Active women in Iran’s startup ecosystem

1) Fatima Ferdous, copywriter:

From today, decide to turn your back on every step you take. Look as if for the last time! Look carefully at everything, focus on your sense of taste when eating food, listen carefully and listen well, and give your all to every touch.

Leave the usual habits and break the habit: change your usual path; When speaking and writing, use different words, change your perspective and write the result of small changes for yourself.

These small changes will change your look and bring you creativity. It is enough to put aside old habits for a few hours a day to gradually eliminate repetitions.

2) Mehrnoush Vahedi, interested in producing content (especially in the field of the deaf):

Please read the following sentence out loud with your mouth wide open: “Hello, how can I help you?”

We usually hear and see this expression from hearing people in the face of deaf people.

We don’t really need to speak like that to communicate with deaf people. Most of us do not know sign language, but we can speak very slowly and calmly so that the person can read lips. If needed, we can communicate through writing. Of course, let’s also consider the point that deaf people use simple words and sentences due to their limited vocabulary.

As a CODA, I suggest that you definitely learn Iranian Sign Language (introductory), which is very enjoyable and conveys a good feeling to you and the deaf people you communicate with.

3) Azadeh Salehi, interested in marketing and strategy topics:

Previously, blind people or white canes were isolated because of their weakness or lack of vision and they preferred to be less present in society. Blind people, because they had no understanding of vision and had not seen the world, could not do many normal tasks easily.

Now, with the advancement of technology, apart from using Braille for reading and writing, they can use interesting applications to improve their lives. For example, the motto of the program (Be my eyes) is: “With its help, we can see the world better.” When blind people are in trouble, this site connects them to volunteers via video call. For tasks that require seeing, volunteers help the blind person.

By the way, a few days ago, an Iranian gentleman from this site made a video call to me and asked me to read the SJAM system code on his monitor so that he could register it himself with his keyboard. It was a small help but it made me very happy. If we have mastered any language, we can use it to help our fellow blind speakers of that language or country.

4) Elham Bakhtiari, content marketer:

Before the beginning of the new year, I wrote the goals of the new year, for example, this year I want to read a few books on personal development, increase my income, take care of my health and… Then I thought, “Where do people, my friends, family, and colleagues, fit in this long list of goals?” Are they just to help me achieve these goals, or are they a valuable part of my life?” I knew what the correct answer was. I don’t like looking at people as tools, so I got down to business and changed my list.

I set a goal for my connections: to add a few new friends to my circle of friends every year.

Take care of my relationships: be a good listener, empathetic and supportive. Balance between work and progress and my relationships.

After that, the life story of my new friends was added to my friendship library like a new book. Every time I spend time with my family, their unconditional love and support warms my heart. Every time I build a relationship in the workplace, I am more sure that the environment and people adhere to me. Communication is not just a means to achieve goals; Communication can be an end in itself.

5) Yasmin Imani, digital marketer:

I decided to spend Nowruz holiday 1402 at home with my family to strengthen our relationship. For me, home smells of good communication and safe people, along with the smell of mom’s delicious food.

Daily life is a big problem. We all want to have a few people so that wherever the daily giant wants to swallow us, we can grab the list of important people in our lives like a “Mitty Koman” badge and hit that lonely giant in the face!

One of the biggest giants is the feeling of loneliness that I faced. During this trip, when I was struggling with depression, I started calling everyone I cared about one by one and said, “Shall we see each other?” And the result of these calls was a whole cycle, unrepeatable moments, affection and finally a new group with my friends who morning after morning, even while eating or when I’m at work, I’ll take a picture and send it and say where are you and what are you doing, friends? 🙂

6) Solmaz Cherai, product manager:

When I was a child, my grandfather’s house had a lot of fruit trees. The branches of the trees were passed over the wall and some of the fruits were shared by neighbors and passers-by. My grandfather used to say: “These branches are so strong and giving that they share a part of themselves with others. The fruit of these branches has made me befriend and communicate with many people. Our relationship is like the root of this tree. Loose roots never reach anywhere, and in the middle of the road, the tree of friendship dries up and must be uprooted and thrown away; But in order to protect this root, we must always be careful so that the pest does not attack the tree and its roots, because then the connection between the roots will be cut off and friendship will be lost.”

My grandfather was right, many times I felt that my connections are strong in my life and no calamity can separate us; But don’t let a gentle breeze blow away our friendship tree. We must take care of the rooted trees of our life.

7) Hale Mirjalili, senior human resources expert:

When I was a child, I woke up one morning with the voice of my grandmother, who was greeting me warmly. I happily came out of the room to wash my hands and face and go to the guests, but no one was home except the grandmother.

Grandma was driving, feeding the birds and greeting them. That day passed, but later, when I repeated the same thing as my grandmother, I saw that talking and communicating with flowers and animals really reduces stress and discomfort and increases their growth and vitality. I am so happy for the existence of a concept called communication, which can be used to communicate even with animals, flowers and plants.

8) Bita Javadane, user interface designer:

One of the strangest connections I’ve experienced in my life has been with animals. I have a cat and after he came into my life I understood an important concept. You are in a relationship with a creature for which you have to spend a lot of money, spend time, sometimes it is troublesome for you, and because of our culture, it causes a decrease in communication with some people in your life, and you don’t even have a common language to understand feelings, but you can live with this creature for the rest of your life. love you In my relationship with animals, I understood the meaning of unconditional love.