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Somayeh Aghnia is a serial entrepreneur and technology founder who co-founded This episode of Inflection Points Joe speaks with Somayeh Aghnia, highly accomplished entrepreneur, technology founder and Geeks' Co-founder and CEO.
Somayeh co-founded Geeks in 2008, a company that helps senior leaders design, engineer, and adopt appropriate software technology to accelerate their businesses. Additionally, Somayeh created WordUp, an AI language app that has been downloaded over 5 million times and founded a technology university.
With multiple awards under her belt, including the Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation, the UK Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award, and the Gold Stevie Award for the most Innovative Company of The Year in Europe, Somayeh's experience and knowledge are invaluable to anyone looking to succeed in the technology industry.
We discuss:
1:17 Intro Introduction and choosing tech as a career
3:50 IP1 Immigrating to the UK from Iran
6:35 IP2 Being a changemaker at the core and founding Geeks
16:59 IP3 Flat management structure hindering growth
24:54 IP4 Using her superpower of Female empowerment
32:36 The difficulty of English as a language being the driver for app Wordup
42:11 Outro What is exciting Somayeh about eh next 12 months