YAPLive: Hala's Keynote at MIT's 2022 Gathering of Titans Conference

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha

On her path to becoming the successful podcast host of the Young and Profiting Podcast and the CEO of YAP media, Hala Taha had to overcome adversity and rejection. Hala’s story is one of grit, determination, loss, and hard work. In April 2022, Hala shared her incredible story at MIT’s 2022 Gathering of Titans at Endicott House. Gathering of Titans is an annual conference that brings a group of passionate CEOs together to share world-advancing ideas and business insights. In this #YAPSpecial of Hala’s Gathering of Titan’s speech, Hala shares her incredible come-up story, she talks about her experience as a Palestinian in the United States and dives into how she overcame the low points of her career and life to find massive success and happiness. She ends the talk with her secrets to profiting in life.

Topics include:

- Introduction

- Hala’s background and the American Dream

- When Hala realized she was different

- Growing up in America and wanting to be a star

- The impact of 9/11

- Hala’s experience at the New Jersey Institute of Technology

- The Law of Attraction

- Getting an internship at Hot97 and dropping out of school

- Getting fired from Hot97

- Starting the Sorority of HipHip

- Pursuing her MBA

- Internship at Hewlett Packard

- Starting Young and Profiting Podcast

- 2020 and the loss of her father

- Becoming a full-time entrepreneur

- Hala’s secrets to profiting in life

- Q & A

- And other topics…

Resources Mentioned:

Hala’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/

Hala’s Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/

Hala’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala

Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@halataha

Website: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/

Text Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text “YAP” to 28046

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