WHAT I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World. Seelig is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. A lecture titled What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 drew a tremendous response and inspired this book. The lecture embodies her thoughts she shared with her son who was about to enter college. Giving that Stanford had produced countless premier innovators, this book should be required reading for anyone, not just 20 year-olds.