Arya Tailor

It’s nice to meet you! I’m Arya, a 20 year old Economics student from Arizona.

I am not everything I want to be yet, but I am more than I was. I love competing, and have played sports throughout most of my life. Growing up, something I heard a lot is that there are two types of people in this world, winners and losers. Theoretically, this is true, but I prefer a different method of categorization: those who step into the arena, and those who watch.

Some things I am interested in include brain-computer interfaces, early developmental education, space technologies, planetary health, and all things related to venture. Venture is so awesome to me because startups are all about dreaming big, and I love big dreamers.

I think that a vast majority of success, define that as you may, comes from working hard and being kind. Currently, I spend my time reading, learning, traveling, and trying to have as many thoughtful conversations as possible. One of our generation’s biggest problems is that we don’t talk to each other anymore, but I would really love to talk to you.

I appreciate you taking the time to visit my website. It does mean a lot.

Today

Yesterday

  • Traveled to the Swiss Alps as a Villars Fellow. Drank very clean water.
  • Sold a lot of stuff online as employee #1 at SCORE NN’. E-commerce is tough, but meaningful. Will always look fondly upon my first real foray into startups and the Arizona tech ecosystem.
  • Product Strategy & Innovation at SAP Signavio. Traveled to Berlin and raced go-karts.
  • Won the NGA Student Case Competition as only freshman in attendance. Realized (after many deep research queries) that there really is not much to do in Vegas if you are under 21.
  • Made a ton of very close friends at Business Today’s 50th International Conference (highly recommend applying) and finally decided that I no longer wanted to go to medical school.

Ereyesterday

  • Used free Lifetime Fitness membership and won employee of the month twice.
  • Coordinated many blood drives and raised a lot of money in high school. Discovered that I enjoyed mobilizing people around shared goals more than most academic work.
  • Played lots and lots of soccer (I now lead a very passionate intramural team).

All views are exclusively my own and do not represent those of any of past or present employers.

    • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow [Gabrielle Zevin]
    • The Reluctant Fundamentalist [Mohsin Hamid]
    • Steve Jobs [Walter Isaacson]
    • Wonder [R. J. Palacio]
    • Zero to One [Blake Masters, Peter Thiel]
    • The Scout Mindset [Julia Galef]
    • Crazy Rich Asians [Kevin Kwan]
    • Fire in the Valley [Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine]
    • Interstellar [Christopher Nolan]
    • Star Wars [George Lucas]
    • The Social Network [David Fincher]
    • The Odyssey [Christopher Nolan]
    • Avatar: The Last Airbender [Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko]
    • Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber [Brian Koppelman, David Levien]
    • Iron Man [John Favreau]
    • 3 Idiots [Rajkumar Hirani]
    • Project Hail Mary [Phil Lord, Christopher Miller]
    • Do The Dance [Sid Sriram]
    • Tsunami [Suzuki Saint]
    • Cherry Wine [grentperez]
    • Headlines [Drake]
    • Locked out of Heaven [Bruno Mars]
    • Line Without a Hook [Ricky Montgomery]
    • Merry Christmas, Please Don’t Call [Bleachers]
    • La Isla Bonita [Madonna]
    • Ilahi [Pritam]
    • Oh Qué Será? [Willie Colón]
    • Supercut [Lorde]
    • Bruno Mars
    • ABBA
    • Coldplay
    • Lana Del Rey
    • Pritam
    • Bad Bunny
    • Lorde
    • Adele
    • La Cabra [New York]
    • North Italia [Arizona]
    • Happy Joe Coffee [Arizona]
    • Zareen’s [California]
    • Le Market [Arizona]
    • Blue Sushi Sake Grill [Arizona]
    • Black Rock Coffee [Arizona]
    • Eleven Madison Park [New York]
    • Lulu’s Waikiki [Hawaii]
    • Rita’s Burritos [Arizona]
    • Secret Hitler
    • Catan
    • Exploding Kittens
    • Texas Hold’em
    • Fifa 18
    • Minecraft
    • Battlefront
    • Navratri
    • Arc Browser
    • Cacao Nibs in Açaí Bowls
    • Haunted Houses
    • Teaching Others How to Dougie
    • Dictation
    • FC Barcelona
    • Free Travel
    • Credit Cards
    • A Well-Executed Potluck
    • The Villars Palace
    • Seiko SSC961
    • Bellroy Laptop Sleeve
    • Find My
    • Mindspace Market Street
    • The Vista Lounge
    • Joy Thursdays
    • The Phoenix Suns
    • Toyota Camry
    • Case Competitions
    • Olive Garden Breadsticks
    • Wikipedia
    • Two-Week Minecraft Grind
    • Lime Scooters
    • Cold Showers
    • Arizona Sunsets
    • World Cup Dark Horses
    • Artemis II
    • Soccer in the Rain
    • Secret Garden

please send me recommendations.