Elmira Bayraslı | Turks: Nomads or Entrepreneurs?
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An unexpected Wifi signal in a remote town in Turkey is the spark that inspired one young man to invent, and pushed Elmira Bayrasli to contemplate the connection between wandering the world and bringing growth home. A self-described nomadic storyteller, Bayrasli’s journeys around the world to tell stories of entrepreneurship have led her to conclude that a nomadic life is a key ingredient to innovation. Brain drain, she says, might be the very thing fueling future economic growth.
Elmira Bayrasli is the founder of the World Policy Institute’s Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Project and former Vice President for Policy & Outreach at Endeavor, a global non-profit that supports High-Impact Entrepreneurs in emerging markets. She is the author of the forthcoming book Steve Jobs Lives in Pakistan: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs in the Developing World.
|TurkishWIN | Length 20:04 | Filmed in the USA January 2011
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An unexpected Wifi signal in a remote town in Turkey is the spark that inspired one young man to invent, and pushed Elmira Bayrasli to contemplate the connection between wandering the world and bringing growth home. A self-described nomadic storyteller, Bayrasli’s journeys around the world to tell stories of entrepreneurship have led her to conclude that a nomadic life is a key ingredient to innovation. Brain drain, she says, might be the very thing fueling future economic growth.
Elmira Bayrasli is the founder of the World Policy Institute’s Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Project and former Vice President for Policy & Outreach at Endeavor, a global non-profit that supports High-Impact Entrepreneurs in emerging markets. She is the author of the forthcoming book Steve Jobs Lives in Pakistan: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs in the Developing World.
|TurkishWIN | Length 20:04 | Filmed in the USA January 2011
TurkishWIN is a sisterhood network for change. We exist to inspire, support and celebrate women in their journey for self-actualization in Turkey and abroad. Learn more: http://www.turkishwin.com/
Istanbul | Ankara | New York | Boston | San Francisco | Washington D.C. | London | Zurich
Stay inspired and up to date on news - subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook and Twitter:
https://www.facebook.com/TurkishWINners
https://twitter.com/turkishwin
https://www.youtube.com/user/turkishwin
We thank our amazing Youtube volunteers (aka İlham Komitesi) for transcribing this talk: Sebiha Güngör you are a rockstar! We are grateful to our translation sponsor Motaword for the translation of the TurkishWIN talks.