Hi, I'm Hetali!

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 + 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫
• Former Accenture consultant with deep expertise across healthcare operations and strategy
• Trusted advisor to execs at Rare Beauty, Oracle, Planoly & beyond
• Mentored dozens of high-performers in executive presence, career elevation, and personal brand building

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 + 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫
• Founder of Inner Wealth Collective - a media brand helping people build confidence, influence, and inner wealth
• Partnered with Notion, Beehiiv, folk & more to spotlight smarter ways to live and work
• Creator of high-impact leadership, mindset, and lifestyle content - reaching 1M+ professionals on LinkedIn

Industries of Interest:
Health tech, AI in healthcare, and digital transformation, though I’m always open to exploring new opportunities and challenges.

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Hetali Mehta, MPH, CAPM

Founder helping you elevate your career. Follow for insights on business & career growth. CEO of Runway.

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My mission is to help millions of students launch meaningful careers - and to fix early-career hiring for good.

For the last 4 years, I’ve worked directly inside this space. I ran a recruiting business that placed over 1,000 students into internships and full-time roles, partnered with 200+ employers, hosted career fairs across the country, and spoke with every stakeholder in the system: students, hiring managers, recruiters, and universities.

One thing became clear:
Students aren’t struggling to find jobs - they’re struggling to understand what jobs they’re a fit for and how to compete.

That’s why I founded Runway, which helps students:

- Find the right internships and jobs faster
- Understand exactly how to improve their resumes
- Prepare for interviews with personalized strategies
- Identify skill gaps and strengths for every opportunity

We’ve grown to 27,000+ users and a 70,000+ subscriber community in just a few months.

I’m also one of the fastest-growing career creators on social media, with 340k+ followers across LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok - where I share actionable career advice for students and young professionals trying to grow in their careers.

If you're a student looking to grow, a university looking to innovate, or an employer hiring early-career talent - let’s connect.

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Ford Coleman

You didn't fail. You're just between seasons. 
Here's what that means:

Lost the job offer. 
Didn't get the promotion. 
Got rejected after the final interview. 
Watched someone less qualified get the role you wanted.

It feels like everything is falling apart. Like you're losing ground while everyone else moves forward.

But here's what a Japanese legend says: "If you feel like you're losing everything, remember, trees lose their leaves every year, yet they still stand tall and wait for better days to come."

6 reminders when you feel like you're losing in your career:

1️⃣ Setbacks aren't permanent, they're seasonal 
↳ Trees don't panic when winter comes because they know spring follows.

2️⃣ Loss creates space for new growth 
↳ Every rejection clears room for a better opportunity you can't see yet.

3️⃣ Your roots are deeper than you think 
↳ The skills and experience you've built don't disappear when one door closes.

4️⃣ Standing still is still standing 
↳ Not moving forward right now doesn't mean you're moving backward.

5️⃣ The strongest growth happens in the waiting 
↳ What you're building during this season will matter more than you realize.

6️⃣ Better days aren't just possible, they're coming 
↳ Your career isn't defined by this moment. It's defined by how you respond to it.

If you're in a season where everything feels like it's falling apart, you're not failing. You're preparing for what's next.

Stand tall. Better days are coming.
Which of these resonates most with where you are right now?

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Founder & CEO of Runway. I help thousands of students land internships faster. Follow for business & career growth insights.

Stop taking advice from people who've never done what you're trying to do. 

Their opinion isn't insight. 
It's fear.

When I told people I was going full-time into entrepreneurship, the loudest opinions came from people who had never tried it themselves.

"That's risky." 
"What about benefits?" 
"Shouldn't you wait until you have more saved up?"

Not a single one of them had ever built anything.

The people who had? 
They said "go for it" and asked how they could help.

I listened to the second group.

That was two years ago... 

Since then: half a dozen pivots and countless mistakes lol BUT ridiculous personal and professional growth that will compound for years.

After our most recent pivot back in August, we built Runway to 20K users in 6 months. Job seekers on our platform apply to 30 internships and get 10 interviews. 

The industry norm? 
Apply to 100 and maybe get 1 callback.

None of that happens if I listen to the first group.

The key takeaway:
↳Get advice from people 1-2 steps ahead who've made your exact mistakes. Not from people 10 steps behind imagining what could go wrong.

Who's someone that believed in you when others didn't?

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Your degree gets outdated. 
Your skills get outdated. 
Your ability to learn never does.

Five years ago, nobody was hiring for AI prompt engineering. Ten years ago, "social media manager" barely existed. Twenty years ago, data science wasn't a career.

The skills that get you hired today might not exist in five years.

So what actually lasts?
The people who stay relevant aren't the ones with the best credentials. They're the ones who treat learning like a habit, not an event.

What that looks like:
↳ You ask for feedback when things go well, not just when they go wrong.
↳ You learn tools before your job requires you to (not after you're already behind).
↳ You finish a project and ask "what could I have done better?" instead of just moving on.
↳ You spend time with people who know more than you and don't pretend you have all the answers.

Your first job won't be your last. 
Your current skills won't carry you forever.
But if you never stop learning, you'll never stop being valuable.

The most dangerous place to be is comfortable. That's when you stop growing, and the market doesn't wait for you to catch up.

What's one skill you're learning right now that you didn't have a year ago?

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Everyone told me to have a backup plan. 
I didn't. And that's why it worked.

I hear this from job seekers all the time:

"My advisor told me to lower my standards."
"My parents said I should just take any offer."
"Everyone keeps telling me that company is out of my league."

"Be realistic" is what people say when they've given up on what they actually wanted.

Here's what I've seen through Runway:

The students who land at their dream companies aren't more qualified than everyone else. They just refused to talk themselves out of applying (and then did the work to back it up).

↳ They tailored their resume to every role. 
↳ They made sure they actually met the qualifications. 
↳ They reached out to people at the company before they applied.

That's the winning strategy.

The ones who settle early spend the next two years wondering "what if."

Being realistic doesn't mean aiming low. It means being honest about what you want. Then doing the work to earn it.

Target the company everyone says is out of reach. 
But show up prepared.

You might not get it. 
But you definitely won't if you never try.

What's a role or company you've been told is "out of your league"?

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Everyone’s looking for a shortcut.
The shortcut is showing up when nobody’s watching.

There’s no hack. 
No secret. 
No one tactic that changes everything.

The people who win just do the boring stuff longer than everyone else.

3 key mindset shifts help you with this…

1/ Believe in yourself before anyone else does:

↳ Stop waiting for validation to start. Post the content. Send the pitch. Launch the thing. 
Confidence comes after action, not before.

2/ Stay consistent when there’s no reward yet:

↳ Block time for your most important work every single day. Same time. Non-negotiable. Results lag behind effort by months. Keep going anyway.

3/ Stop waiting for someone to hand you the opportunity:

↳ Send 5 cold DMs a week to people you want to learn from. Apply before you feel ready. Ask for the meeting, the raise, the chance. 

Nobody’s going to tap you on the shoulder.
Nobody is coming to save you. 

And once you accept that, you stop waiting and start building.

What’s one thing you’ve been waiting for permission to do?

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Starting over isn’t failure. 
It’s the beginning of a better story. 
Here’s why:

You invested years in this path. You built skills. Made connections. Put in the work.

And now you’re thinking about walking away from all of it to start something new.

That feels terrifying. Like throwing everything away. Like admitting you were wrong.

But what if starting over is the smartest decision you could make?

7 reasons starting over might be exactly what you need:

1️⃣ You’re not losing your experience, you’re redirecting it
↳ The skills you built don’t disappear when you change paths. They transfer in ways you can’t see yet.

2️⃣ Staying in the wrong story is more expensive than starting a new one
↳ Every year you spend doing work that doesn’t fit is a year you could have spent building something that does.

3️⃣ Your new story starts with everything you learned from the old one
↳ You’re not starting from zero. You’re starting from experience.

4️⃣ The best careers rarely follow a straight line
↳ Most successful people changed direction multiple times before they found their fit.

5️⃣ What got you here won’t get you there
↳ Sometimes the only way forward is to choose a completely different direction.

6️⃣ You already know what doesn’t work
↳ That knowledge is worth more than you think. Now you can avoid those paths entirely.

7️⃣ Regret from not trying beats regret from trying every time
↳ You’ll never wonder “what if” because you’ll actually know.

Starting over doesn’t erase your story. It adds a chapter where you chose yourself over comfort.

Don’t be afraid to rewrite your career. You might like your new story better.

Have you ever started over? What happened?

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You can’t control if a company ghosts you.
But you can control what you do next.

What you can’t control:
↳ How long the process takes
↳ If they decide to freeze the role
↳ Whether the recruiter responds
↳ How many other people applied
↳ The hiring manager’s mood during your interview

What you can control:
↳ How you prepare for the next interview
↳ What you do with your time while you wait
↳ How many applications you send this week
↳ How well you tailor your resume to each role
↳ How many people you reach out to for networking
↳ Whether you follow up or just hope they remember you

The job search will mess with your head if you let it.

Every unanswered email feels personal. Every rejection feels like proof you’re not good enough.

But most of it has nothing to do with you.

The people who land jobs aren’t the ones who stress the hardest. They’re the ones who redirect that energy into what they can actually influence.

What’s one thing in your job search you need to stop stressing about?

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Experience is overrated if you don’t know how to treat people.

Some of the most impressive people I’ve worked with were early in their careers.

Not because they knew everything…
but because they listened, learned fast,
and treated people with respect.

Your career isn’t just built on skills.
It’s built on trust.

People remember how you made them feel especially when things got hard.

Experience matters.
But how you treat people matters more.

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We spend our whole careers chasing things nobody will remember. 
And ignoring the things they will.

We optimize for the wrong stuff.

More hours at the office instead of dinner with the people who matter. More money for things instead of time for experiences. More status instead of more presence.

Then we wonder why success feels hollow.
Your career matters. But it's not the whole story.

How to start prioritizing what actually matters:
↳ When you say you'll do something, do it. Every time. 
↳ Put the phone down when someone is talking to you 
↳ Block time for people the same way you block time for work 
↳ Check in on people when you don't need anything from them

Ten years from now, nobody will remember the deal you closed or the promotion you got... 

They'll remember whether you showed up when it counted. Whether you were someone they could trust. Whether you made them feel like they mattered.

Chase the career. But don't forget to be someone worth remembering.

What do you want people to remember about you?

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Most people aren’t stuck because they’re incapable.
They’re stuck because they keep waiting.

Waiting for clarity.
Waiting for motivation.
Waiting for the “right time.”

Doing nothing for a year:
(1.00)³⁶⁵ = 1

Doing something small every day:
(1.01)³⁶⁵ = 37.7

That 1% doesn’t feel impressive.
It feels almost stupid at first.

But this is how momentum is built.
This is how careers compound.
This is how “overnight success” actually happens.

You don’t need a life overhaul.
You need one small action you can repeat.

How to actually build the habit:
↳ Pick one thing. Not five. One.
↳ Make it so small you can’t say no.
↳ Attach it to something you already do.
↳ Do it at the same time every single day.
↳ Track it somewhere you’ll see it. A notebook. A sticky note. Your phone.

Send the message.
Ship the draft.
Post the idea.
Apply anyway.

Small actions. Big results.

What’s one small thing you could do every day that would change your career in a year?

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Companies get acquired. Managers leave. Projects get cancelled.
Your mission stays with you.

When I was working at NCR, I was building a business on the side. The corporate job paid the bills. But my passion was always the thing I was building after hours.

Then I got laid off…

Most people would have panicked. Started scrambling for another corporate job. Updated their resume that same day.

I felt relief.

Because my identity was never attached to NCR. My purpose was the business I was building. The layoff wasn’t a loss. It was the universe telling me it was time to take the plunge.

If I had wrapped my entire identity in that corporate job, the layoff would have crushed me. Instead, it freed me.

Don’t attach yourself to:
↳ A job title
↳ A project or team
↳ A company name
↳ A specific manager

Attach yourself to:
↳ The skills you want to build
↳ The impact you want to have
↳ The problem you want to solve
↳ The type of work that makes you come alive

When you’re anchored to purpose, you can weather any change. The job is just a vehicle. It’s not the destination.

What’s the mission that stays with you no matter where you work?

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There's no such thing as the "right" work-life balance. 
There's only what works for you.

Some people do their best work at 6am. 
Others don't hit their stride until noon.

Some need long uninterrupted blocks. 
Others thrive in short sprints.

Some separate work and life into clean boxes. 
Others blend them throughout the day.

None of these is wrong. The only wrong approach is forcing yourself into someone else's schedule.

How to design a schedule that actually works for you:

→ Track your energy for a week. When do you feel sharp? When do you crash? 

→ Put your hardest work during your peak hours. Not whenever it lands on your calendar. 

→ Build in breaks before you need them. Not after you're already burned out. 

→ Protect time for the stuff that matters outside of work. Block it like a meeting.

→ Experiment and adjust. What works in January might not work in June.

The graphic shows three completely different schedules. 
All of them can work.

The goal isn't to find the perfect routine. It's to find your routine.

Stop copying productivity influencers. Start paying attention to how you actually operate.

What does your ideal workday look like?

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The best part of building Runway isn't the user count. 
It's the DMs from people saying they landed their first job.

20K users is cool. 
But it's just a number.

What actually matters:
(real users telling us how we positively impacted them)

"Out of the nineteen roles that I applied for, I secured two interviews. What was my interview rate before Runway? That was zero." 
- Ben from Texas A&M

"I applied to around thirty and I've gotten around ten interviews." 
- Anjali from Bentley University

"Before Runway? Pretty much nothing. Like just a couple online assessments. It's so much easier to find stuff now." 
- Samay from Georgia Tech

These aren't made up. 
These are real calls I had last week with real users.

I spent my first couple of years in entrepreneurship chasing vanity metrics. 

None of it meant much until people started telling me we actually helped them.

Who's someone that made a positive impact on your career?

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companies are posting and filling roles on a rolling basis right now across:

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