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## Segment 2 — tail2

## Article 118 — a118

# Neri Karra Sillaman

**Role in the source:** Co-author of the article. The second authorial voice, bringing academic-entrepreneurship expertise and lived founder experience to the thesis.

**Profile:** A Thinkers50 Radar 2025 winner and Entrepreneurship Expert at [[entity-oxford-said]] (Oxford Saïd Business School). Author of *Pioneers: 8 Principles of Business Longevity from Immigrant Entrepreneurs.* A former refugee-turned-entrepreneur who founded a B Corp-certified luxury brand.

**Attributed contributions in this vault** (co-authored with [[entity-dina-denham-smith]]):
- The [[framework-managing-founder-doubt]] and [[framework-interrogating-doubt]].
- Quotes [[quote-confidence-currency]], [[quote-self-referential]], [[quote-recovery-maintenance]]; claims [[claim-mental-health-toll]], [[claim-stigma-of-doubt]], [[claim-depletion-breeds-doubt]], [[claim-uncontrollable-outcomes]]; and the full set of action items and contrarian reframes.

*Enrichment / canonical reference:* Canonical references include her Oxford Saïd Business School profile (said.ox.ac.uk) as an Entrepreneurship Expert and her author page for *Pioneers*. Thinkers50 recognition and the B Corp luxury-brand founding are consistent with public bios and inferred from the source.