Tech founder, investor, philanthropist, driver of change. Iranian American immigrant working to spread the American Dream and to restore democracy to Iran.
I met with Kobe Bryant in late December 2019. Kobe wasn’t happy with Nike and was going to leave it in 2020. Kobe was going to start Mamba, a shoe company owned by players. He passed away weeks later. What he was about to do in business was going to eclipse his sports career.
Met up w/ @michael_saylor tonight in Miami and he convinced me that Bitcoin will one day be worth $1,000,000. All future treasuries, like he did with Microstrategy’s treasury,will be tied to Bitcoin. Michael is one of the smartest people I know and I listen closely to his insight
2/ These were the designs my team did to show him that day for an independent Mamba shoe company. Here’s calendar details. There were witnesses to the meeting and Kobe’s plans like Gina Ford, who manages Usain Bolt.
Honored to stand with HIH Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi at the Upfront Summit, envisioning a new Iran-one reborn through innovation, economic dynamism, and global partnership. We are at the precipice of the Al, AGI, and deep tech revolution, a moment that can propel us forward faster
Iranians are ready for a different future, one that embraces innovation, economic opportunity and global partnership. In a session with top investors and entrepreneurs at #UpfrontSummit, I spoke about how we can unlock this potential.
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My takeaways from dinner with Argentine President Milei, @naval@pmarca@martinvars@markpincus and many others. I was so impressed with him. We need more world leaders like him. My takeaways are he is the closest we have to Plato’s Philosopher King. A true intellectual, a life
I agree with Peter Thiel on this: Emotional Intelligence (EI) becomes more valuable as AI and AGI rise. Emotional intelligence and verbal skills will rise in value. Super-intelligence doesn’t guarantee empathy and communication skills. Humans can catch the most invisible human
If you’re thinking of starting a company I have one piece of advice: Begin. Don’t hesitate. Set sail. Sooner the better. I’m talking to founders from all over the world. You’ll never regret becoming an entrepreneur. You might fail at first. But keep going. One day it will click.
