Carrie Requist

Carrie Requist

Co-Founder/CEO, U Grok It. BA UC Berkeley, Penn State MBA. First evangelist for PDF. Worked at Sun, Symantec, Adobe and startups. Skier, mom, optimist.

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States
Member since January 11, 2012
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Education
1987 UC Berkeley , BA , Psychology
2011 Penn State University , MBA
I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

I want to invent something cool.

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

Most rewarding - looking into the void and determining what direction to take
Most frustrating - having a hardware component

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

lack of persistence

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

There is no "right way" to do it.
Take advantage of every opportunity, you never know when it will pay off.
Be genuinely nice.

Full bio

Co-Founder/CEO, U Grok It. BA UC Berkeley, Penn State MBA. First evangelist for PDF. Worked at Sun, Symantec, Adobe and startups. Skier, mom, optimist.