Rising C-Suites and its work supporting High Schools Students to Push Their Initiatives beyond Planning
- Isabella Perez
- Jun 9, 2024
- 2 min read
It is undeniably true that high school students often have many projects and ideas for startups that they are passionate about, but fail to get enough mentorship, resources to fund our startups or connections with people that could facilitate us on the path. At some point, we come to feel underrepresented in that aspect, and the problem with this is that many high schoolers who are willing to put their best efforts into their projects, are unable to go beyond planning because of these causes. However, some of us can push through with our projects through the difficult path. Darsh’s startup is inspiring to me as he can leave an impact and help many high school students with novel ideas, solve a problem that had been bothering us for a long time, and offer a wide range of solutions to us. Also, being able to get his startup to be in a partnership with Berkley and grow his consultatory as well as the resources he is offering to students with initiatives.
Darsh’s mindset has gotten him far, after being rejected from summer programs at first, he is a case of resilience and comeback after rejection. He was able to find that in that rejection there could only be an opportunity for the hunger for growth, improvement, and a way to prove himself he could scale. Such characteristics are crucial for the entrepreneurial mindset. You cannot set yourself back because of a “failure” You need to recognize it and do something about it, let it teach you, and come back with even more ideas and even more hunger for growth. I have to agree with Darsh that discipline is one of the best ways to love yourself because it is only through discipline that you can see growth and strength in areas where you used to be inexpert. Another thing that is important in the mindset of an entrepreneur is to be comfortable having your ideas judged and surrounding yourself with people who are in completely different fields than you are in because that is the only way to form meaningful business connections that will help you grow and see things from different perspectives. And in Darsh’s case, it is motivating to see how he enjoys learning from people who have very different business models and international people. This reinforces the idea that teamwork can work better with some task conflict and debate, and how friendships can also be the base for innovative and impactful projects.
I can also say that I agree with Darsh that we struggle to have our projects started because we are only focusing on the problems and not getting ourselves to work on solutions and push ourselves to escalate our ideas, we might say we lack experience but it is courage what it takes to start an entrepreneurial venture.
Below is the link to the Wharton Global Youth interview with Rising C-suites' co-founder Darsh Shah.
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