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Going on a conference

Megan was preparing for her presentation at a very important conference in Texas. In fact, it 32 ______ like every March the entire San Francisco Bay Area migrated to Austin for the conference. It was where big deals were made. It was a time when you could walk into a restaurant and find yourself between one of the top guys at Google and a rock star. For an ambitious person 33 ______ to make their mark in the technology world, it was a good place to be. That’s why Megan was there.

She met up with the rest of her team at the hotel. They were already communicating in the lobby. She 34 ______ at the group – they were a small company, only ten people. She was the only woman, and the awareness of that fact made her work twice as hard. But she knew the company needed her, and the company results depended 35 ______ her work. Everyone else in the team was an engineer or a designer, while Megan came from a business background. She was the one who had the vision to decide how and where their product would be attractive. 36 ______, she had the management skills to make sure everything got done.

“How are you feeling?” asked Alex, the designer. “Ready for the big presentation?” Megan was 37 ______ to do the presentation on stage, alone. She would be presenting their product in front of some of the most influential companies and investors in the world. Undoubtedly, she 38 ______ her best to prepare for it.