Elaha Gurgani | On Exploring Curiosity and Building Your Tribe

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Elaha Gurgani is employee #19 at seed-stage tech startup, Relevance AI. She’s previously connected with and hosted events with thought leaders Sahil Lavingia and Sahil Bloom.

Since moving to Sydney earlier this year, she has started a micro-grant fund for side projects and connected with people across the tech industry.

She recently started her own newsletter, aiming to curate lessons from thought leaders and tech.

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Content
00:00 Elaha Gurgani
00:54 Elaha's Move Interstate
10:14 Connecting with People that are more Senior
12:27 Systems or Serendipity
16:53 Networking Advice people should ignore
21:08 Finding Jobs Through Networking
25:51 Advice for people wanting to get into startups
30:26 Setting Long-Term Goals
34:20 Balancing Goal Setting and Fun
42:12 Failure that ended up being a success
45:02 Advice for Graduates
46:54 Connect with Elaha