EPISODE · Apr 19, 2026 · 38 MIN
Nazerke Kalidolda on Leaving Google, Failing Forward & Investing in Central Asia
from Steppe Ahead - The Central Asia Podcast · host Jonas Prien, Thorsten Gutmann & Thomas Baier
She won coding olympiads as a teenager, published robotics research at 20, landed at Google, quit to found a startup that failed, built a mentorship platform for Kazakh students, and now invests in Central Asian startups from Paris. Nazerke Kalidolda has packed several careers into her late twenties. In this episode we talk about what pulls Kazakh talent abroad and what could bring it back, and what the Central Asian startup scene actually looks like.
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