Sharmi Albrechtsen

Communication and negotiation are essential skills in the ‘Shark’ tank as well as the workplace, as they can help individuals build stronger relationships, resolve conflicts, and work together to achieve common goals.

Shark tank winner and award-winning CEO Sharmi Albrechtsen will provide practical strategies for effective communication and negotiation using her experiences as an author, startup founder and TEDx speaker.

Building trust quickly is an important communication technique with both Sharks and non- sharks alike! When people communicate effectively and negotiate in good faith, they build trust with one another. Sharmi will inspire us and provide tools to communicate clearly, effectively and with a touch of Hollywood pizazz to encourage us to become leaders that motivate and lead our teams and organizations.

The sharks often look for entrepreneurs who are passionate, innovative, and able to effectively communicate their vision and strategy.

Shark tank winner and award-winning CEO Sharmi Albrechtsen will outline 7 important business lessons that can be learned from Shark Tank. By taking these lessons to heart, you can increase your chances of success in business.

Know your numbers: One of the key things the sharks always look for is the financial health of a business. It is imperative that you understand your financials and be able to communicate them effectively.

Have a unique value proposition: In a crowded market, having a unique value proposition can set you or your idea apart from the rest of the pack

Be passionate about your project: The sharks can quickly tell whether an entrepreneur is truly passionate about their business idea.

Be willing to pivot: Entrepreneurs who are flexible and willing to pivot their business strategy or product offerings based on market feedback are more likely to succeed. This requires a willingness to listen to feedback and make necessary changes.

Know your market: Understanding your target market is essential for any business. This includes knowing their needs and preferences, as well as their willingness to pay for your product or service.

Have a solid business strategy: A well-crafted business plan is critical for success. This can help you stay focused and on track as you build your project, business or team. Be resilient: Building a successful business takes time and hard work. Along the way, you will encounter obstacles and setbacks. It’s important to stay resilient and keep pushing forward, even when things get tough.

The sharks often look for entrepreneurs who have overcome challenges and are determined to succeed – these attributes live in all of us.

Recounting her personal narrative and lessons learned in this compelling, dynamic and earnest presentation, Sharmi Albrechtsen also weaves in stories of other accomplished women who have overcome roadblocks and forged new paths—women who have similarly learned to live an authentic life by taking risks and choosing to seek failure rather than fear it. Offering tools to improve resiliency and embark on new ideas, she ignites and inspires audience members to pursue risk and help reshape the business world.

In 2015, Apple launched a health app for all its customers that unfortunately forgot to include women’s health! For examples, the app did not include tracking of women’s menstrual cycles or any other female specific health parameter. After an embarrassing recall, it became apparent that the all-male engineering team overlooked it. Inclusivity may be the single most important key to success in today’s highly competitive world of tech commerce.

Sharmi Albrechtsen gives an entertaining talk about the need for inclusive tech teams and what the world would look like if we bridged the gap.

Sharmi Albrechtsen is known for having built a successful EdTech brand, and now she reveals easy-to-follow tips on how she does it: how to create an image much bigger than reality; how to use the press to get free publicity; how to turn yourself into the go-to expert in your field. Sharmi shares her personal advice, insights, and anecdotes on creating a powerful brand that’s uniquely you.

How do you turn an idea on a napkin into a $9M business? According to SmartGurlz CEO Sharmi Albrechtsen, you market test and then test some more and then test again. After struggling to teach her daughter applied math, she invented the first and only coding robot for girls. Sharmi tells the story of how she boot-strapped herself to her first seed funding, then using market data and feedback received her first and last VC check. This is a highly motivational and hugely entertaining success story with the big life lessons Sharmi learned along the way to her path to Shark Tank and beyond.

Women receive less than two percent of Venture Capital funds. Sharmi Albrechtsen is known for being one of the few female founders to have raise more than $4M. She reveals the unconventional strategies she used to do it: how to create an image bigger than the reality; how to use the press to get free publicity; and how a little savvy and a lot of guts can turn you into the leader in your field. Sharmi shares her innovative ideas, insights, and anecdotes on building a thriving business and a successful brand in today’s marketplace.