"...This past year I had the privilege to meet, then get to know Lizzie Velásquez, an entrepreneur with a cause bigger than she could ever have imagined and the spirit and creativity to take it to a national arena. Lizzie has taken this deeply personal cause and leveraged it into a thriving business.
The comments about the video were beyond harsh.
Lizzie has a rare disorder that makes it impossible for her to gain weight. The 26-year-old has never weighed more than 64 pounds.
I had the chance to interview her, and here is what we talked about:
Gay Gaddis: Did you always think you would be an entrepreneur?
Lizzie Velásquez: I didn’t really ever think of myself as an entrepreneur.
First and foremost, I had to flip the hurt and negativity of social media and turn it into something positive, to hopefully help others who have suffered from severe bullying to not let it get them down. I didn’t realize I was an entrepreneur until I was a speaker at a Malaysia conference for entrepreneurs!
Gaddis: It is one thing to have a cause. What did you do about it?
Velásquez: First, I decided I had to speak out about bullying and the devastation it had meant to me and others.
My assistant principal in junior high asked me if I would make a speech to the student body.
When I spoke, you could hear a pin drop.
It was then I gained the understanding that people could relate to me.
They would listen to me..."
Read on.
Pretty cool.
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