Life lessons from an accidental entrepreneur: Jennifer Case at TEDxMoorparkCollege
Channel: TEDx Talks
Date: 2014-06-05

Full title: The Fine Line Between Failure and Success: Life Lessons from an Accidental Entrepreneur

Recorded April 18, 2014

After nearly thirty years of walking around with this "tough as nails" exterior...mistakenly believing that appearing to be confident somehow was going to make me feel successful, I have only just recently realized that to succeed...to truly succeed, I have to find the courage to let my guard down and just be me. 

Jennifer Case is a founder and Chief Executive Officer of New Leaf Biofuel, a San Diego biorefinery that converts discarded french fry oil to biodiesel, a sustainable alternative to petroleum diesel. Jennifer serves on the board of directors for several industry trade association groups, and spends much of her time lobbying on her industry's behalf in Sacramento and Washington DC. Jennifer has an undergraduate degree from University of California San Diego and a law degree from Pepperdine University.

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