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Mona Patel Had to Fight Her Heritage to Become a Successful Entrepreneur: What You Can Learn From Her Story and Courage Indian women aren't supposed to put themselves first or pursue a career. Mona Patel broke that mold.

By Gerard Adams

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Mona Patel is a hugely successful user interface and user experience expert. She's an engineering and psychology expert who combines her two fields of study to help audiences connect with a website. She's a CEO and an author.

She's also a woman of Indian heritage, and women of Indian heritage are taught from a young age to put others first -- particularly males. In this episode of Leaders Create Leaders, Patel sits down with Entrepreneur Network partner Gerard Adams to explain how she fought her heritage and Indian tradition to put herself first and become the entrepreneur she is today.

Click play to learn more about her journey.

See more episodes of Leaders Create Leaders Season 1 and 2 on Gerard Adam's YouTube channel.

Related: Greatness Is a Process: Why Every Good Entrepreneur Bets on Himself

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Gerard Adams

Entrepreneur, angel investor, self-made millionaire at 24

Gerard Adams is The Millennial Mentor™, inspiring the generation to leverage their passions for success and create the lifestyle they dream of. A serial entrepreneur, angel investor, self-made millionaire by the age of 24 and millennial himself, he is most popularly known as the co-founder of Elite Daily. To date, he has built, backed or invested in nine businesses across multiple industries that have all delivered over seven-figure profits. Gerard has recently developed a video series, Leaders Create Leaders, to offer a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Learn more at GerardAdams.com

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