Yin L. Yin

September 2019: Key Note speaker at NewCampus x Mercer Conference on Breaking Conventions. My talk was titled "Doing Good by Dreaming Small: How to create social impact through sustaining incremental habits" where I shared the story of my founding The Qian Zheng Memorial Scholarship.

February 2018: lunch speaker to undergraduate students on international careers and entrepreneurship. The event was co-hosted by the Wharton Europe Club and the Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club… Show more

September 2019: Key Note speaker at NewCampus x Mercer Conference on Breaking Conventions. My talk was titled "Doing Good by Dreaming Small: How to create social impact through sustaining incremental habits" where I shared the story of my founding The Qian Zheng Memorial Scholarship.

February 2018: lunch speaker to undergraduate students on international careers and entrepreneurship. The event was co-hosted by the Wharton Europe Club and the Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club. Video of my talk can be found here: https://youtu.be/yd5BuRzz5rA

December 2017: Presentation at GlobalSaké event on "The 12 Months of Global", on the common mistakes companies commit when going global, in the structure of "The 12 Days of Christmas" song.

February 2017: Tencent WeStart Event, Panelist for "Going Global: The Entrepreneur Experience"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cK9WeW1564

March 2016: BootUp Academy, Menlo Park, Presentation to Start-ups: "Going Global. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"

November 2011: Green Festival, San Francisco, Panelist for “Women in Green Careers: Tips from Trailblazers”

August 2011: Bay Brazil, San Jose, Panelist for "Global Women's Journey". Diverse group of female executives with international backgrounds talked about their stories of struggles & success in the workplace. Kicked off the event with a short musical number. Show less

July 2017 and July 2018. Momentum Social Innovation Competition (http://english.jointhemomentum.org/):
MOMENTUM is an opportunity for middle and high school students to take a stand for what they believe in and prove themselves as leaders & change makers. As judge for the 2017 and 2018 competitions, I evaluated 2-3 team's submissions (mostly in Chinese) and gave scores and feedback on the format and content of their social innovation startup ideas.

July 2016. Startup Weekend San… Show more

July 2017 and July 2018. Momentum Social Innovation Competition (http://english.jointhemomentum.org/):
MOMENTUM is an opportunity for middle and high school students to take a stand for what they believe in and prove themselves as leaders & change makers. As judge for the 2017 and 2018 competitions, I evaluated 2-3 team's submissions (mostly in Chinese) and gave scores and feedback on the format and content of their social innovation startup ideas.

July 2016. Startup Weekend San Francisco:
The focus of this weekend hackathon was “Entertainment for Social Change”. As Mentor, I guided 2-3 teams during their first day of brainstorming, prototyping and feedback collection.

Spring 2013, 2014 and 2015. TechWomen Canada:
TechWomen Canada aims to connect and support Canadian women in the technology space to their peers in Silicon Valley. This week-long outreach initiative exposes the Canadian women to the high growth and impact culture of the Valley which they can use to enhance the growth of their technology companies. As mentor, I was in contact with my mentee prior to the event and helped make relevant introductions for her week in Silicon Valley, spent time with her during the week, as well as acted as a resource after the program. Show less

July 2015: Second Dan

December 2013: First Dan

Wrote entire script and was Co-MC for two-day conference, attended by 700+ business professionals:
June 2014, Beijing
June 2011, San Francisco
June 2009, Beijing

Yanxing (雁行), a non-profit scholarship, mentorship and personal development organization catering low-income students at top universities in Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing.

Award received for contributions as a mentor and founder of Qian Zheng Scholarship for female engineering and sciences undergrad students who are chosen from pool of Yanxing scholars.

Invited by Vice-Dean to give keynote speech to incoming Wharton MBA class of 2011 (900 students) on their first day on campus.
Exec summary:
1. never say no when someone asks you for help
2. make a friend from every continent
3. try something you’ve never tried before