cory: that was tim armstrong and randall rothenberg. of bloomberg west." ♪ cory: i am cory johnson. this is the "best of bloomberg west." one of woodlands lesser-known passion, emily chang cut up with would been at a fundraiser for a nonprofit called build. it promotes entrepreneurship in public schools. >> an entrepreneur could be a business person, a musician on anybody who can have an idea and turn it into reality. emily: and how did you do that? >> i dedicated myself to it. when i was 22 years old, i promised myself that i would work my tail off until the age of 30 at a minimum to succeed as an entrepreneur. emily: the first company failed. >> there was a company i didn't start that i feel that. emily: how do failures drive you today? >> failure is not easy. it wasn't like i thought, oh cool, i failed. success has taught me that one of the most important things and entrepreneur can have is perseverance. a willingness to fail him the picker self up again and take another shot. if you do not have that grit you will get run over. emily