Laura D'Andrea Tyson is on the president's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

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For those willing to take an extra risk, "it's an advantage, " Mr. D'Andrea says.

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In 2003, D'Andrea co-founded Kiva Systems, applying the knowledge learnt creating a team of soccer-playing robots at Cornell University.

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Separately, National Economic Council chief Laura D'Andrea Tyson confirmed she is resigning to take an endowed chair at the University of California at Berkeley.

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