Taking A Leap

ELMIRA BAYRASLI Email: elmira@bayrasli.com LinkedIn: Elmira Bayrasli Elmira Bayrasli is a writer, speaker, consultant, and lecturer at New York University, who has spent the past two decades working on foreign policy, international development, and with startups worldwide. Her book, "From the Other Side of the World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places," looks at the growth of innovation beyond Silicon Valley, focusing on talented individuals around the world who have overcome insurmountable obstacles to lead high-growth businesses.