Season 4 - Episode 1: We met a Unicorn - Interview with Meti Basiri of ApplyBoard

For our first episode of Season 4 we met a unicorn. We weren't trippin', but there was a collision involved - the Collision Conference held in Toronto Canada this year. We interviewed ApplyBoard CEO Meti Basiri live at the show.

Background Story

Meti founded ApplyBoard with his two other brothers. After facing many challenges and obstacles on their own study abroad journeys, the Basiri brothers saw an opportunity to break down barriers and democratize education. Together they created ApplyBoard to make their dream to educate the world a reality. Now ApplyBoard is estimated to be worth over $4Billion. 

And we're off! It's season 4 of Startup Different.

Outline

Our conversations with guests don’t have a strict outline, but it does have a lot of learnings. See below!

Busted Myths

• Myth: You need to be from North America to found a unicorn. Wrong, 25% of unicorns are founded by international students.

• Myth: When you’re a founder with 100’s of employees and hundreds of millions in revenue, everyone thinks that you so well off and you don’t need to work anymore. You do.

Learnings

• Make sure you enjoy the journey.

Summary

• Meti founded ApplyBoard with his two other brothers. One of which is Meti’s twin brother.

• ApplyBoard’s mission is to educate the world, and they do so with a very sophisticated international student study abroad application platform.

• ApplyBoard is valued at over $4 Billion.