Opatan | اپاتان

Seed Stage Venture Capital firm crafted by @ghanemzadeh. We invest exclusively in web and mobile startups, primarily in Iran.

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

تازگی ساخت یک مجموعه ویدیو روی یوتیوب به نام «بیزینس برای همه» را شروع کرده‌ام که در آن به مفاهیم پایه‌ای کسب و کار، بیزینس و مدیریت می‌پردازم.
مطالب آن برگرفته از کتاب The Personal MBA هستند.
ویدیو نخست آن منتشر شده است:
https://t.co/x6NINpBl8J

#ریتوییت لطفا

[Sengi @Sengihq]

We have been featured on the Saasbudha; Please rate and review our product:
https://t.co/EqgFuZEJWS
Thanks to @jspeiser .

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

To me, "High Output Management" by Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, is one of the best management books for Tech startups, if not the best. Here are my Highlights from the book.

a Thread 🧵...

[NivoApp @NivoApp1]

We are excited to announce that we have been shortlisted as one of the Top Startups to pitch at @StartupFuel's Fund My Startup Virtual Conference taking place on Dec 15th! Learn more about the event here: 
https://t.co/AS2Wx9nNUD. We look forward to the pitching and networking!

[مدیر ممتاز | The Great CEO @GreatCEOPodcast]

قسمت سوم پادکست «مدیر ممتاز» منتشر شد.

در این قسمت به دو موضوع پرداخته‌ایم:
سه مرحله‌ی عمر #استارتاپ
پذیرندگان آغازین

پادکست را روی پلتفرم‌های مختلف بشنوید:
https://t.co/D07WWrGzTQ

#ریتوییت لطفا
#کارآفرینی #فناوری #سرمایه‌گذاری #اکوسیستم #مدیرعامل #ساخت‌شرکت #مدیرممتاز

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

In case you may be interested, I created a public list of VC & Investors I usually follow: https://t.co/OJTJuRoNSz

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

“Any company that wants to focus on customers and put customers first, any company that wants to invent on behalf of customers, has to be willing to think long term and it's actually much rarer than you might think.”
— Jeff Bezos

[Aaron Levie @levie]

To be fair, this works successfully when you’re talking to Michael Dell.

[Opatan | اپاتان @opatan]

@joelgascoigne @VineetDevaiah Hey Joel, is it possible to share the details of job description?
We are also looking for an EA and the description may be helpful for us.
@buffer

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

“Sizing the market for a disruptor based on an incumbent’s market is like sizing a car industry off how many horses there were in 1910.”
- Aaron @Levie, founder & CEO @Box

[Techly @TechlyAI]

Slack banned Iranian users and wiped out their data.

#sanction #Iran #US #technology #startup #slack

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Predictions 
https://t.co/W4pBXjojnC
#AI - via @techreview

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

What percentage of SV startups use Free revenue models (i.e: ad-based, ... e.g: Facebook, Twitter, Google) as main/only revenue model?

Would you please help?
@DanielleMorrill @asanwal @danprimack

[Opatan | اپاتان @opatan]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

"If it is to be, it's up to me."
- Coach George Raveling

@GeorgeRaveling
As listened in the @tferriss show

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

Racleff’s Law:
Great team, terrible market = market wins.
Terrible team, great market = market wins.
Great team, great market = something magical happens.

[Semil @semil]

"The product of a VC firm is making decisions." - @AlokVasudev

[Nasser Ghanemzadeh @ghanemzadeh]

Ali and Hadi Partovi on 'Bloomberg Studio 1.0'
https://t.co/ErxhQhXubX
@apartovi @hadip

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

The current generation of marketplace startups has been incredibly successful. Airbnb, Lime, Uber, Lyft, Instacart, etc. I've been doing a broad survey of the best writing on this topic and wanted to share my list of 20 best links I've seen.

[Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin @jasonlk]

Your VCs aren't the boss. They should work for you. But 10 ideas to keep them calmer, happier -- and on your side:

1-/ Respond to emails. You don't need to take their suggestions. But do reply.

2-/ Send out monthly updates, and quickly. Instills confidence.