 00:48:22,625
I just jump in here to say there was

1347
00:48:22,625 --> 00:48:24,737
an story is so compelling because

1348
00:48:24,737 --> 00:48:26,772
it really tells the story of.

1349
00:48:26,775 --> 00:48:29,359
Not only do you need the inspired student,

1350
00:48:29,365 --> 00:48:30,661
obviously you and your

1351
00:48:30,661 --> 00:48:31,633
daughter really inspirational.

1352
00:48:31,635 --> 00:48:33,672
I'm just taken away with your story

1353
00:48:33,672 --> 00:48:35,707
but also this challenge of the

1354
00:48:35,707 --> 00:48:37,483
downstream is really, really hard.

1355
00:48:37,483 --> 00:48:39,487
I mean the statistics are really

1356
00:48:39,487 --> 00:48:41,115
against women and certainly against

1357
00:48:41,115 --> 00:48:43,615
women of color out and girls of color.

1358
00:48:43,615 --> 00:48:45,827
I can't even imagine what the statistics

1359
00:48:45,827 --> 00:48:47,835
are there for someone so young.

1360
00:48:47,835 --> 00:48:48,888
But, you know,

1361
00:48:48,888 --> 00:48:51,705
in terms of dollars that have gone to

1362
00:48:51,705 --> 00:48:53,177
Female led startups only.

1363
00:48:53,177 --> 00:48:55,395
About 2.3% of all the dollars

1364
00:48:55,395 --> 00:48:56,505
are going there.

1365
00:48:56,505 --> 00:48:58,927
And when you look at female and

1366
00:48:58,927 --> 00:49:00,840
male Co founded companies even

1367
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,885
it's only 9% and as you know Joyce.

1368
00:49:03,885 --> 00:49:06,258
I mean in terms of invention even

1369
00:49:06,258 --> 00:49:08,869
though women are more than half of

1370
00:49:08,869 --> 00:49:10,769
the college educated workforce and

1371
00:49:10,769 --> 00:49:13,458
not even talk about girls like girls

1372
00:49:13,458 --> 00:49:15,336
in the whole different category,

1373
00:49:15,336 --> 00:49:16,479
only 21% are

1374
00:49:16,479 --> 00:49:19,015
The patents are from female inventors is,

1375
00:49:19,015 --> 00:49:22,135
as you know probably inventor and only

1376
00:49:22,135 --> 00:49:24,403
12% of all inventors are women,

1377
00:49:24,405 --> 00:49:26,685
so we are not taking advantage

1378
00:49:26,685 --> 00:49:27,825
of that opportunity.

1379
00:49:27,825 --> 00:49:30,100
I just think your story is so

1380
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:31,599
inspiring because you these

1381
00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:33,884
downstream hurdles are equally large.

1382
00:49:33,885 --> 00:49:38,173
Even if you have a great idea so

1383
00:49:38,173 --> 00:49:40,421
very impressive. Well then I I.

1384
00:49:40,421 --> 00:49:43,707
I was struck by that as well, and that.

1385
00:49:43,707 --> 00:49:46,311
There's a hidden curriculum, right?

1386
00:49:46,311 --> 00:49:47,303
And

1387
00:49:47,303 --> 00:49:50,279
I think what Rozalynn story really

1388
00:49:50,279 --> 00:49:53,187
illustrates is the immense role that

1389
00:49:53,187 --> 00:49:55,512
social capital and networks plays,

1390
00:49:55,515 --> 00:49:58,425
and being successful at this and

1391
00:49:58,425 --> 00:50:01,154
and you know, it's not that.

1392
00:50:01,154 --> 00:50:01,577
Um,

1393
00:50:01,577 --> 00:50:03,269
under represented groups like

1394
00:50:03,269 --> 00:50:05,355
women and people of Color,

1395
00:50:05,355 --> 00:50:07,075
Don't have the great ideas

1396
00:50:07,075 --> 00:50:08,795
or don't have the drive.

1397
00:50:08,795 --> 00:50:10,835
It's that you didn't happen to

1398
00:50:10,835 --> 00:50:12,982
know that person who knows that

1399
00:50:12,982 --> 00:50:14,782
manufacturer or knows that you

1400
00:50:14,782 --> 00:50:17,393
know an when you when you you know,

1401
00:50:17,395 --> 00:50:19,453
look at the story of spanks,

1402
00:50:19,455 --> 00:50:22,551
you know the story of the founder of Spanx,

1403
00:50:22,555 --> 00:50:25,057
that like she went to manufacture

1404
00:50:25,057 --> 00:50:27,379
an after manufacturer to say like

1405
00:50:27,379 --> 00:50:29,683
this is an idea that I think is

1406
00:50:29,755 --> 00:50:32,275
going to work and they all said no.

1407
00:50:32,275 --> 00:50:32,805
No, no,

1408
00:50:32,805 --> 00:50:34,660
never sell and then it was a

1409
00:50:34,660 --> 00:50:36,588
female employee who was like yeah

1410
00:50:36,588 --> 00:50:38,188
I would buy that product.

1411
00:50:38,195 --> 00:50:41,851
That got that first manufacturer to say yes.

1412
00:50:41,855 --> 00:50:45,431
And and for people who have.

1413
00:50:45,435 --> 00:50:47,373
Um affluent networks.

1414
00:50:47,373 --> 00:50:53,453
It's easier for others to say yes to them.

1415
00:50:53,455 --> 00:50:55,093
Because they're doing a favor for

1416
00:50:55,093 --> 00:50:56,625
somebody else in their network,

1417
00:50:56,625 --> 00:50:59,553
it's easier for others to bet on them.

1418
00:50:59,555 --> 00:50:59,935
And

1419
00:50:59,935 --> 00:51:02,595
and so we really need to broaden

1420
00:51:02,595 --> 00:51:05,335
our minds about who has potential.

1421
00:51:05,335 --> 00:51:09,143
I think that's the the key takeaway.

1422
00:51:09,145 --> 00:51:09,865
So true.

1423
00:51:12,245 --> 00:51:13,953
Absolutely, I would agree.

1424
00:51:13,953 --> 00:51:17,468
Now I wanted to mention that the US

1425
00:51:17,468 --> 00:51:20,078
Patent and Trademark Office has formed

1426
00:51:20,078 --> 00:51:22,613
a National Council for expanding

1427
00:51:22,613 --> 00:51:25,253
American innovation and its consists

1428
00:51:25,253 --> 00:51:28,563
of people from industry from other

1429
00:51:28,563 --> 00:51:30,811
government agencies from nonprofit

1430
00:51:30,811 --> 00:51:33,659
organizations from academia and one of

1431
00:51:33,659 --> 00:51:36,125
the things that that National Council

1432
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:38,708
has been charged with is developing

1433
00:51:38,708 --> 00:51:40,888
a national strategy to expand,

1434
00:51:40,888 --> 00:51:43,906
Innovation and the question that I

1435
00:51:43,906 --> 00:51:47,382
have for you ladies is what do you

1436
00:51:47,382 --> 00:51:51,128
think we need to do as a as a country

1437
00:51:51,128 --> 00:51:53,331
as a nation to expand innovation?

1438
00:51:53,331 --> 00:51:56,659
We've heard from Rozalynn that it it there

1439
00:51:56,659 --> 00:51:59,653
were a number of I don't want to say

1440
00:51:59,653 --> 00:52:02,184
barriers or hurdles because you jump.

1441
00:52:02,185 --> 00:52:05,489
You jumped over though and I think that

1442
00:52:05,489 --> 00:52:08,445
is beautiful and I think that the fact

1443
00:52:08,445 --> 00:52:11,882
that you had that drive and that

1444
00:52:11,885 --> 00:52:14,701
That boldness that allowed you to keep going.

1445
00:52:14,705 --> 00:52:15,710
You were motivated.

1446
00:52:15,710 --> 00:52:18,858
You said I cannot go home and tell my

1447
00:52:18,858 --> 00:52:21,060
daughter that this is not possible.

1448
00:52:21,065 --> 00:52:24,242
I need at least one to show that yes,

1449
00:52:24,245 --> 00:52:25,301
this is possible.

1450
00:52:25,301 --> 00:52:27,061
How do we make sure?

1451
00:52:27,065 --> 00:52:29,235
Or how do we help people not

1452
00:52:29,235 --> 00:52:30,945
only get highly motivated,

1453
00:52:30,945 --> 00:52:33,045
but then have the tools to actually

1454
00:52:33,045 --> 00:52:35,683
to know what to do from an

1455
00:52:35,683 --> 00:52:36,940
intellectual property standpoint.

1456
00:52:36,945 --> 00:52:39,409
From a manufacturing standpoint, how do we?

1457
00:52:39,415 --> 00:52:41,581
How do we connect those resources

1458
00:52:41,581 --> 00:52:42,664
in those materials?

1459
00:52:42,665 --> 00:52:43,295
Ruth.

1460
00:52:43,295 --> 00:52:45,185
You mentioned the fact that you

1461
00:52:45,185 --> 00:52:47,331
know not everyone is going to

1462
00:52:47,331 --> 00:52:48,779
have that social network.

1463
00:52:48,785 --> 00:52:50,485
They're not going to have.

1464
00:52:50,485 --> 00:52:52,767
You know the neighbor or a church

1465
00:52:52,767 --> 00:52:54,905
member or someone in the community.

1466
00:52:54,905 --> 00:52:56,605
Carol, you pointed out that

1467
00:52:56,605 --> 00:52:58,305
it takes everybody that it's.

1468
00:52:58,305 --> 00:53:01,233
It's not just.

1469
00:53:01,235 --> 00:53:03,771
One group that where the help comes from,

1470
00:53:03,775 --> 00:53:06,268
so I posed to each one of you what

1471
00:53:06,268 --> 00:53:08,543
what should be in this strategy.

1472
00:53:08,545 --> 00:53:10,135
How do we do this?

1473
00:53:10,135 --> 00:53:12,927
How do we get these resources and these

1474
00:53:12,927 --> 00:53:15,232
materials in front of people who who

1475
00:53:15,232 --> 00:53:18,053
need them and who have these great ideas?

1476
00:53:18,055 --> 00:53:20,247
So we can start up top with Care

1477
00:53:20,247 --> 00:53:22,189
Ruth 'cause you look like you're

1478
00:53:22,189 --> 00:53:24,175
dying to say something and well.

1479
00:53:24,175 --> 00:53:27,215
One thing I think we need to like.

1480
00:53:27,215 --> 00:53:28,475
Flip our mindset,

1481
00:53:28,475 --> 00:53:30,995
right from scarcity to abundance, right?

1482
00:53:30,995 --> 00:53:33,515
There's abundant talent in this country.

1483
00:53:33,515 --> 00:53:34,443
There's abundant,

1484
00:53:34,443 --> 00:53:35,371
great ideas,

1485
00:53:35,371 --> 00:53:39,144
and we should be searching for this talent.

1486
00:53:39,145 --> 00:53:42,372
Not waiting for it to like fight

1487
00:53:42,372 --> 00:53:45,092
its way through a thorny forest

1488
00:53:45,092 --> 00:53:47,983
to get to us right and and.

1489
00:53:47,985 --> 00:53:51,135
Rozalynn's path should have been easier.

1490
00:53:51,135 --> 00:53:56,959
Right? So I think putting resources into.

1491
00:54:00,035 --> 00:54:03,829
People that can serve as those guides.

1492
00:54:03,835 --> 00:54:06,651
For inventors, you know if we as a

1493
00:54:06,651 --> 00:54:09,732
country are going to benefit from the

1494
00:54:09,732 --> 00:54:12,027
economic impact of new businesses,

1495
00:54:12,035 --> 00:54:14,085
new entrepreneurs of new inventions.

1496
00:54:14,085 --> 00:54:16,545
There needs to be a resource,

1497
00:54:16,545 --> 00:54:19,825
someone that you can can reach out to.

1498
00:54:19,825 --> 00:54:21,875
That's an expert. So say,

1499
00:54:21,875 --> 00:54:25,565
if we had an organization that had, you know,

1500
00:54:25,565 --> 00:54:28,435
source experts in like 7-8 different sectors,

1501
00:54:28,435 --> 00:54:31,837
that could be that person who has all those

1502
00:54:31,837 --> 00:54:34,863
social network connections that can help.

1503
00:54:34,865 --> 00:54:36,832
So I think there's some ways we

1504
00:54:36,832 --> 00:54:39,058
should be thinking about this from a

1505
00:54:39,058 --> 00:54:40,713
talent search perspective versus a,

1506
00:54:40,715 --> 00:54:43,147
you know, wait for them to come to

1507
00:54:43,147 --> 00:54:45,042
US perspective and you know some

1508
00:54:45,042 --> 00:54:46,866
in the tech space in computing.

1509
00:54:46,875 --> 00:54:49,043
There's been a lot of talk of like

1510
00:54:49,043 --> 00:54:51,057
we should be recruiting kids like

1511
00:54:51,057 --> 00:54:52,735
you recruit for, you know,

1512
00:54:52,735 --> 00:54:54,595
for sports we should be recruiting

1513
00:54:54,595 --> 00:54:56,775
talent and I think we should think

1514
00:54:56,775 --> 00:54:58,270
the same way about invention.

1515
00:55:00,515 --> 00:55:02,265
'cause inventors don't just invent

1516
00:55:02,265 --> 00:55:04,603
once, right? They keep inventing.

1517
00:55:08,595 --> 00:55:10,939
I guess I I did it a few

1518
00:55:10,939 --> 00:55:12,111
thoughts here, which is,

1519
00:55:12,111 --> 00:55:14,162
I think on the talent cultivation side.

1520
00:55:14,165 --> 00:55:16,501
There's two major things we need to do,

1521
00:55:16,505 --> 00:55:18,738
although a lot of things underneath that

1522
00:55:18,738 --> 00:55:21,581
one is the point was made earlier about.

1523
00:55:21,585 --> 00:55:23,195
How important is to shine a light

1524
00:55:23,195 --> 00:55:24,894
on women and minority inventors,

1525
00:55:24,895 --> 00:55:25,753
innovators and entrepreneurs?

1526
00:55:25,753 --> 00:55:27,469
So kids really begin to believe

1527
00:55:27,469 --> 00:55:28,765
I could be an inventor?

1528
00:55:28,765 --> 00:55:30,145
I could be an entrepreneur.

1529
00:55:30,145 --> 00:55:31,777
I think there's sort of this

1530
00:55:31,777 --> 00:55:33,743
leap of faith to say, oh, oh,

1531
00:55:33,743 --> 00:55:35,163
that's something I could possibly

1532
00:55:35,163 --> 00:55:37,045
could be because as rising point out,

1533
00:55:37,045 --> 00:55:38,539
you know somebody who looks like

1534
00:55:38,539 --> 00:55:40,355
me has done a similar thing.

1535
00:55:40,355 --> 00:55:42,005
But then there's that next step.

1536
00:55:42,005 --> 00:55:44,213
I think so often we leave it there.

1537
00:55:44,215 --> 00:55:46,423
We say, Oh well, we just need to,

1538
00:55:46,425 --> 00:55:47,529
you know, celebrate people,

1539
00:55:47,529 --> 00:55:48,633
and then it'll be.

1540
00:55:48,635 --> 00:55:50,435
The path will be easy with

1541
00:55:50,435 --> 00:55:52,463
path is not going to be easy.

1542
00:55:52,465 --> 00:55:54,824
I mean here you have a story

1543
00:55:54,824 --> 00:55:56,274
of highly motivated individuals

1544
00:55:56,274 --> 00:55:58,850
are facing a lot of barriers so.

1545
00:55:58,855 --> 00:56:01,051
I think on the education side,

1546
00:56:01,055 --> 00:56:03,975
count cultivation side means we also need to.

1547
00:56:03,975 --> 00:56:04,707
Once again,

1548
00:56:04,707 --> 00:56:07,635
I'm sort of a broken record on this,

1549
00:56:07,635 --> 00:56:10,029
but ensure that every child has the

1550
00:56:10,029 --> 00:56:12,034
chance to experience that invention,

1551
00:56:12,035 --> 00:56:13,515
Innovation learn about entrepreneurship

1552
00:56:13,515 --> 00:56:15,735
and that means starting at the

1553
00:56:15,796 --> 00:56:17,461
earliest stages of elementary school

1554
00:56:17,461 --> 00:56:19,715
all the way through higher education.

1555
00:56:19,715 --> 00:56:22,172
It means changing the culture in those

1556
00:56:22,172 --> 00:56:23,982
institutions to one that celebrates

1557
00:56:23,982 --> 00:56:26,397
that kind of experience and not just

1558
00:56:26,397 --> 00:56:28,504
road learning and performance on,

1559
00:56:28,505 --> 00:56:29,241
you know.

1560
00:56:29,241 --> 00:56:30,345
Very structured tests.

1561
00:56:30,345 --> 00:56:32,295
It means also that those requires

1562
00:56:32,295 --> 00:56:34,805
additional work you need to do the

1563
00:56:34,805 --> 00:56:36,341
professional development of educators.

1564
00:56:36,345 --> 00:56:38,115
I talked about that before.

1565
00:56:38,115 --> 00:56:40,263
That also means that the programs

1566
00:56:40,263 --> 00:56:42,102
need to have cultural relevance

1567
00:56:42,102 --> 00:56:44,112
to the kids so that girls,

1568
00:56:44,115 --> 00:56:46,395
students from diverse backgrounds so that

1569
00:56:46,395 --> 00:56:49,052
the experiences such that they can walk away,

1570
00:56:49,055 --> 00:56:49,759
saying, hey,

1571
00:56:49,759 --> 00:56:51,871
I can be an inventor entrepreneur.

1572
00:56:51,875 --> 00:56:53,993
Not just I could it be.

1573
00:56:53,995 --> 00:56:56,469
I actually am, you know, an inventor.

1574
00:56:56,469 --> 00:56:58,229
Entrepreneur think that's really important.

1575
00:56:58,235 --> 00:57:00,425
But on that innovation pathway side?

1576
00:57:00,425 --> 00:57:02,392
We need to breakdown the barriers there.

1577
00:57:02,395 --> 00:57:04,803
There are a lot of barriers right now

1578
00:57:04,803 --> 00:57:06,710
in access to support and resources

1579
00:57:06,710 --> 00:57:09,394
as as you know was just pointed out.

1580
00:57:09,395 --> 00:57:11,035
It's that people don't have

1581
00:57:11,035 --> 00:57:12,675
the networks in the access.

1582
00:57:12,675 --> 00:57:14,637
It shouldn't be dependent on your

1583
00:57:14,637 --> 00:57:16,255
networks and access, and frankly,

1584
00:57:16,255 --> 00:57:18,460
even when people get in the door

1585
00:57:18,460 --> 00:57:20,247
there is discrimination that they

1586
00:57:20,247 --> 00:57:22,359
face just because of who they

1587
00:57:22,424 --> 00:57:24,152
are and what they look like.

1588
00:57:24,155 --> 00:57:26,123
There's a wonderful young woman who

1589
00:57:26,123 --> 00:57:28,101
tells the story about she started

1590
00:57:28,101 --> 00:57:30,229
a company with a couple of her

1591
00:57:30,229 --> 00:57:31,956
collegiate partners that works on

1592
00:57:31,956 --> 00:57:33,651
a disinfectant material and she

1593
00:57:33,651 --> 00:57:36,299
said she would show up for these

1594
00:57:36,299 --> 00:57:38,220
business plan competitions and they

1595
00:57:38,220 --> 00:57:40,418
would look at her and they'd say.

1596
00:57:40,425 --> 00:57:43,461
So who's presenting from your team?

1597
00:57:43,465 --> 00:57:45,030
Assuming that because she was

1598
00:57:45,030 --> 00:57:46,282
a diminutive young woman,

1599
00:57:46,285 --> 00:57:48,253
that she was not the professional

1600
00:57:48,253 --> 00:57:50,367
resource that was going to get up

1601
00:57:50,367 --> 00:57:51,849
there on the stage and present

1602
00:57:51,849 --> 00:57:53,483
in pitch effectively well.

1603
00:57:53,485 --> 00:57:54,733
They've done amazing job.

1604
00:57:54,733 --> 00:57:55,669
She's a powerhouse,

1605
00:57:55,675 --> 00:57:58,171
but that shouldn't be the way it is.

1606
00:57:58,175 --> 00:58:00,679
So we need to create access to mentors,

1607
00:58:00,685 --> 00:58:01,527
networks, resources,

1608
00:58:01,527 --> 00:58:03,632
funding for women and minorities.

1609
00:58:03,635 --> 00:58:05,145
By breaking out of barriers

1610
00:58:05,145 --> 00:58:07,337
but also I think there is disappointed us

1611
00:58:07,337 --> 00:58:09,671
we have to intentionally seek them out.

1612
00:58:09,675 --> 00:58:11,511
We see venture capital firms who

1613
00:58:11,511 --> 00:58:12,735
are finding terrific programs

1614
00:58:12,785 --> 00:58:14,165
already even though we haven't

1615
00:58:14,165 --> 00:58:15,920
built up the pipeline and welcome

1616
00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:17,520
people to the innovation table.

1617
00:58:17,525 --> 00:58:19,366
But they have to go out and

1618
00:58:19,366 --> 00:58:20,570
really deliberately look within

1619
00:58:20,570 --> 00:58:22,365
those communities to find those

1620
00:58:22,365 --> 00:58:23,442
great inventor entrepreneurs

1621
00:58:23,442 --> 00:58:25,074
and bring them to the table.

1622
00:58:25,075 --> 00:58:28,095
So I think there's a lot that could be done.

1623
00:58:31,035 --> 00:58:36,273
Go into the capital we need.

1624
00:58:36,275 --> 00:58:38,153
More people of color be successful

1625
00:58:38,153 --> 00:58:40,275
so that they can be investors,

1626
00:58:40,275 --> 00:58:42,599
because so often the investors are like,

1627
00:58:42,605 --> 00:58:44,603
well, this isn't relevant to me,

1628
00:58:44,605 --> 00:58:47,015
so I don't get it.

1629
00:58:47,015 --> 00:58:50,025
And I think we're missing so many

1630
00:58:50,025 --> 00:58:52,516
products that serve women and serve

1631
00:58:52,516 --> 00:58:55,455
people of color an I once went to,

1632
00:58:55,455 --> 00:58:58,269
it was a hackathon for Women's Health,

1633
00:58:58,275 --> 00:59:00,746
and one of the big innovations that

1634
00:59:00,746 --> 00:59:04,099
came out of that was a no innovations

1635
00:59:04,099 --> 00:59:06,314
around breast pumps like nobody's

1636
00:59:06,394 --> 00:59:08,722
doing any work on these things,

1637
00:59:08,725 --> 00:59:11,959
because if the bulk of people creating

1638
00:59:11,959 --> 00:59:13,877
technology and creating products

1639
00:59:13,877 --> 00:59:16,619
are basically white and Asian men.

1640
00:59:16,625 --> 00:59:18,315
We're just gonna miss out

1641
00:59:18,315 --> 00:59:20,005
on a lot of innovations.

1642
00:59:20,005 --> 00:59:22,279
And and it's it's costing us

1643
00:59:22,279 --> 00:59:24,514
in terms of quality of life,

1644
00:59:24,515 --> 00:59:26,993
it's costing us in terms of of

1645
00:59:26,993 --> 00:59:29,039
serving people and also you know

1646
00:59:29,039 --> 00:59:31,695
what we need to women are so good

1647
00:59:31,695 --> 00:59:33,970
at adapting to communities and

1648
00:59:33,970 --> 00:59:36,745
resources and buildings and cars and

1649
00:59:36,745 --> 00:59:39,595
things that weren't built for us.

1650
00:59:39,595 --> 00:59:41,235
Like, let's just stop adapting.

1651
00:59:41,235 --> 00:59:43,349
OK, we don't need to make do

1652
00:59:43,349 --> 00:59:45,154
with what's not good enough,

1653
00:59:45,155 --> 00:59:47,262
and we need to say yes to

1654
00:59:47,262 --> 00:59:48,755
things that are better.

1655
00:59:48,755 --> 00:59:50,681
And the example I always give

1656
00:59:50,681 --> 00:59:52,345
to illustrate this to kids.

1657
00:59:52,345 --> 00:59:55,918
So I'm like OK when you're in the car.

1658
00:59:55,925 --> 00:59:58,683
Where does your mom put her purse?

1659
00:59:58,685 --> 01:00:01,898
And they're like on my lap on my feet.

1660
01:00:01,905 --> 01:00:04,385
Like why does no car in the market

1661
01:00:04,385 --> 01:00:07,444
have a place for a purse when half

1662
01:00:07,444 --> 01:00:09,555
the population carries a purse?

1663
01:00:09,555 --> 01:00:10,677
Crazy missed opportunity.

1664
01:00:10,677 --> 01:00:12,921
Now extrapolate that to the way

1665
01:00:12,921 --> 01:00:14,872
like safety devices are built.

1666
01:00:14,875 --> 01:00:15,573
Airbags, seatbelts,

1667
01:00:15,573 --> 01:00:17,667
you know the way we interact

1668
01:00:17,667 --> 01:00:19,434
and act with technology.

1669
01:00:19,435 --> 01:00:22,200
If the minds of women are missing

1670
01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:24,594
from the design of technology.

1671
01:00:24,595 --> 01:00:27,733
We're missing out and I think.

1672
01:00:27,735 --> 01:00:29,580
We need to take a look at this very

1673
01:00:29,580 --> 01:00:32,765
much from this abundance viewpoint, but.

1674
01:00:32,765 --> 01:00:35,166
I think it's really hard when all

1675
01:00:35,166 --> 01:00:37,094
of the investors are largely.

1676
01:00:37,095 --> 01:00:37,723
White men,

1677
01:00:37,723 --> 01:00:39,607
that's who has all the money

1678
01:00:39,607 --> 01:00:41,465
in the wealth to invest.

1679
01:00:41,465 --> 01:00:43,475
And it makes it really accounting.

1680
01:00:43,475 --> 01:00:46,163
One person I would flag is Arlan Hamilton,

1681
01:00:46,165 --> 01:00:48,601
who has a venture firm and she

1682
01:00:48,601 --> 01:00:49,645
specifically identifying and

1683
01:00:49,712 --> 01:00:51,590
investing in startups of color led

1684
01:00:51,590 --> 01:00:53,555
by people of Color and Rozalynn

1685
01:00:53,555 --> 01:00:55,775
I definitely want to hear your

1686
01:00:55,775 --> 01:00:57,885
thoughts here and what is echoing

1687
01:00:57,885 --> 01:01:00,539
in my mind is just we are the ones

1688
01:01:00,539 --> 01:01:02,633
that we have been waiting for.

1689
01:01:02,635 --> 01:01:05,615
But please go on.

1690
01:01:05,615 --> 01:01:08,279
Now that that that is so good and

1691
01:01:08,279 --> 01:01:10,356
they've been so many things that

1692
01:01:10,356 --> 01:01:12,795
are shared that is just so good.

1693
01:01:12,795 --> 01:01:15,189
I and I love how this conversation

1694
01:01:15,189 --> 01:01:16,215
is about solutions,

1695
01:01:16,215 --> 01:01:18,267
and I wouldn't expect anything less

1696
01:01:18,267 --> 01:01:20,783
from the USBTO, but the exposure.

1697
01:01:20,783 --> 01:01:23,263
I cannot stress that enough.

1698
01:01:23,265 --> 01:01:25,596
Girls seeing girls who look like them

1699
01:01:25,596 --> 01:01:28,382
doing and solving problems that are relatable.

1700
01:01:28,385 --> 01:01:29,483
You know, Joyce,

1701
01:01:29,483 --> 01:01:31,313
when you mentioned you know,

1702
01:01:31,315 --> 01:01:33,870
I remember my barrettes it's turning around.

1703
01:01:33,875 --> 01:01:37,067
I think a lot of times when you

1704
01:01:37,067 --> 01:01:39,824
say invention and science and math.

1705
01:01:39,825 --> 01:01:41,433
A lot of times girls thoughts.

1706
01:01:41,435 --> 01:01:43,901
Maybe going to things that are.

1707
01:01:43,905 --> 01:01:48,121
A lot more complex than they think versus

1708
01:01:48,121 --> 01:01:51,864
real life everyday problem solving.

1709
01:01:51,865 --> 01:01:55,204
So that has been a lot of you know

1710
01:01:55,204 --> 01:01:58,054
when Gabby speaks to students,

1711
01:01:58,055 --> 01:02:02,033
he speaks to schools and and speaks to girls.

1712
01:02:02,035 --> 01:02:03,791
It's about problem solving,

1713
01:02:03,791 --> 01:02:07,334
so it doesn't seem so mystical and beyond.

1714
01:02:07,335 --> 01:02:10,053
You know peoples reach, you have

1715
01:02:10,053 --> 01:02:13,085
problems every day that you can solve.

1716
01:02:13,085 --> 01:02:14,408
You can innovate.

1717
01:02:14,408 --> 01:02:16,613
You can engineer re engineer.

1718
01:02:16,615 --> 01:02:18,905
I suggest that exposure to

1719
01:02:18,905 --> 01:02:21,195
people who look like them.

1720
01:02:21,195 --> 01:02:22,335
Solving relatable problems

1721
01:02:22,335 --> 01:02:24,235
really gets those wheels turning.

1722
01:02:24,235 --> 01:02:26,135
You know, in our Academy,

1723
01:02:26,135 --> 01:02:29,231
we've got girls who are coming up with

1724
01:02:29,231 --> 01:02:31,073
products constantly and some don't.

1725
01:02:31,075 --> 01:02:33,355
You know, make it very far,

1726
01:02:33,355 --> 01:02:37,123
but I just love that they're thinking about.

1727
01:02:37,125 --> 01:02:40,482
That now I am exposed to someone who looks

1728
01:02:40,482 --> 01:02:43,630
like me who solved a relatable problem.

1729
01:02:43,635 --> 01:02:45,081
I'm thinking about.

1730
01:02:45,081 --> 01:02:47,973
OK, I'm tired of the crayons

1731
01:02:47,973 --> 01:02:50,212
always breaking in my box.

1732
01:02:50,215 --> 01:02:52,329
And going through the process of OK,

1733
01:02:52,335 --> 01:02:53,855
what does that look like?

1734
01:02:53,855 --> 01:02:55,661
What does a better crayon box?

1735
01:02:55,665 --> 01:02:58,241
And so we went through this experiment with

1736
01:02:58,241 --> 01:03:00,825
this little girl and her mom in our Academy.

1737
01:03:00,825 --> 01:03:03,241
You know it didn't hasn't gone very far,

1738
01:03:03,245 --> 01:03:05,507
but I just love that the

1739
01:03:05,507 --> 01:03:07,015
girl is thinking about.

1740
01:03:07,015 --> 01:03:07,918
Breaking you know.

1741
01:03:07,918 --> 01:03:09,423
Broken Crayons is a problem

1742
01:03:09,423 --> 01:03:11,445
for me and I need to figure out

1743
01:03:11,445 --> 01:03:13,094
how to solve it and she's 7.

1744
01:03:13,095 --> 01:03:15,762
So that is definitely at the beginning.

1745
01:03:15,765 --> 01:03:18,105
Thinking now I'm thinking about a

1746
01:03:18,105 --> 01:03:20,425
conversation I had with city government

1747
01:03:20,425 --> 01:03:23,161
which did not go anywhere but I it

1748
01:03:23,237 --> 01:03:25,703
came to my Remembrance this morning.

1749
01:03:25,705 --> 01:03:28,235
We were literally figuring out.

1750
01:03:28,235 --> 01:03:31,445
How could we duplicate or scale

1751
01:03:31,445 --> 01:03:34,760
the concept in curriculum of the

1752
01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:37,445
Academy in their housing project?

1753
01:03:37,445 --> 01:03:40,388
And I I love that we had the conversation.

1754
01:03:40,395 --> 01:03:42,691
Like I said it didn't go anywhere,

1755
01:03:42,695 --> 01:03:44,335
they would change the staff.

1756
01:03:44,335 --> 01:03:46,735
But we've got to get these different in

1757
01:03:46,735 --> 01:03:49,255
season and partners together at the table.

1758
01:03:49,255 --> 01:03:50,875
OK, let's expose our children

1759
01:03:50,875 --> 01:03:52,865
to people who look like them.

1760
01:03:52,865 --> 01:03:54,500
Who'd unrelatable problem solving things

1761
01:03:54,500 --> 01:03:57,451
and OK, how can we scale what that is?

1762
01:03:57,455 --> 01:03:59,090
Yeah, and let's let's get

1763
01:03:59,090 --> 01:04:00,398
him speaking at assemblies.

1764
01:04:00,405 --> 01:04:01,389
Let's get them.

1765
01:04:01,389 --> 01:04:03,353
You know, doing virtual graduation programs.

1766
01:04:03,353 --> 01:04:04,988
Let's get the children exposed.

1767
01:04:04,995 --> 01:04:06,905
But then let's give these

1768
01:04:06,905 --> 01:04:08,051
children an opportunity.

1769
01:04:08,055 --> 01:04:09,667
Through an Academy through,

1770
01:04:09,667 --> 01:04:10,473
you know,

1771
01:04:10,475 --> 01:04:12,833
through some type of education I

1772
01:04:12,833 --> 01:04:14,966
after school during school classes

1773
01:04:14,966 --> 01:04:17,431
with their continually touched and

1774
01:04:17,431 --> 01:04:19,879
continually have an opportunity to

1775
01:04:19,879 --> 01:04:22,333
continue to think about problem solving.

1776
01:04:22,335 --> 01:04:24,573
You know can we bring County

1777
01:04:24,573 --> 01:04:25,319
governments together?

1778
01:04:25,325 --> 01:04:27,575
Can we bring city governments together?

1779
01:04:27,575 --> 01:04:29,370
Can we target certain populations

1780
01:04:29,370 --> 01:04:32,155
when we were talking to the city they

1781
01:04:32,155 --> 01:04:34,311
wanted to target the women in their

1782
01:04:34,383 --> 01:04:36,588
housing development and help them

1783
01:04:36,588 --> 01:04:38,793
develop businesses with their girls.

1784
01:04:38,795 --> 01:04:42,044
We know that we can close the wealth gap

1785
01:04:42,044 --> 01:04:45,520
if we do more to invest in black women.

1786
01:04:45,525 --> 01:04:47,395
Black women entrepreneurs in particular.

1787
01:04:47,395 --> 01:04:49,435
Since we're the population that

1788
01:04:49,435 --> 01:04:51,475
is starting businesses more than

1789
01:04:51,544 --> 01:04:52,885
any other population.

1790
01:04:52,885 --> 01:04:54,931
So you know they were really

1791
01:04:54,931 --> 01:04:55,613
thinking strategically.

1792
01:04:55,615 --> 01:04:55,917
OK,

1793
01:04:55,917 --> 01:04:58,635
how can we scale and and get what you're

1794
01:04:58,708 --> 01:05:01,256
doing to the residents that we have

1795
01:05:01,256 --> 01:05:03,792
here this housing project so you know,

1796
01:05:03,795 --> 01:05:05,083
creative ideas like that.

1797
01:05:05,083 --> 01:05:07,792
I love what the Girl Scouts are doing

1798
01:05:07,792 --> 01:05:09,934
is particularly with with the badges.

1799
01:05:09,935 --> 01:05:11,299
So tapping into nationwide,

1800
01:05:11,299 --> 01:05:13,004
worldwide organizations like the,

1801
01:05:13,005 --> 01:05:16,145
the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts.

1802
01:05:16,145 --> 01:05:17,789
Boys and Girls Club,

1803
01:05:17,789 --> 01:05:20,255
I mean and then city governments,

1804
01:05:20,255 --> 01:05:21,077
County governments,

1805
01:05:21,077 --> 01:05:21,899
state governments.

1806
01:05:21,899 --> 01:05:23,954
All those people partnering together.

1807
01:05:23,955 --> 01:05:27,267
And you know what was just mentioned related

1808
01:05:27,267 --> 01:05:30,940
to the funding and and that was that was,

1809
01:05:30,945 --> 01:05:32,223
you know, honestly,

1810
01:05:32,223 --> 01:05:35,671
a big hurdle and we've certainly had people

1811
01:05:35,671 --> 01:05:39,163
who didn't look like us be advocates for us.

1812
01:05:39,165 --> 01:05:42,445
But my daughter was exposed to probably more.

1813
01:05:44,455 --> 01:05:46,235
Nos or more? You're cute,

1814
01:05:46,235 --> 01:05:48,070
but I don't understand what

1815
01:05:48,070 --> 01:05:50,495
you're trying to do is I just?

1816
01:05:50,495 --> 01:05:54,163
I just made a very long work.

1817
01:05:54,165 --> 01:05:56,244
Then I probably would have liked you

1818
01:05:56,244 --> 01:05:58,506
because we are in South Carolina and every

1819
01:05:58,506 --> 01:06:00,985
time we did go to any of these rooms,

1820
01:06:00,985 --> 01:06:03,249
she literally was the only black girl there.

1821
01:06:03,255 --> 01:06:04,815
But outside of me there was

1822
01:06:04,815 --> 01:06:06,665
no one else of color there.

1823
01:06:06,665 --> 01:06:08,085
You know we were pitching

1824
01:06:08,085 --> 01:06:09,505
in boardrooms to white men,

1825
01:06:09,505 --> 01:06:11,203
and many of them were bald.

1826
01:06:11,205 --> 01:06:13,193
You know, so don't even have her,

1827
01:06:13,195 --> 01:06:14,893
so that definitely was a disconnect.

1828
01:06:14,895 --> 01:06:16,605
We're talking about barrettes I mean,

1829
01:06:16,605 --> 01:06:19,152
we can even do a demonstration with the hair.

1830
01:06:19,155 --> 01:06:23,304
I mean had nothing to put the barrette on.

1831
01:06:23,305 --> 01:06:24,529
But you know,

1832
01:06:24,529 --> 01:06:26,977
having people who've gone through this

1833
01:06:26,977 --> 01:06:29,420
process and proud and I pray one day,

1834
01:06:29,425 --> 01:06:31,658
I am blessed to be able to

1835
01:06:31,658 --> 01:06:33,385
invest in other startups.

1836
01:06:33,385 --> 01:06:35,993
But we're doing what we can right now

1837
01:06:35,993 --> 01:06:38,924
and that is sharing and mentoring and

1838
01:06:38,924 --> 01:06:41,499
coaching other moms and daughters at

1839
01:06:41,499 --> 01:06:43,883
the level that we can until we have

1840
01:06:43,883 --> 01:06:46,153
the funds that were able to invest

1841
01:06:46,153 --> 01:06:48,730
in these ideas and help to resolve

1842
01:06:48,730 --> 01:06:51,106
the problems of broken crayons and

1843
01:06:51,106 --> 01:06:53,315
anything else that a girl imagines.

1844
01:06:53,315 --> 01:06:53,547
Yes,

1845
01:06:53,547 --> 01:06:54,243
she can solve.

1846
01:06:57,755 --> 01:06:59,775
Thank you very much, Rozalynn,

1847
01:06:59,775 --> 01:07:03,035
and I would be remiss if I did not mention

1848
01:07:03,117 --> 01:07:05,817
that there is a wonderful children's

1849
01:07:05,817 --> 01:07:08,634
book out there called Abby Breaks.

1850
01:07:08,635 --> 01:07:10,655
No Abby invents unbreakable crayons,

1851
01:07:10,655 --> 01:07:13,163
which actually it follows the story

1852
01:07:13,163 --> 01:07:16,694
of a little girl who comes up with a

1853
01:07:16,694 --> 01:07:19,514
way to have crayons that don't break.

1854
01:07:19,515 --> 01:07:23,323
And I love the fact that this children's

1855
01:07:23,323 --> 01:07:26,134
book actually shows a little girl.

1856
01:07:26,135 --> 01:07:27,615
Who is going through,

1857
01:07:27,615 --> 01:07:30,280
The invention process she is a problem

1858
01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:33,240
solver and and there's a mantra in the

1859
01:07:33,240 --> 01:07:36,534
book that says something like I am a problem.

1860
01:07:36,535 --> 01:07:38,789
You know, I I'm a problem solver.

1861
01:07:38,795 --> 01:07:41,182
I solve problems big and small because

1862
01:07:41,182 --> 01:07:43,786
I have great ideas and we really need

1863
01:07:43,786 --> 01:07:46,624
to figure out how we make sure that all

1864
01:07:46,624 --> 01:07:49,163
our kids know you have great ideas and

1865
01:07:49,163 --> 01:07:51,755
you are a problem solver an you can,

1866
01:07:51,755 --> 01:07:52,403
you know,

1867
01:07:52,403 --> 01:07:54,995
solve problems big and small and it is.

1868
01:07:54,995 --> 01:07:55,970
It is possible.

1869
01:07:55,970 --> 01:07:56,945
It's hard work.

1870
01:07:56,945 --> 01:07:59,141
Sometimes there are barriers that you

1871
01:07:59,141 --> 01:08:01,575
have to overcome but you can do it.

1872
01:08:01,575 --> 01:08:04,077
Because here all these other examples

1873
01:08:04,077 --> 01:08:07,121
I love that that that you drew that

1874
01:08:07,121 --> 01:08:10,411
out and one thing I did want to say is

1875
01:08:10,411 --> 01:08:13,033
that Gabby said to me that could come

1876
01:08:13,033 --> 01:08:16,255
up with a new way to deal with no.

1877
01:08:16,255 --> 01:08:19,815
Yeah things can you tell us, Mom?

1878
01:08:19,815 --> 01:08:22,615
Yeah, so right after a $50,000 no,

1879
01:08:22,615 --> 01:08:26,167
Gabby was just nine years old at the

1880
01:08:26,167 --> 01:08:29,490
time there's a $50,000 no in front of

1881
01:08:29,490 --> 01:08:32,953
a live audience of about 500 people so.

1882
01:08:32,955 --> 01:08:34,950
I'm getting chills just remembering

1883
01:08:34,950 --> 01:08:37,505
what that was like an I'm 43,

1884
01:08:37,505 --> 01:08:40,619
but she was nine at the time and just

1885
01:08:40,619 --> 01:08:43,939
been told no came in second for $50,000.

1886
01:08:43,945 --> 01:08:46,825
Second means you get nothing.

1887
01:08:46,825 --> 01:08:50,155
You don't know they had a camera in her

1888
01:08:50,155 --> 01:08:53,801
face like immediately after which which is.

1889
01:08:53,805 --> 01:08:55,825
That's that's media for you,

1890
01:08:55,825 --> 01:08:58,231
but and she she mumbled something.

1891
01:08:58,235 --> 01:09:00,599
But then she said in the

1892
01:09:00,599 --> 01:09:02,675
camera this is straight face.

1893
01:09:02,675 --> 01:09:04,268
She said, no,

1894
01:09:04,268 --> 01:09:06,923
it's just an abbreviation for

1895
01:09:06,923 --> 01:09:07,985
next opportunity.

1896
01:09:07,985 --> 01:09:09,397
And everybody's jaw dropped.

1897
01:09:09,397 --> 01:09:11,162
The camera man was like.

1898
01:09:11,165 --> 01:09:14,035
And then somebody besides like

1899
01:09:14,035 --> 01:09:16,331
did you get that?

1900
01:09:16,335 --> 01:09:18,498
And she's been saying that ever since

1901
01:09:18,498 --> 01:09:21,092
no is just an abbreviation for next

1902
01:09:21,092 --> 01:09:23,486
opportunity and I'm like I mentioned,

1903
01:09:23,495 --> 01:09:25,195
she certainly experienced more of

1904
01:09:25,195 --> 01:09:27,795
those than I could have ever imagined.

1905
01:09:27,795 --> 01:09:30,294
Between 7 and 14 years old now.

1906
01:09:30,295 --> 01:09:32,801
But that is what kept us going.

1907
01:09:32,805 --> 01:09:34,595
Kept us being persistent and

1908
01:09:34,595 --> 01:09:36,385
is made her super resilient.

1909
01:09:36,385 --> 01:09:38,599
And you know any parents watching

1910
01:09:38,599 --> 01:09:41,829
right now that that is what I tell any

1911
01:09:41,829 --> 01:09:44,324
parenting your child does not have to

1912
01:09:44,324 --> 01:09:46,574
be an entrepreneur or an inventor.

1913
01:09:46,575 --> 01:09:48,023
Even if they're gifting,

1914
01:09:48,023 --> 01:09:51,175
is soccer or dance or something else that

1915
01:09:51,175 --> 01:09:53,440
were not particularly discussing today.

1916
01:09:53,445 --> 01:09:55,465
Exposing your children to rejection,

1917
01:09:55,465 --> 01:09:57,763
exposing them to those risk certainly

1918
01:09:57,763 --> 01:10:00,272
builds a type of resilience that

1919
01:10:00,272 --> 01:10:02,235
will carry them far in life.

1920
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Yes, I am incredible point.

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I just got and what what the brilliance

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on her part to come up with that in

1923
01:10:10,927 --> 01:10:13,017
the moment I wouldn't have thought of

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01:10:13,017 --> 01:10:15,419
it but it's incredible I I think it's

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01:10:15,419 --> 01:10:17,435
part of why we really need to change

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01:10:17,494 --> 01:10:19,534
fundamentally the way we do education.

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01:10:19,535 --> 01:10:22,031
Because if you think about the way we

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01:10:22,031 --> 01:10:24,023
currently educate and I see this experience

1929
01:10:24,023 --> 01:10:26,184
with my own kids who are grown now.

1930
01:10:26,185 --> 01:10:27,610
But you know you're supposed

1931
01:10:27,610 --> 01:10:29,653
to do it in one way, right?

1932
01:10:29,653 --> 01:10:30,805
There's only one answer.

1933
01:10:30,805 --> 01:10:33,229
There's only one approach if you don't get

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01:10:33,229 --> 01:10:35,767
it right on the 1st test, it's not about.

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01:10:35,767 --> 01:10:38,061
Oh let's, let's take you to the next.

1936
01:10:38,065 --> 01:10:40,048
Let's get you to that level, right?

1937
01:10:40,048 --> 01:10:42,029
It's like no, you did it wrong.

1938
01:10:42,035 --> 01:10:43,445
You got a bad grade.

1939
01:10:43,445 --> 01:10:45,143
You know you are not good.

1940
01:10:45,145 --> 01:10:47,126
I just think that there's a huge

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01:10:47,126 --> 01:10:47,975
opportunity through experience.

1942
01:10:47,975 --> 01:10:50,565
This kind of iterative it's really what?

1943
01:10:50,565 --> 01:10:51,973
Both invention and entrepreneurship

1944
01:10:51,973 --> 01:10:53,381
about this iterative experience

1945
01:10:53,381 --> 01:10:54,725
of failing and going on.

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I love her next opportunity,

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01:10:56,325 --> 01:10:56,969
you know,

1948
01:10:56,969 --> 01:10:59,545
going to that next opportunity if we could

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get all kids to have that kind of resilience.

1950
01:11:02,405 --> 01:11:04,645
What an amazing country we would have.

1951
01:11:04,645 --> 01:11:06,565
What amazing planet we would have?

1952
01:11:06,565 --> 01:11:08,485
I I really think just brilliant.

1953
01:11:08,485 --> 01:11:11,413
We we need a daughter like

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framed an inventor card.

1955
01:11:13,365 --> 01:11:16,056
Well an I wanna sort of just elevate this

1956
01:11:16,056 --> 01:11:18,505
idea of it's about the process right?

1957
01:11:18,505 --> 01:11:21,130
So it's not that every idea you

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01:11:21,130 --> 01:11:23,969
have is going to make it to market

1959
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or going to be the one it's about.

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The process of figuring it

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01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:30,004
out and learning and

1962
01:11:30,005 --> 01:11:32,861
I remember I had this little girl

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01:11:32,861 --> 01:11:35,669
who she wanted to be able to

1964
01:11:35,669 --> 01:11:37,913
sort her nail Polish by color.

1965
01:11:37,915 --> 01:11:40,043
She had a lot of nail Polish,

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01:11:40,045 --> 01:11:42,257
so she designed this whole machine that

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01:11:42,257 --> 01:11:44,708
would like use a light sensor to to

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01:11:44,708 --> 01:11:46,735
recognize the color and then a little.

1969
01:11:46,735 --> 01:11:50,645
It had like a conveyor and a bunch of stuff.

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Was this a marketable product?

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01:11:52,375 --> 01:11:52,943
Probably not,

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01:11:52,943 --> 01:11:55,672
but the fact that a 12 year old spent

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01:11:55,672 --> 01:11:57,988
the time to understand enough about

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01:11:57,988 --> 01:12:00,263
conveyors and light sensors and and

1975
01:12:00,263 --> 01:12:02,369
the technology behind all of that.

1976
01:12:02,375 --> 01:12:05,117
That was what was powerful about

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01:12:05,117 --> 01:12:07,425
her excitement about that idea.

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01:12:07,425 --> 01:12:10,601
And so the process of figuring it out.

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01:12:10,605 --> 01:12:13,789
And I remember having. Um?

1980
01:12:13,789 --> 01:12:15,847
The little girl who did the base

1981
01:12:15,847 --> 01:12:17,978
space hand thing she went through

1982
01:12:17,978 --> 01:12:20,192
so many different like materials

1983
01:12:20,260 --> 01:12:22,174
engineering experiments an I had a

1984
01:12:22,174 --> 01:12:24,325
whole box that I remember flying with

1985
01:12:24,325 --> 01:12:26,065
her to the International Science Fair.

1986
01:12:26,065 --> 01:12:27,990
I had this plastic box full of

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01:12:27,990 --> 01:12:29,255
all these different things.

1988
01:12:29,255 --> 01:12:30,951
I'm like I don't know if I'm going

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01:12:30,951 --> 01:12:32,707
to get through security with this

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01:12:32,707 --> 01:12:34,627
box of plastics of different shapes

1991
01:12:34,684 --> 01:12:35,923
and different materials,

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01:12:35,925 --> 01:12:37,997
but it was a whole process of her

1993
01:12:37,997 --> 01:12:39,723
figuring out what was the right

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01:12:39,723 --> 01:12:42,015
material that was what was super powerful.

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01:12:47,075 --> 01:12:48,839
Thank you Ruth and I I don't

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01:12:48,839 --> 01:12:50,484
know where the time has gone.

1997
01:12:52,745 --> 01:12:57,565
But we we are almost to the end of our time,

1998
01:12:57,565 --> 01:13:01,417
and so I did want very briefly just to

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01:13:01,417 --> 01:13:05,442
give you an opportunity to say a last I,

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01:13:05,445 --> 01:13:09,189
I guess word if you will regarding this

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01:13:09,189 --> 01:13:13,542
topic of pathways and again moving forward.

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01:13:13,545 --> 01:13:15,873
And thank you all so much.

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01:13:15,875 --> 01:13:17,815
Again, I'll Rozalynn let me

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01:13:17,815 --> 01:13:19,755
go to you really quickly.

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01:13:19,755 --> 01:13:23,205
And then Ruth and Carol.

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01:13:23,205 --> 01:13:25,581
I really hope that anyone watching

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01:13:25,581 --> 01:13:28,272
has been inspired by all of the

2008
01:13:28,272 --> 01:13:30,687
stories that have been shared and the

2009
01:13:30,765 --> 01:13:33,285
amazing feats that the one the women

2010
01:13:33,285 --> 01:13:35,514
on this panel have have accomplished.

2011
01:13:35,514 --> 01:13:38,195
I hope by hearing our story that

2012
01:13:38,270 --> 01:13:40,664
you are inspired to go out looking

2013
01:13:40,664 --> 01:13:42,175
for problems to solve,

2014
01:13:42,175 --> 01:13:44,839
and if you are in a position to help

2015
01:13:44,839 --> 01:13:46,997
empower another Gabby that's in

2016
01:13:46,997 --> 01:13:49,237
your neighborhood in your community,

2017
01:13:49,245 --> 01:13:53,453
in your school, and your Girl Scout troop.

2018
01:13:53,455 --> 01:13:55,027
To take an idea.

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01:13:55,027 --> 01:13:57,936
And to teach them that really nothing

2020
01:13:57,936 --> 01:14:01,121
is impossible if they really put the

2021
01:14:01,121 --> 01:14:05,007
work in toward it and you be that

2022
01:14:05,007 --> 01:14:07,753
support system whether you're in a

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01:14:07,753 --> 01:14:09,798
non profit organization or community

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01:14:09,798 --> 01:14:11,522
organization or you're government

2025
01:14:11,522 --> 01:14:14,060
official really take some of these

2026
01:14:14,060 --> 01:14:16,108
amazing ideas that were shared

2027
01:14:16,108 --> 01:14:18,600
today in this really was a problem

2028
01:14:18,600 --> 01:14:20,990
solving session so you got plenty

2029
01:14:20,990 --> 01:14:23,774
of things that you can work on,

2030
01:14:23,775 --> 01:14:25,375
whether it's exposure, investing,

2031
01:14:25,375 --> 01:14:27,053
you know, County governments.

2032
01:14:27,053 --> 01:14:27,931
Community organizations.

2033
01:14:27,931 --> 01:14:30,565
There's so many Nuggets that were

2034
01:14:30,629 --> 01:14:32,708
shared as far as things you can do if

2035
01:14:32,708 --> 01:14:34,743
you just commit to doing one thing,

2036
01:14:34,745 --> 01:14:35,855
taking one thing,

2037
01:14:35,855 --> 01:14:38,075
and you may be inspiring and

2038
01:14:38,075 --> 01:14:39,545
helping the next Gabby.

2039
01:14:39,545 --> 01:14:42,625
Thank you Rozalynn, Ruth, and then Carol.

2040
01:14:42,625 --> 01:14:43,639
That's fantastic,

2041
01:14:43,639 --> 01:14:46,174
so obviously if you're a

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01:14:46,174 --> 01:14:48,625
parent or an educator.

2043
01:14:48,625 --> 01:14:50,711
Or an adult and a child's life.

2044
01:14:50,715 --> 01:14:53,051
I want you to absolutely like open your

2045
01:14:53,051 --> 01:14:55,500
mind about who has potential and you know,

2046
01:14:55,505 --> 01:14:58,179
see abundance and opportunity in every child.

2047
01:14:58,185 --> 01:15:00,345
If you are an engineer or a technologist

2048
01:15:00,345 --> 01:15:02,925
or a tinkerer or an inventor yourself,

2049
01:15:02,925 --> 01:15:04,185
please for women's History

2050
01:15:04,185 --> 01:15:05,760
Month called the Girl Scouts.

2051
01:15:05,765 --> 01:15:07,410
They have thousands and thousands

2052
01:15:07,410 --> 01:15:10,107
and millions of girls who want to do

2053
01:15:10,107 --> 01:15:12,081
these badges and their leaders don't

2054
01:15:12,081 --> 01:15:13,981
necessarily have the skills to do that.

2055
01:15:13,985 --> 01:15:15,881
So you can be a volunteer.

2056
01:15:15,885 --> 01:15:18,141
You can go help of troop with an

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01:15:18,141 --> 01:15:20,305
invention badge with an engineering badge.

2058
01:15:20,305 --> 01:15:22,510
And there's a massive shortage of volunteers,

2059
01:15:22,515 --> 01:15:25,359
so that is an easy thing you can do.

2060
01:15:25,365 --> 01:15:27,885
Just do one badge event for one fruit.

2061
01:15:27,885 --> 01:15:30,303
You could do it on zoom.

2062
01:15:30,305 --> 01:15:31,913
So you're an engineer.

2063
01:15:31,913 --> 01:15:34,325
There's an action item for you.

2064
01:15:34,325 --> 01:15:37,781
Shameless plug here before I go to Carol.

2065
01:15:37,785 --> 01:15:40,377
You can also help them with

2066
01:15:40,377 --> 01:15:42,105
their intellectual property path,

2067
01:15:42,105 --> 01:15:44,499
which is a program that was introduced

2068
01:15:44,499 --> 01:15:47,304
by the USPTO in collaboration with

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01:15:47,304 --> 01:15:49,014
intellectual property Owners,

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01:15:49,015 --> 01:15:50,743
Education Foundation and Girl

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01:15:50,743 --> 01:15:52,903
Scouts of the nation's capital.

2072
01:15:52,905 --> 01:15:56,784
But it's all over not just in Washington DC,

2073
01:15:56,785 --> 01:15:59,584
so Carol, please.

2074
01:15:59,585 --> 01:15:59,883
No,

2075
01:15:59,883 --> 01:16:01,969
I just I think actually the comments

2076
01:16:01,969 --> 01:16:03,814
made already were so eloquent but

2077
01:16:03,814 --> 01:16:06,165
particularly Rozalynn's. I think the point is,

2078
01:16:06,165 --> 01:16:07,866
we all need to commit to this

2079
01:16:07,866 --> 01:16:08,595
because it's not

2080
01:16:08,652 --> 01:16:10,397
just important for the individual

2081
01:16:10,397 --> 01:16:12,142
girls and the individual people,

2082
01:16:12,145 --> 01:16:14,231
but it is hugely important for them.

2083
01:16:14,235 --> 01:16:16,321
It is important for all of us.

2084
01:16:16,325 --> 01:16:17,825
It's important for our country.

2085
01:16:17,825 --> 01:16:19,315
It's the way we're going

2086
01:16:19,315 --> 01:16:20,507
to have better ideas.

2087
01:16:20,515 --> 01:16:22,303
We're going to have more ideas.

2088
01:16:22,305 --> 01:16:24,279
We're going to have a better economy

2089
01:16:24,279 --> 01:16:25,894
and better jobs for everyone.

2090
01:16:25,895 --> 01:16:28,279
I really think we need to commit personally,

2091
01:16:28,285 --> 01:16:29,541
as was being said,

2092
01:16:29,541 --> 01:16:32,295
we all have a role to plan this.

2093
01:16:32,295 --> 01:16:33,299
Ann, if nothing else,

2094
01:16:33,299 --> 01:16:35,624
I encourage all of you to look at

2095
01:16:35,624 --> 01:16:37,144
invention education.org to really

2096
01:16:37,144 --> 01:16:38,664
see the transformative effect

2097
01:16:38,719 --> 01:16:40,483
that this has an individual kids.

2098
01:16:40,485 --> 01:16:42,375
And on the educators were helping

2099
01:16:42,375 --> 01:16:43,635
them through this journey.

2100
01:16:43,635 --> 01:16:45,644
If you can get behind and support

2101
01:16:45,644 --> 01:16:47,585
this in your own communities to

2102
01:16:47,585 --> 01:16:49,619
demand it in your own schools,

2103
01:16:49,625 --> 01:16:51,872
I think it's it's a number one

2104
01:16:51,872 --> 01:16:54,643
thing we can do to really change

2105
01:16:54,643 --> 01:16:56,808
things for all children coming

2106
01:16:56,808 --> 01:16:59,182
through the public school system.

2107
01:16:59,185 --> 01:17:01,474
Thank you so much Ruth and Rozalynn

2108
01:17:01,474 --> 01:17:04,405
and Carol and I turn it back over to

2109
01:17:04,405 --> 01:17:06,591
the very capable hands of Nathanya

2110
01:17:06,591 --> 01:17:09,177
Ferguson and Sean Wilkerson from the

2111
01:17:09,177 --> 01:17:11,563
USPTO Office of Innovation Outreach.

2112
01:17:11,563 --> 01:17:15,105
Thank you so much for the opportunity.

2113
01:17:15,105 --> 01:17:17,187
Thank you Joyce for leading today's

2114
01:17:17,187 --> 01:17:18,575
discussion and our panelists.

2115
01:17:18,575 --> 01:17:20,305
Ruth Carol Rozalynn for giving

2116
01:17:20,305 --> 01:17:21,689
us so much information,

2117
01:17:21,695 --> 01:17:23,385
resources and inspiration to encourage

2118
01:17:23,385 --> 01:17:25,865
young women young women to be innovators.

2119
01:17:25,865 --> 01:17:27,941
This was an absolutely amazing panel.

2120
01:17:27,945 --> 01:17:28,475
Thank you.

2121
01:17:28,475 --> 01:17:30,330
And at this time I would like

2122
01:17:30,330 --> 01:17:32,454
to introduce Nathanya Ferguson.

2123
01:17:32,455 --> 01:17:34,195
She works here at USPTO

2124
01:17:34,195 --> 01:17:36,199
in the Office of Innovation

2125
01:17:36,199 --> 01:17:38,313
Outreach is our manager and she

2126
01:17:38,313 --> 01:17:40,083
will be closing today's program,

2127
01:17:40,085 --> 01:17:43,564
Nathanya, I turn it over to you.

2128
01:17:43,565 --> 01:17:46,253
Thank you Sean for the introduction

2129
01:17:46,253 --> 01:17:49,345
and thank you, Joyce, Ruth, Carol

2130
01:17:49,345 --> 01:17:50,505
and Rozalynn,

2131
01:17:50,505 --> 01:17:52,277
for that rich conversation,

2132
01:17:52,277 --> 01:17:55,443
that should leave all of us thinking

2133
01:17:55,443 --> 01:17:58,432
about what we can do to inspire

2134
01:17:58,432 --> 01:18:00,653
and motivate girls to become.

2135
01:18:00,655 --> 01:18:02,197
Inventors and entrepreneurs.

2136
01:18:02,197 --> 01:18:05,795
What actions can we take to empower

2137
01:18:05,883 --> 01:18:08,213
and support young women pursuing

2138
01:18:08,213 --> 01:18:11,150
their dreams to have stem careers

2139
01:18:11,150 --> 01:18:13,760
or starting their own business?

2140
01:18:13,765 --> 01:18:15,101
So Speaking of action,

2141
01:18:15,101 --> 01:18:16,771
the USPTO actively supports

2142
01:18:16,771 --> 01:18:18,833
all inventors and entrepreneurs,

2143
01:18:18,835 --> 01:18:22,246
so I'm going to take a few minutes to

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01:18:22,246 --> 01:18:25,531
talk about some of our programs and

2145
01:18:25,531 --> 01:18:28,584
resources that may be of interest.

2146
01:18:28,585 --> 01:18:29,375
First slide.

2147
01:18:32,125 --> 01:18:34,615
So Joyce and her team,

2148
01:18:34,615 --> 01:18:36,443
the Office of Education,

2149
01:18:36,443 --> 01:18:38,728
will conduct a virtual national

2150
01:18:38,728 --> 01:18:40,575
Summer Teacher Institute,

2151
01:18:40,575 --> 01:18:44,551
also referred to as NSTI in July.

2152
01:18:44,555 --> 01:18:47,835
Workshops at the NSTI will cover a broad

2153
01:18:47,835 --> 01:18:51,502
range of topics and intellectual property.

2154
01:18:51,505 --> 01:18:53,990
STEM education, an invention and

2155
01:18:53,990 --> 01:18:54,984
entrepreneurship, presentation.

2156
01:18:54,985 --> 01:18:57,640
Speakers and workshop instructors include

2157
01:18:57,640 --> 01:19:00,955
subject matter experts from the USPTO,

2158
01:19:00,955 --> 01:19:03,371
other federal government agencies.

2159
01:19:03,371 --> 01:19:05,787
An organizations For more

2160
01:19:05,787 --> 01:19:07,615
information about NSTI,

2161
01:19:07,615 --> 01:19:09,439
please visituspto.gov/teacher Institute.

2162
01:19:09,439 --> 01:19:13,695
The Office of Education is currently offering

2163
01:19:13,775 --> 01:19:16,463
to monthly programs for K12 educators.

2164
01:19:16,465 --> 01:19:18,124
The last month,

2165
01:19:18,124 --> 01:19:21,442
the last Tuesday of the month,

2166
01:19:21,445 --> 01:19:25,675
there is an intellectual property workshop.

2167
01:19:25,675 --> 01:19:28,160
Participants will learn about the

2168
01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:30,645
different types of intellectual property.

2169
01:19:30,645 --> 01:19:33,621
The last Wednesday of the month.

2170
01:19:33,625 --> 01:19:36,230
Attend office hours to obtain

2171
01:19:36,230 --> 01:19:38,314
answers to questions about

2172
01:19:38,314 --> 01:19:40,765
intellectual property and learn more

2173
01:19:40,765 --> 01:19:43,075
about USPTO resources. links

2174
01:19:43,075 --> 01:19:45,635
To obtain information about the

2175
01:19:45,635 --> 01:19:48,743
monthly programs are available on the

2176
01:19:48,743 --> 01:19:51,515
USPTO events page at uspto.gov/events.

2177
01:19:53,685 --> 01:19:57,101
If you have questions about NSTI or the

2178
01:19:57,101 --> 01:19:59,403
monthly programs for K12 educators,

2179
01:19:59,405 --> 01:20:01,775
please send your email to.

2180
01:20:01,775 --> 01:20:06,543
Education@uspto.gov next slide please.

2181
01:20:08,555 --> 01:20:11,250
The USPTO's kids pages contain

2182
01:20:11,250 --> 01:20:13,945
many great resources for our

2183
01:20:14,036 --> 01:20:16,776
creative children and their parents

2184
01:20:16,776 --> 01:20:20,065
and teachers on the kids page,

2185
01:20:20,065 --> 01:20:22,253
you can find inspirational

2186
01:20:22,253 --> 01:20:24,441
stories about young innovators,

2187
01:20:24,445 --> 01:20:27,637
fun hands on activities and some

2188
01:20:27,637 --> 01:20:29,765
really cool intellectual property

2189
01:20:29,854 --> 01:20:32,114
lesson plans for elementary,

2190
01:20:32,115 --> 01:20:34,855
middle and high school students.

2191
01:20:34,855 --> 01:20:38,143
To access USPTO's kids pages,

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please visit uspto.gov.

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Forward slash kids next slide please.

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Each month, our journeys of Innovation

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series, tell stories of adventures

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in entrepreneurs who have made

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positive impacts in the world.

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For example, this month story

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focuses on Juliette Gordon Low's

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remarkable accomplishment of

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founding and growing the Girl Scouts.

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Please visituspto.gov to

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learn more about Low's story.

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Another inspiring stories of amazing

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innovators who may serve as role models.

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Very young inventors and

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entrepreneurs next slide please.

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The Patent and Trademark Resource Centers,

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also referred to as PTRC.

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are a great resource.

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There are designated by the

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USPTO to support to support the

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diverse IP needs of the public.

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As you can see from this map,

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they are located throughout the US.

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Most PTRCs are located in a city,

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County, college or University library.

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PTRC librarians help

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inventors and small businesses.

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Find the information they need to

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protect their intellectual property.

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They provide information about

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Patent and Trademark processes.

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They will not provide legal advice,

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however, they will show you a directory

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of local patent attorneys that are

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licensed to practice before the USPTO.

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For more information about PTRCs

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and define a PTRC closest to you,

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please visituspto.gov/PTRC

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next slide please.

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I want to thank all of our virtual attendees

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for spending your time with us today.

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I hope you will be joining us

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for our next three WES programs.

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Registration is now open for

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next week's program on Wednesday,

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March the 17th.

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We are excited about having subject

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matter experts share valuable information

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about the federal government resources.

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You do not want to miss learning

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about free legal research.

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Sorry,

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free legal services and programs and

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resources to help protect your invention.

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Brand or creative work.

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On March 24th or a panel of experts

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will share information about

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securing funding for your invention

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or small business on March 31st.

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We will conclude the WES series by

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hearing from successful women entrepreneurs.

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For links to more information about and

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how to register for upcoming WES programs,

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please visit our events page @uspto.gov.

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Forward slash in events.

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While you were on our events page,

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I encourage you to check out the many

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other free virtual intellectual property,

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education and awareness programs

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that are available.

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You will be receiving a short

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Please complete it. We value your feedback.

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Your input is important in creating

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future programs to meet the needs

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of our customers.

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Thanks again for attending today's program.

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We look forward to you joining us next week.

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Goodbye.