So for someone who has never heard of you, how would you introduce yourself at a party? Who would you say you are?

All right.

Well, I tried to have a good elevator pitch for this, but I can never cram it in, you know, under a minute.

I am Aylar Macky, born in Tehran, moved to Canada with my family when I was eight years old, completed university double degree in marketing and sociology with a minor in communications.

Um, worked a little bit in Canada, hated the weather, hated the cold, loved the culture, decided to move down to California, worked at a VC.

Then I had to go back to Iran after so many years.

And when I got there, the wonderful, great, delicious cuisine and food got to my system and I ended up gaining a lot of weight.

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