I attended one of the Spotlights Series workshops to fulfill my career blog post. This workshop was basically about careers in the start-up industry. First, the two presenters introduced themselves and explained how they got involved in a startup company. They are twin brothers from organization school16. They both graduated from college with a finance degree and worked in a finance firm together. Later on, they found out that was not what they wanted. They quitted and joined the startup. They knew it would be hard to start something new, but they decided to take the risk. It came out as a huge success. After the self-introduction, they began to present on what startup is, why working on a start-up can propel your career, how to build your professional skills and how to understand the job search process in this industry. They explained stages of a startup company and risks of different stages. There are four primary startup stages, including idea, validation, seed, and growth. The validation stage has higher potential to grow so that people should be more concerned about companies at validation stage. They talked about the foundational skills, like customer service means to have the ability to handle difficult people. They also gave out tips on how to stand out at a job fair by being over prepared, such as choosing a few top companies to research, knowing why you like the company, understanding how they communicate and telling stories about yourself. Overall, the workshop was very helpful and interesting. It was a good experience, and I learned a lot from it.