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Yehudit Abrams on the Benefits of Failure

Entrepreneur Advises Students 黑料社 to Manage Their Paths to Success Dr. Yehudit AbramsOn Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, Dr. Yehudit Abrams spoke to 25 Yeshiva College students about how failure, if handled properly, can be a great spur to success in both one鈥檚 professional and spiritual lives. She began with a whirlwind rendition of her life, from growing up Christian in Boise, Idaho, and her conversion to Judaism through her work for NASA and her career as a doctor to MonitHer, a start-up effort to produce a device that people can use to self-screen for breast cancer. Talking her cue from Samuel Beckett鈥檚 famous quote in Worstward Ho!鈥斺Try again. Fail again. Fail better.鈥浓赌攕he encouraged her listeners to 鈥渇ail fast鈥 and to 鈥渆mbrace your fears鈥 because 鈥渋nnovation is this dance between failure and success.鈥 After she spoke, Dr. Abrams held a Q&A with the students, who peppered her with questions about everything from the Israeli tech world to how long it will take her to roll out the first iteration of MonitHer to the market. A video of her presentation can be seen .

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