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Deena Shakir , an investor at Lux Capital , struggled to explain to her three young kids what exactly her chore was . She first tried buying a Chia Pet , where kids plant chia seeds on a statuette “ to show them how seminal fluid can grow into something amazing . ”
Shakir , who ’s invest in health technical school caller like birthrate startup Alife Health and women ’s wellness companionship Maven Clinic , in particular fuck that the statuette was a unicorn . “ They did n’t get the joke , but I thought it was hilarious , ” she say .
In 2020 , in the midst of quarantine - induce boredom , she decided she demand to make something that explained the process of institute a inauguration but would also be engaging for children . Shakir settled on a picture book and got to work . On Tuesday , Shakir ’s first book,“Leena Mo , CEO , ” comes out .
In the book , Leena Mo build a robot to plow snow . Her neighbors all beg her to build slews more and deal them one , a feat that seems impossible until a neighbor offers to invest . Leena Mo enrol a squad , advertises the robot on local intelligence , and , you guess it , becomes a CEO .
To get “ Leena Mo , CEO ” publish , Shakir emailed hundreds of agents . “ And the vast bulk of them completely ignored me , ” she said . finally she landed an federal agent and then scored a deal from Simon & Schuster in the leaping of 2022 .
Now that Leena Mo is at long last out in the world , Shakir is tinkering with expanding Mo ’s creation , potentially with a pursue - up picture book or a graphic novel . “ This is the story of the entrepreneur , but I ’d love to be capable to tell a story of the investor , ” she say .
But , above all , she hope that children read about Leena Mo , who is American Iraqi and Muslim , and see a adult female excelling in patronage . “ It ’s totally normal for someone to be a girl building a robot and an entrepreneur , who is also Iraki and also Muslim , ” she order . “ We exist in multitude . ”
