Podcast/Video Interviews by Stephen Ibaraki

A Chat with Anya Smith: Entrepreneur; Founder, CEO SelfFull Inc., an AI-driven platform for personalized accountability

This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Anya Smith.

Anya Smith is not your conventional startup founder. With a rich and diverse background, she brings a unique perspective to the entrepreneurial world. Her corporate experience spans industry giants like Meta, Amazon, and Booking.com, complemented by an impressive academic foundation that includes degrees in Global Studies and Human Rights, an MBA, and a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics.

Anya's journey has been shaped by her appreciation for cultural richness, human connection, and the importance of soft skills. After a layoff from Meta, she turned adversity into opportunity, diving headfirst into entrepreneurship. She launched RightOffTrack, a podcast where she interviews purposeful entrepreneurs worldwide. The podcast quickly climbed the charts, solidifying its position in the entrepreneurship space and leading to opportunities for Anya to speak at podcast conferences.

This experience inspired her next venture, SelfFull, an AI-driven platform for personalized accountability focused on supporting corporate coaching and scalable learning systems. In under a year, Anya has taken SelfFull from concept to beta testing, customer validation, and fundraising - demonstrating her ability to innovate and execute rapidly.

Anya is here to share not just the external successes of building a startup but the inner journey that has kept her grounded and unstoppable. Her story is one of resilience, growth, and learning to see challenges as opportunities.