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Over the last five decades, Iranians migrated to the West for a variety of reasons. Some families settled in the U.S. and Canada in 1960s and 1970s. They were often highly educated and [...]

Thinking about launching a new company? Canada might just be the place for you. Last June, I talked about what the country is doing for the AI scene. Now I’m going to share the secret sauce [...]

It’s hard to pick up a newspaper or turn on the news these days and not learn about a new public figure or company that is wrapped up in a sexual harassment scandal. Politicians and entertainers [...]

Benchmark venture capitalist Bill Gurley recently resigned from GrubHub’s board of directors. This move is mostly related to Gurley’s relationship at Uber and the Uber’s fledgling food delivery [...]

Atlanta is recognized as one of the major hubs for U.S. startup companies. Rich with resources such as Georgia Tech, Emory University and numerous Fortune 500 company headquarters, Atlanta has [...]

Over the last 20 years, more than one trillion dollars have been spent building our information infrastructure– and what a great outcome for the investment. It changed everything in our lives and [...]

Watch out U.S.—there’s a new startup hotbed in town and it’s coming from our neighbors to the north. I recently spent a week in Toronto and Montreal working with new startups and can’t believe [...]

Happy Norooz to all my fellow Persian entrepreneurs. For those unfamiliar with the holiday, it is like Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and Easter rolled into one. Norooz begins annually on [...]

Snap Inc. went public today with a nearly $28 Billion valuation after pricing their IPO. It is the largest tech offering since Alibaba in 2014, many are hailing Snap Inc’s IPO as a revival of [...]

We now have a new president—President Donald Trump. He, along with his newly appointed leadership, are in office starting to implement his agenda—an agenda that, if fully executed, will be [...]