Gabriela Pereira is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and author of the book DIY MFA. As the instigator of DIY MFA, her mission is to challenge the status quo of higher education. She speaks at national conferences, industry events, and college campuses, and also hosts both the Writer’s Digest Podcast and DIY MFA Radio.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Samuel Johnson
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Realising that I was starting a business, I didn’t actually think it was a business until well over a year had passed and I was working on this project for some time and I think that’s the huge, it’s not even a difficulty in terms of logistics I could easily say oh setting up the LLC or doing this logistical thing or another but kind of just recognising that you have a business on your hands”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Book by Eric Ries
- Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Book by Simon Sinek
Favourite Quote:
“Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter, try again, fail again, fail better”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Pro Blogger – Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging
- Writing Excuses – Fifteen minutes long, because you’re in a hurry, and we’re not that smart
- Smart Blogger – How to get more readers, become an authority in your niche, and get the attention you deserve
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable, avoid the default, notice what the defaults are, that’s sort of the biggest thing I think. Notice where you default to certain behaviours, certain patterns, to certain options, notice what you’re leaning on heavily like a crutch and then once you’ve noticed what those defaults are ask yourself do you want to change them”…[Listen for More]
More About Gabriela Pereira:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.” Georg Cantor
Other Quotes From the Chat with Gabriela Pereira:
“At the end of the day it’s not just about my success, it’s about the company’s success, it’s about my team’s success, it’s just as important to me that my team be successful, that each of them achieve success in their own lives because if they’re not happy and they’re not successful they might find another job, they might find something else to do and that would not be good for our company”
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