Sahin Boydas is a serial entrepreneur living in Silicon Valley. Sahin has built and managed 100% remote teams for over a decade now. In the past, he co-founded 3 Startups, he is alumni of 5 accelerators such as Stanford StartX, 500 Startups, FI, Betaworks Vision, Quake Accelerator. He sold his first company to Gfycat in silicon valley. Sahin is currently working on RemoteTeam.com to bring his vision to the future of work. With his 10 years of experience managing remote teams successfully, he is now on the media about the future of work-life and Silicon Valley, sharing his experiences on building a company culture and a successful team.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Mentioned:
- Elon Musk
- Steve Jobs Co-founder of Apple
- Jeff Bezos
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I was always an entrepreneur… I started my business by building websites and I never look at things as this is easy or difficult. I always believe in the pattern of you just do it and you focus on the big picture and you solve loads of small difficulties. And most of the things that I did in my life I had no experience before I started them. But I am a very quick learner, I read a lot and then talk with a lot of people who is doing it”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future Book by Peter Thiel
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It Book by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz
- Awaken Healing Light of the Tao Book by Mantak Chia and Maneewan Chia
Favourite Quote:
“invent yourself and then reinvent yourself, don’t swim in the same slough. invent yourself and then reinvent yourself and stay out of the clutches of mediocrity” Charles Bukowski
Recommended Online Resources:
- Feedly – organize, read and share what matters to you. Feedly is a news aggregator application for various web browsers and mobile devices running iOS and Android, also available as a cloud-based service. It compiles news feeds from a variety of online sources for the user to customize and share with others. Feedly was first released by DevHD in 2008.
- Product Hunt is a curation of the best new products, every day. Discover the latest mobile apps, websites, and technology products that everyone’s talking about
- Harvard Business Review – Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world’s best business and management experts
- MIT Technology Review – MIT Technology Review is a magazine wholly owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and editorially independent of the university. It was founded in 1899 as The Technology Review, and was re-launched without “The” in its name on April 23, 1998 under then publisher R. Bruce Journey.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“you have to be good at something first and then you have to learn to learn a lot of things and then you have to see what is missing in what you want to build because you need to have some experience… You need to know the market a little bit. And so now in the market, knowing the need of the people and then trying to build something… And learn how to convince people”…[Listen for More]
More About Sahin Boydas:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Focus on being productive instead of busy.” Tim Ferriss
Other Quotes From the Chat with Sahin Boydas:
- “it took me 10 years to understand it all about network… For the first 10 years of my entrepreneur Way or journey I really didn’t focus on this… I really know realise that it’s all mostly network. And then the way it works is unbelievably weird like fate, plan. And chance and you meet someone and they introduce you to another person. It’s so serendipitous, it’s weird but it’s all about the network one”
- “timing is absolutely crucial. You need to find something that is interesting, difficult and not yet solved yet and the time to solve has become today and you are the right person to solve it. When you have that then you get emails from venture capitalists, you get emails from investors and you hire the right people. So, timing of the business is one of the most important things”
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