Go out and make those connections, meet people, have conversations.
It may land you a dream job. My friend got an engineering internship in China by playing cards with a kid on a plane!
It may land you funding. It may get you invited along to a fabulous experience. Or an invitation to meet someone amazing. Or it may just give you an idea or insight that gives you a new perspective on your life.
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
The Chinese History Museum invited me to be part of their exhibition on notable Chinese Australians. In February, over Chinese New Year, my mum came to...
I've been named the ambassador for a Victorian Government education initiative called Tech Schools! Tech Schools are shared learning centres...
In March this year, I was invited to the Australian Office in Taipei, Taiwan, to give a speech for International Women’s Day. During my 10-hour...
Yeah, I know. I’m so cool, and I’m so lucky. I have DNA, flesh, blood and bones. Barack Obama and Steve Jobs are truly two icons of our time - men...
A lot of successful entrepreneurs dropped out of school (Richard Branson) or university (Bill Gates). But Ogilvy, who went on to become a famous ad...
Today I asked myself, what do I want to have achieved in life by the time I’m 50? I wrote down all the major things I would be proud to have...
When I became Young Australian of the Year a year ago, I wanted to give as many speeches as I physically could, I wanted to contribute to the...
Appeared in an epic television commercial with my robot arm!
I did a campaign post for LinkedIn for International Women’s Day about my Covid experience and the women who inspired me through it. Women are...
On 13 May, I was named the InStyle/ AUDI Style Scholarship recipient. Here’s my spread in InStyle magazine. Thank you to AUDI and InStyle magazine...
