I’ve been working in technology companies my whole career. I’ve been working and competing with genius engineers and technicians and although I’m an engineer too, I was always shocked by how brilliant some of them are.
What made me survive and even go forward in this environment was my ability to describe sophisticated systems in simple language, and to convince clients, funders and employees to sign lucrative contracts.
One of my friends at work called me “Queen of credit”. And the ironic thing is that we didn’t have a credit system back in my home country. Most financial interactions were by cash or debit or cheques.
I wrote letters, went to meetings and on phone calls to convince banks, investors and angels to invest in our small business. And that was how we grew from only me, to an established company with 20 staff.
When I moved to Canada, I started my technology company, Rahsam, here too. But everything doesn’t go the way we wish. I had a serious health condition and two surgeries and I had to watch the ceiling for a couple of months.
Some of my projects were paused, I missed a deadline and yes, it was so sad.
I tried to survive by reading books, novels, and stories. I tried to write my thoughts. And that was then, when I realized how much I like storytelling. So I started with what I knew the most, technology businesses. I started with my own business, Rahsam, and then with my friends’.
I loved the idea of starting a business to help startups and businesses to write proposals, talk to investors and potential clients to achieve funds, venture capitals, and rewarding contracts.
I have a masters degree in business administration, and I passed the “Negotiation skills” course at university of Pennsylvania and “Business fundamental program (CORe)” at Harvard business school.
I’ll use my team’s experience at Rahsam in applications, graphics or software development you may need in your path to present your ingenuity!
