Gayana Sarkisova is a 28-year-old female tech entrepreneur who has background in journalism, TV, and technology.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“if you are going back to the first business that I started I was completely new at it. I was 24 years old… I think one of the main difficulties that I really had to overcome was the learning curve because there is a learning curve with everything that you do especially when you are a new entrepreneur. So you have to come in and learn every aspect of the business… all of a sudden I have to do the financials aspect and the sales aspect and manage upwards of 300 people. So you kind of just have to really learn very quickly and understand and give yourself time to do that. A lot of entrepreneurs I feel like push themselves now I have to work harder I have to work harder, you don’t necessarily have to work harder you have to work smarter and you have to know exactly what you have to do and do your due diligence really and just achieve your goal”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
None mentioned
Favourite Quote:
“whatever is done by only me is your doing”
Full Version
“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)I am never without it (anywhere
I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet)I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is youhere is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apartI carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)”
E.E. Cummings
Recommended Online Resources:
- Instagram – A simple, fun creative way to capture, edit share photos, videos messages with friends family
- Twitter – From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary
- Forbes is a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle
- Inc Magazine get advice, tools, and services that help your small business grow
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“be selective, really really be selective, be selective in what you do, who you hire, what partnerships and opportunities you take on… Really my advice is to hone down your business, hone down your voice, now what you want to do, have a clear vision and align yourself that are in that scope”…[Listen for More]
More About Gayana Sarkisova:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The undemanding reader asks no questions-and gets no answers.” Mortimer J. Adler
Other Quotes From the Chat with Gayana Sarkisova:
- “it all comes back to that creativity in the drive that comes with being able to leave your mark on not only the world but to really help people because at the end of the day that’s all we can really do”
- “having a start-up is a kind of a 24-hour thing”
- “do your due diligence over and over again look at your competition and see who is out there. Don’t focus on the competition to the point where you are comparing yourself all the time. You have to see what’s out there you have to be more prepared than you ever have been for anything else”
- “think about it, do your due diligence and then just go”
- “I think a lot of mistakes come from jumping at every opportunity. You kind of have to be a little bit more selective and just let the company kind of marry together. If you want to partner with somebody that’s great but you shouldn’t jump on every single opportunity…”
- “when you start a company you get very very excited right off the bat and you start talking about it all the time and you start trying to build relationships and partnerships of everybody”
- “there is no secret source the only thing it is a straight persistence”
- “I love what I do, I’m going to try my hardest, I’m going to have my people be motivated, and we are going to do this day in day out until we get somewhere”
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