The 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, took centre stage these past couple of weeks. However, the Vice President, Kamala Harris, attracted global attention. Harris is the first Asian-American woman to be vice president-elect of the USA and is America’s highest-ranking woman in its 244-year existence. The 56-year-old US Senator from California recently shared, “I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”
Kamala Harris has inspired millions by making history and to say she faced significant systemic barriers would be an understatement. Unlike high-growth entrepreneurs, her achievements result from perseverance, grit, unhinged vision, determination, and the ability to pivot. Here are five entrepreneurial outtakes from Harris’ life, which can genuinely help entrepreneurs in their journey.
A drive to create a better world
When she was just 13, Kamala led a protest at her apartment building against a policy that banned children from playing on the lawn. Even from a young age, Kamala portrayed an innate drive to better the world around her, which stems from her mother, Kamala Harris’s wise words, “Don’t sit around and complain about things, do something.” ...