Entrepreneur Rebeca Hwang talks about her experiences at MIT, where she built products in the lab and then deployed them in the field to solve real world problems. Hwang also discusses why technologists don't know everything, and why spending time in the field is necessary to appreciate all the institutional factors in play.

Elizabeth Samara-Rubio and Rebeca Hwang, the founders of StorWatts and YouNoodle, respectively, share what they look for when assessing talent or prospective business partners. Having the ability to recover from adversity and possessing actual operating experience are particularly appealing characteristics to Samara-Rubio, while Hwang seeks partners with a value system that aligns with her own, and who possess complementary skill sets and a healthy obsession.

Based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, entrepreneur Rebeca Hwang shares why she believes social entrepreneurs are aiming to achieve self-actualization by helping others gain basic happiness through meeting their basic survival needs.

Entrepreneurs Elizabeth Samara-Rubio and Rebeca Hwang each describe their considerations when making decisions. For Samara-Rubio this means knowing what you want and acting with purpose; for Hwang, it's about either narrowing or enlarging your number of possible opportunities.