People & Business - Valery Komissarova
- 6 years ago
This woman’s couldn’t manage to buy a computer. Now she has Larry Page and Richard Brandson as Co-investors.
Valery Komissarova Grew up in a small town in Russia. Her family was too poor to buy her a computer.
Undeterred she focused on her activities over IBM manuals and PC books that her dad brought home from work.
She taught herself so much that at the age of 13, she started writing articles for tech magazines. her editors had no idea how old she was.
By the time she was in her early 20s, Komissarova had started a business school and also running biz dev. She was marketing for Mail.Ru Group, a major Russian internet company.
Komissarova met Dmitry Grishin, co-founder of Mail.Ru and a successful entrepreneur in eastern Europe, who asked her to help start his new company.
Now 26 years old, Komissarova is a principal at the venture capital firm Grishin Robotics. With co-investors that include Larry Page and Richard Branson.
the firm is putting $100 million into startups specializing in robotics
But it wasn’t all the way smooth. People laughed at her.
When Komissarova applied for her first job, employees who were twice her age laughed at her.
The only way to overcome was to be really good at what she does.
She read many business books as much as she could find.
Komissarova is introverted and shy but she refused to let that define her.
She chose to break the status quo.
She learned how to speak in public by taking public speaking class and went to networking events.
This story of Valery Komissarova shows to never give up on your dreams. Always strive to achieve no matter the downfalls.
Valery Komissarova Grew up in a small town in Russia. Her family was too poor to buy her a computer.
Undeterred she focused on her activities over IBM manuals and PC books that her dad brought home from work.
She taught herself so much that at the age of 13, she started writing articles for tech magazines. her editors had no idea how old she was.
By the time she was in her early 20s, Komissarova had started a business school and also running biz dev. She was marketing for Mail.Ru Group, a major Russian internet company.
Komissarova met Dmitry Grishin, co-founder of Mail.Ru and a successful entrepreneur in eastern Europe, who asked her to help start his new company.
Now 26 years old, Komissarova is a principal at the venture capital firm Grishin Robotics. With co-investors that include Larry Page and Richard Branson.
the firm is putting $100 million into startups specializing in robotics
But it wasn’t all the way smooth. People laughed at her.
When Komissarova applied for her first job, employees who were twice her age laughed at her.
The only way to overcome was to be really good at what she does.
She read many business books as much as she could find.
Komissarova is introverted and shy but she refused to let that define her.
She chose to break the status quo.
She learned how to speak in public by taking public speaking class and went to networking events.
This story of Valery Komissarova shows to never give up on your dreams. Always strive to achieve no matter the downfalls.