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| Immigrant entrepreneur: | Gurhan Demirkan |
| Company: | Biavexia | Chattypix |
| Place of birth: | Turkey |
| Employees: | 10 |
| Age started business: | 27 |
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Gurhan grew up in Turkey where his dad always said that he will be living in America one day. He also constantly encouraged him to become an entrepreneur and to be your own boss. That was instilled in his brain at a very young age.
He immigrated at the age of 18 and didn’t know any English at all. He decided that if he was going to learn English, living with his brother is not going to help him. So he decided to live on campus at college.
His background is in mechanical engineering, but when you listen to his entrepreneur journey he’s owned and operated several different companies that have nothing related to engineering.
Today, he operates two companies. Chattypix is in augmented reality industry and Biavexia is in the health supplement industry.
His story is definitely one of a kind!
Quotes by Gurhan
We were always told to be successful, and to have our own companies. This is how we grew up.
If you’re going to become a business person, you need to become overall. Reading a lot connects other circuits together.
It really doesn’t matter what you’re reading about.. You should read.
I’ve read many, many books.
In our house, we had books on the floors, like piles and we would just go sit there and read books.
If you want to go bigger you must have a good command of the language.
As a foreigner, you’re not accepted in the beginning.
You learn more from your losses than your wins.
So failures are lessons.
I’m not sorry that I’ve failed, I’m actually happy that I’ve failed.
Raising a child is an achievement.
Get your family behind you or next to you.
Read books, learn English, that is a must.
The American dream, that dream only exists in America and you can achieve it, you can actually have it, if you work towards it.
You will get it, because this is the country, you will accomplish it.
Go and have fun!
