创业无性别：女留学生回国创业的那些事儿论坛活动回顾
Little girls with dreams become women with vision.
敢于梦想的女孩最终会成为有远见的女人。
学识、视野以及梦想无关性别。伴随着教育的普及与性别观念的进化，女性独立意识广泛而深刻的觉醒在逐渐改变着传统的社会观念。越来越多的女性在发现自身潜力与生活可能性的同时，追求着独立人格、主体意识与自我价值的实现。在中国经济发展的今天，女性创业者们正在不断打破壁垒、引领潮流。当然，在生活重心的转移与精力的重新分配过程中，她们会遇到困扰，会遭遇偏见，也会面对质疑，如何保持自我、利用优势以及调整心态，或许就是解决问题的关键。
12月3日哥伦比亚大学全球中心 | 北京举办了女性系列论坛第三期《女留学生归国创业的那些事儿》。本次讨论会邀请了独立运动品牌Particle Fever创始人人九斤，“一生君”品牌创办人Joyce Lv（GSAS '08），北京乐邑社会工作发展中心创始人Tracy Hu（SSW '13）以及爱魔登化妆品公司创始人Mandy Ma作为嘉宾，主持人由腾讯战略部高级分析师Julia Qian（Barnard '15）担任。四位嘉宾主要从创业契机、创业过程中的挑战与困难、留学经历对职业发展的影响、女性身份在创业过程中的特点以及如何平衡创业过程与生活等几个方面阐述了自己的观点。
四位嘉宾及主持人分别提到保持个性、强调专业性、重视团队、存有谦卑之心、有效的进行精力管理和分配是创业过程中非常重要的方面，同时应当把创业视为一种生活方式，一个成长的过程。而作为女性，“首先是人，人为本，人为先，在创业中需要将注意力回归到专业性、热情和个性”，这些才是本质。
各自的留学经历也为四位嘉宾在创业过程中带来了不同的启发和收获：人九斤提到了留学生活使她意识到国内在审美教育方面的匮乏，而这种审美教育对于她所创办的独立运动品牌的设计恰恰起到了很关键的作用；Mandy表示留学经历帮助她拓宽了视野，在之后品牌设计、内容创造及原创性方面有很大作用；Tracy通过留学经历感到受益匪浅的是接触到“文化胜任力”这个概念并对它有了深刻的理解，文化胜任力强调在“和人的交往中更多的从人的共性这个角度去理解”，使人能够在跨文化情境下更有效的工作和交往；Joyce则从另一方面探讨了这个话题，留学经历的确存在优势，但同时也要注意“国外的东西是荣光，也是包袱”，要保持开放的思想和心态，不要让自负影响理性的判断，在吸收国外精华以后也要能够观察到国内企业家身上的闪光点。
最后，在谈到如何平衡各种身份与角色（比如创业者、妻子、母亲、妹妹、朋友等）之间的关系时，主持人Julia总结道：“平衡本身是个假命题，一个人不一定要完美，不一定要在同一时间拥有所有东西，也可以在不同时间拥有不同的东西，人生每个阶段有侧重点，最终拼成人生蓝图，而不是在某个阶段就拥有整幅蓝图。”
创业之路道阻且长，当面临着无数的选择，不可避免会遭遇困难和挫折，但就像Joyce说到的“一个人一辈子要做几百万次选择，你是被什么定义的？是被选择之后再如何应对错误的选择决定的”。
本次论坛吸引约65名观众到场一同分享，超过7万5千人观看了活动的在线直播。今后，哥大全球中心 | 北京的女性系列论坛还将陆续举办，请大家保持关注。
With the rising voice of women rights and the development of gender studies, more and more women have realized their potentials in different roles and numerous possibilities in life. They began to pursue their own personality and individuality in inner worlds as well as leadership in the workforce. In today's China, while they have inevitably encountered difficulties, challenges and criticism, women entrepreneurs are redefining power in traditional male spheres and leading startup trend.
On December 3rd, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing hosted the 3rd Women Leadership Panel Series: Women who Startup. The panel featured Jiujin Ren, Founder and CEO of Particle Fever; Joyce Lv (GSAS '08), Founder of Beijing BelleHarmo Technology; Tracy Hu (SSW '13), Founder and Director of Beijing Loyal Social Work Development Center; Mandy Ma, Founder of iModern Cosmetics and Partner of Silver Lining Group. Julia Qian (Barnard '15), Senior Analyst of Strategy Development Department of Tencent, moderated the conversation. The four panelists shared insights on the key elements in starting a business, women's strengths in leadership, the impact of overseas experience in their career paths as well as the attitudes towards challenges encountered in their start-ups.
Most of the panelists agree that starting a business should be seen as a life style, a process of self-development. Personalities, professionalism, teamwork spirit, modesty along with efficiency in time and energy management are key words during the process. They also found study abroad experience has made a positive impact on imagination and artistic taste, originality, cultural competence as well as open-mindedness. But on the other hand, panelists reminded the audience that it was also important to learn from local entrepreneurs. As a woman, when it came to the question of how to balance responsibilities and many different roles in life, the moderator concluded that "One does not have to be perfect, to have it all at one time. You can focus on one thing at a time or multiples things at different times. Eventually, they will map out a blueprint of life."
Around 65 people attended the event, and more than 75,000 people watched the event live through Beijing Center's live-streaming platform.
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Joyce Lv
Mandy Ma
Tracy Hu
人九斤
Julia Qian
新闻撰稿：夏木
摄影：由皙
编辑：夏木
责编：慎之