On this episode of the calculated coffee's show I bring on Alex Eskandarkhah. 

Alex is the co-creator and host of his own podcast, The Gifted Gab. Born and raised in Toronto, he spent time in Edmonton initially playing basketball at the University level, left and returned with his family, prompting them to start up a family business here in North Edmonton, Kashan Persian Rugs. His experience working alongside his brother, and pulling entrepreneurial experience from his father, led him to learn the ins and outs of operations, marketing and most importantly community. Alex is also a co-founder of the Collective for Black Iranians, an international non profit focused on public education, advocacy and amplification of stories centered around Afro Iranians and Black Iranians within the diaspora as well as Iran. Alex refers to his work as ‘creative activism mixed with conscious capitalism’ and continues to find new ways to disrupt through art.

We had a great chat about what it takes to be an young entrepreneur and the mentality it takes to carve your own path