How to overcome fear of failure and start doing what you want - Lina Zdruli

Impaktful - Conversations with Mariya Pak

Full blog post: https://mariya.blog/2018/10/02/lina-zdruli-saving-refugee-crisis-through-social-entrepreneurship/ A conversation with Lina Zdruli about how to get started as an entrepreneur and use business for social good. Lina stands for the rights of those who are less privileged, for those who maybe lost their homes. She's a founder of a social enterprise business employing women refugees. She has expertise in building businesses in Middle East, speaking in world conferences, winning multiple awards, being written about in Forbes, starting and passing on the legacy of her initiatives that now impact thousands of students across the world. 1:12 - what does she do at world bank and what’s her own business about? 3:14 - how did she come up with social enterprise idea to help refugees get involved? 8:13 - enrolling others and how to start executing on her idea 11:30 - what does business for social good mean? 15:00 - executing on her passion even in school: helping bring peace to the world through by promoting connections among different cultures 18:25 - realizations of being crazy to ignore any risks and what it means to jump into your passion projects 27:30 - advice on overcoming analysis paralysis 35:00 - being lean and flexible to really understand what your customers want while maintaining your own safety