| Immigrant entrepreneur: | Gautam Rao |
| Company: | Investor |
| Place of birth: | India |
| Employees: | n/a |
Show notes
Although Gautam’s family was not made up of entrepreneurs, Gautam wanted to do something meaningful in his life. So at 23 years old he branched out and launched his very first startup, while in Singapore.
His entrepreneurial journey lead him to start several other startups. He kept on pursuing his passion for entrepreneurship. Gautam never imagined to live in the States. After applying to Stanford to study on his masters program, to his surprise, he got in!
Now he’s transitioned to becoming an investor and in this episode he provides invaluable advice to any immigrant entrepreneur looking to raise capital along with his amazing immigrant entrepreneur journey!
Quotes by Gautam
You can do the journey on your own, but you will end up making a lot of mistakes on the way.
Something that will take you 10 years without having a good mentor, could take you 3 years with a good mentor.
By reading so many different things, you end up coming up with new insights.
In the moment, a mistake or failure can feel pretty painful, but once you go through a couple of them you will start developing a thicker skin.
The American dream means pursuing opportunity. No other country does it as well as over here.
If you have something that you want to work on, this is the best place to work on.
Make sure that you have a stable foundation to build on.
Start something that you are either very interested in or that you personally find meaningful.
