
NEW! Idea to Action Accelerator
Go from Biz Idea to Action in 8 weeks!
while I hold your hand
If you’re thinking about starting a biz!
It was kind of scary for me to leave my Permanent Appointment with the United Nations.
I started a biz based on my love for Japanese Sake. Some thought I was crazy!
But I now have a biz that gives me joy, with over 10,000 students around the world enrolled in my online courses, and a Sake-infused cosmetics that got shortlisted for the 2024 European Natural Beauty Awards, and more.
Recently, I’ve been contacted by a number of former colleagues, who want to start their own biz. It’s been so unexpectedly fun and rewarding, holding their hands!
So, this autumn, I’m going to pre-launch a “UN to Entrepreneur” / “Idea to Action Accelerator” to help people go from idea to action.
So, if you’re thinking about starting a biz and would like me to hold your hand, all the details are below. The only condition is that we share the same value of equality and kindness.
When I started, I didn’t have a 1:1 coach as such. It was like navigating a dark cave with one faint candle. In this highly personalized Accelerator, we’ll cover all the things I messed up, where I wished I had guidance, all while having fun in the process! As I’m still refining things before pre-launch, it’s at the lowest price it will ever be!
The Accelerator!
A highly personalized 8-Week program where you’ll go from Idea to to Action, with unlimited accountability and support from Sarika
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I will meet you where you're at right now. So, it will be highly personalized, but as a guideline:
Clarifying your motivation (it will be important when we face difficulties!)
Creating your online presence (website, social media)
Getting started on building an Email list
Elevator Pitch practice (explaining what you do briefly and powerfully!)
Online Payments
and many more
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We'll meet 1:1 on Zoom, 60-min each time, 6 times over 8 weeks
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Week 1: Coaching
Week 2: Coaching
Week 3: Implementation (No Coaching)
Week 4: Coaching
Week 5: Coaching
Week 6: Coaching
Week 7: Implementation (No Coaching)
Week 8: Coaching
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Please write to info@thesarika.com
Investment
Go from Idea to Action in 8 Weeks, fully supported!
As I’m still refining things, it’s currently at the lowest price it will ever be! 2 options you can choose from:
€777
Pay in Full
€ 260 X 3
Split Pay
What I can help with
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Brand & Mission Development
Developing your own brand through uncovering your life’s mission and purpose. Reaching out to likeminded collaborators.
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Digital Products
Online business development from my experience developing online courses, digital products, and various online education services
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Physical Products
From my experience developing my physical product and getting it on the market in alignment with my online services
What I can NOT help with
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Legal Matters
I am not a legal professional, and will not be able to advise you legal-matters.
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Tax
I am not a financial specialist, and will not be able to advise you on tax-related matters.
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Crypto Currency
I do not have experience in this field, and I will not be able to advise you on Crypto Currency, NFTs.


United Nations official turned Multipassionate Entrepreneur
Yogi | Mama | SSI Official Sake Lecturer | Certified Sake Scholar | Sake Competition Judge | Master Sommelier of Sake | Doburoku Ambassador | Homebrewer | SSA Sake Pioneer | Certified Face Yoga Instructor | Certified Yoga Instructor (RYT-200)
Ciao! I’m Sarika
Lovely to meet you!
I'm a United Nations Official turned entrepreneur, on a mission to make positive social change through brightening people’s faces and spirits by sharing the beauty of Japanese Sake and Face Yoga. (And, I love to eat and drink!)
After living and working in 13 countries in 4 continents - Asia, Africa, Europe and North America - and starting a family, I founded my company, focusing on what makes me most HAPPY.
That’s sharing my love of Japanese Sake, while mindfully drinking Sake(!) with good people, and uplifting faces and emotions through Face Yoga. It’s been an honor to welcome over 10,000 students enrolled in my online courses globally🙏.
Did you know that our delicious 2000-year-old Japanese Sake is in a serious decline right now? We want to do something about that!
That’s why my hidden mission is to support our precious 2000-year-old craft, especially focusing on Women in Sake, by sharing Sake love with the world, through Sake Education, consultancies, and my upcoming Sake Balm! Even better when we pair it with Face Yoga!
Next, I would love to share theses joys with YOU to brighten our faces and spirit together!
Love! Sarika
Before Entrepreneurship!
It’s like my ‘past’ life at this point! That’s me when I was working with the United Nations (those pictures are work trips to India and Mexico).
I didn’t even know what entrepreneurship was at that time!
But now, very excited to be on this new entrepreneurship journey, but still with the same mission of gender equality and sustainability to bring positive social change.
This time, through Japanese Sake and Face Yoga to brighten people’s faces and spirits!



Sarika Bio Official version! |
Sarika Bio Official version! |
Sarika is a UN official turned Entrepreneur | Founder of Sarika International Limited, on a mission to share the beauty of Sake, in support of the declining 2000-year-old craft, focusing on sustainability and women in Sake. (SDG 5, 9,12).
She is appointed as Doburoku Ambassador in Japan, and has undertaken various Sake & Shochu education & collaborations including with the MIT Japan Program, Polish Vodka Museum, Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association, and Harvard Business School's Asian American Business Association.
She teaches online and offline, with over 10,000 students enrolled on her Udemy courses. Her Sake Certification Course in Japanese is hosted by the SSI, Japanese Sake education authority in Tokyo. She has been interviewed by Sake Times, the largest Sake Media, as well as various podcasts around the world.
Sarika was selected to be in the first cohort of the European Union’s first Women Entrepreneurs Fellowship 2022, and the London School of Economics Alumni Entrepreneurs Program in Lisbon.
Prior to entrepreneurship, she worked with the United Nations in Asia and Africa on gender equality and sustainable urban development for a decade (Vietnam, Kenya, Thailand), after completing her Master of Science at the London School of Economics, UK, and joining the United Nations through its Recruitment Exam.
She has travelled to over 60 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe; Lived in 13 countries in 4 continents. She is a mother of two, and married to an Irishman. She loves to eat and drink. She also loves and teaches Face Yoga too!