Maryam Daryabegi
Forbes-Nominated Innovation and Experience Strategy Leader
Harvard Business Review Advisory Council Member
Forbes Council Member and Contributor
Executive Coach
Leadership Development and Team Engagement Coach
Startup Advisor
Educator
Workshop Facilitator
Community Builder
International Speaker
Learn about Maryam
Maryam is an award-winning entrepreneur, educator, and industry practitioner, who has spent her career sparking innovation, propelling positive change & creating purposeful impact.
After living, working, and studying across 4 continents, she founded
" Innovation Bazar". She is passionate about simplifying challenges, unlocking potentials, and envisioning the future for her clients through collaborative consulting, interactive workshops, coaching & mentoring services.
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Her clients span across Fortune 500 firms, universities, government entities, nonprofits, startups, incubators, and accelerators.
Maryam leverages a research based, purpose-driven & experience-led approach that is a blend of human-centered design thinking with lean startup, agile, strategy & systems thinking to create solutions that are data-driven, human-centric, sustainable & inclusive.
Passionate about empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs & innovators, Maryam teaches Graduate, MBA & Executive courses on a part-time basis at esteemed universities both in-person and virtually.
Furthermore, she advises world class startups and entrepreneurs at various incubators and accelerators; serves on several advisory boards, and shares her insights publicly at global conferences, panels & workshops.
As an advocate for SDGs, she supports the education of the future generation both locally & globally. (SDG 4), volunteer at CityWheels to feed elderly New Yorkers (SDG 2) and partner with other businesses to encourage the pursuit of the global goals. (SDG 17)
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Let’s connect & explore how we can achieve success together!
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What sets Maryam apart?
Maryam is unique!
She is multilingual, multicultural and has had the opportunity to live and work across 4 continents and currently calls New York her home.
Her global experiences have given her a unique perspective and ability to think outside the box & creatively solve innovation challenges. She leads with empathy and uses this approach with her clients to connect deeper, build trust & empower them to achieve their goals.
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Maryam's approach helps her clients to save time, shift from working in silos to innovate rapidly with Innovation Bazar best practices. ​
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What is she passionate for?
Maryam is passionate about: empowering her clients and solving their innovation challenges via consulting, training, workshops, coaching and mentoring services.
Member of
Forbes Coaches Council
Forbes Coaches Council empowers successful and diverse business, leadership, and career coaches to connect, collaborate, publish, and grow.
Members of Forbes Coaches Council are respected professional coaches selected for the council based on their depth of experience and success in the field.
Awards
The 50 Over 50 is a brand-new Forbes list dedicated to women who exemplify the slow burn. It's a list that will highlight women over the age of 50 who have achieved significant success later in life—often by overcoming formidable odds or barriers—and who are shattering age and gender norms.
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Maryam is grateful and honored to be selected from a pool of more than 10,000 nominees for the inaugural Forbes/Know Your Value 50 Over 50 list in April 2021.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Forbes
Women 50 > 50 Inaugural Nominee
2021
As a new member, I am honored to contribute to such a prestigious community of thought leaders, sharing insights, and shaping the future of HBR content in the areas of innovation, management and leadership.