Frederique Dame

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I am an investing partner at GV, focused on disruptive technologies in the consumer…

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  • Harnessing Happiness to Build Your Career — Advice from an Uber Product Leader

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    When Frederique Dame was a teenager, she saw the movie Working Girl with Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver, and it had a profound effect on her. She wanted what they had. She wanted to be a savvy corporate sleuth and make big decisions for big companies — Harrison Ford and the skirt suits were just a bonus. Sounds silly but it led her to apply for engineering school, move to the U.S., become a product manager, and eventually join Uber when it was in just 14 cities.

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    When Frederique Dame was a teenager, she saw the movie Working Girl with Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver, and it had a profound effect on her. She wanted what they had. She wanted to be a savvy corporate sleuth and make big decisions for big companies — Harrison Ford and the skirt suits were just a bonus. Sounds silly but it led her to apply for engineering school, move to the U.S., become a product manager, and eventually join Uber when it was in just 14 cities.

    Most people are interested in this one segment of her career: How she helped one of the most influential companies in the world grow to 400+ cities in 68 countries. But the mindset that got her there is a longer story, going back the 15 years she's been in Silicon Valley. When she looks back, the single most important factor in her success has been happiness. What follows is a list of the most powerful lessons she's learned from her experience — all of which you can apply right now.

    Read on to learn:
    + What it means to live elegantly, and how this can become your secret weapon.
    + The qualities you can learn to make you a networking success.
    + How to make even the toughest struggles a positive experience so you can keep gaining strength and power.

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