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Eva Nahari
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From Engineer to Investor: Lessons for Success in Tech Start-ups

Today, we bring you some key insights from Eva Nehari, an inspiring woman whose journey from engineering to investment in machine learning and infrastructure technology start-ups is a real testament to persistence, ingenuity, and finding one's passion.

The Beginning: A Career in Sight, No Job in Sight

Despite completing a rigorous five-year college degree in Computer Science, focusing on AI and machine learning, Eva found herself jobless due to an abrupt market crash. Yet, in the face of adversity, she didn't lose hope. "There is a way to get a job even in the most dark economies."

Not Just a Job, But the Right Job

Eva distinguished herself from other job seekers by fusing her passion for machine learning with the company's needs. With grit and creativity, she reframed a demanding tech product role into a job she loved, a testament to her belief that "when you think there is no way or when the path looks like a way that you don't really like, how can you take the challenge of shaping it into something, creating a path where there isn't one or shaping it into something you will like."

Embracing New Beginnings

Her next major career move took her from Sweden to a strategy role in Silicon Valley. Eva shares the importance of not overthinking big decisions and not letting fear hold you back. "In my experience, it's only what you didn't do that you regret and you only lose when you don't try."

Embracing Uncomfortable Growth

After a decade in Java and Infrastructure space, Eva dared to step into a new industry - distributed data processing. With the muted discomfort zone, she learned a valuable lesson; growth only happens when you're challenged. "Nothing in life is easy, that's worth doing."

Shaping Your Success: Be a Circle in a Square World

Yet, for all her personal and professional growth, Eva found herself feeling stagnant. Despite being recognized and appreciated, promotions weren’t happening finding herself in a glass ceiling situation. She soon realized, though, that the key was not to become a perfect square, but rather to embrace her own unique 'shape.' "What is unique about you is your shape."

There is No Failure: Only Winning and Learning

Eva insisted that failure is often an illusion; one either wins or learns. Thus, fear of failure should never hold anyone back from experiencing growth or pushing for success.

To Pay It Forward is the Ultimate Success

In the end, Eva encouraged all those who have found success especially those who have found their unique 'shape' to pay it forward, uplift, and help guide those still striving to break free from their square molds.

Connecting with Eva Nehari

Eva’s journey in the world of tech start-ups is not just a tale of successful career moves, but also of passion, risk-taking, self-realization, and growth. She continues her work in investing and would love to connect with like-minded professionals, to share her experiences, learn from theirs, and together make a better tech world.


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