Women leaders are taught from a young age that hard work is the key to success—don’t give up, keep at it, stay motivated, tenacious, determined and that’s how you’ll succeed. However, that’s not what women leaders actually experience. Harvard Business Professor Laura Huang’s research—inspired by her tenure in investment banking—shows that success in the venture capital world often comes down to investors’ gut feelings, and therefore, unfortunately, their preconceived conceptions and stereotypes.

But what if women leaders could flip those stereotypes in their favor and create an advantage or edge? In this enlightening, empowering talk, Laura explains how women, particularly women of color, can guide and redirect those very stereotypes which hold them back, and sharpen them into a unique and sustainable edge.