Elmira Bayrasli
From The Other Side of The World
Elmira Bayrasli
From The Other Side of The World
Talks At Google welcomes Elmira Bayrasli, writer, speaker, consultant, lecturer, and author of "From The Other Side of The World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places". A book that looks at the growth of innovation beyond Silicon Valley, focusing on talented individuals around the world who have overcome insurmountable obstacles to lead high-growth businesses.
Elmira Bayrasli's worldview was turned upside down when a woman in Bosnia told her, “Thanks for the help, but we need work and jobs, not foreign aid.” Bayrasli paints compelling stories of extraordinary entrepreneurs creatively battling corruption, lack of infrastructure, capital shortages and underdeveloped supplier and customer networks.
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