Sylvia Acevedo: Podcast Interviews

Sylvia Acevedo

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Business executive, Engineer, Author, Entrepreneur

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2 Interviews

Sylvia Acevedo's Interviews

Pedro Guerrero & Sylvia Acevedo • 12 Oct 2022 • EN

Sylvia Acevedo, Engineering Two Solutions

As a Girl Scout selling cookies, Sylvia Acevedo was taught by her troop leader to be adaptable, persistent, and inventive—to never lose sight of a sale until she’s heard “no” three times. That early lesson informed the NASA alum and former Girl Scouts CEO to bring two solutions into a room: the one that everyone expect

Carly Zakin + Danielle Weisberg & Sylvia Acevedo • 24 Oct 2018 • EN

Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of Girl Scouts: “I didn’t know who Shawn Mendes was. Big mistake.”

When Sylvia Acevedo was 7 years old, she was a Girl Scout. One night, her troop leader caught her looking up at the stars...and encouraged her to pursue that interest. Sylvia took that advice. And became a rocket scientist at NASA right out of college. Eventually, she switched tracks and went down the business-leadersh