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Holly Simmons
Leads growth
My biggest career advice would be to find your “Ikigai”. This is a Japanese concept that describes something at the intersection of what you love, what you’re good at, what you can be paid for and what the world needs.
My pathway to Niya:
- Age 15 I worked front of house at a Chinese & Indian takeaway 🥡
- Pub waiter & pot washer🍴
- BD intern at B2B startup 🙌
- Helped entrepreneurs in Zambia, Rwanda, Ghana and Zimbabwe to scale their startups 🌍
- Moved to Berlin to work in Venture Capital 💸
- Joined Rocket Internet and grew one of their D2C ventures 🚀
- Freelanced for startups accelerating marketing, sales and partnerships 📈
- Founding member of a YC-backed startup in the healthcare space 🏥
- Co-founded Niya to transform the future of work 🧡
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