Leadership Versus Management – Which One Is Better?
We are in a time that leadership sells and management sucks. But in reality, Management and Leadership are two roles that can fit in one person.
April 2020
Dear friends and family, I hope you and yours are staying safe and healthy. How digital life treats you? I’m adopting it! I. mean this is what we are supposed to be good at as human beings, right? Adopting. With the COVID-19 situation and our baby boy being born in -2 weeks, I rarely leave home. […]
Do You Know What You Are Selling, Really?
If I were to ask you what you are selling, you’d reply immediately with the name of your products, services, or perhaps your ideas. Yet according to Forbes, three top reasons why 8 out of 10 business fail, are “not being in touch with customers,” “lack of differentiation” and “failure to communicate value proposition” which all falls […]
Why You Shouldn’t Protect Your Business Model in Times of Crisis
The word-wide COVID-19 situation ignited this article. Right after the first waves of its news, we at the Oppmakr Institutecreated a war room for our partners and clients to respond to the imminent crisis. I have always been a fan of pragmatism, which required me to experience what I’m sharing in our war room before writing […]
Reza Ghiabi On National TV: How Iranian Businesses Can Survive Covid-19 Situation
In this 15 minutes interview, Reza Ghiabi explains how Iranian businesses can survive the COVID-19 situation. Live on national TV, Ghiabi explored the technical and strategic action list for startups and SMEs.
March 2020
Dear friends and family, I hope you and yours are staying safe and healthy. I never thought #quarantine be a trend on social media, but it is now. In fact, there are many things that we didn’t expect: working remotely to become the new routine, and video calls to become our first choice of chatting. […]
Need New Year’s Motivation? Here Are 7 TEDTalks for You
To begin the Iranian news year, Nowruz, I have made this playlist of my favorite content —TEDTalks, to provide you with your new year’s motivation.
February 2020
Dear friends and family, How are you? With the COVID-19 spreading, we are now practicing to work remotely. The first one in my network pushing the remote work was my wife, Nassim, who made her music teachers at the Elham Music Institute to organize their classes for over 400 students remotely. In case you want to try […]
Reza Ghiabi at ILIA Academy: The Bridge Between Art And Economy
Last Thursday artists gathered at ILIA Academy to learn more about their future career path. Yes! “artists have career paths,” Ghiabi says.
January 2020
Dear friends and family, I started this newsletter series to provide a frequent answer to the recurring question of "What's up?". It was at the Zi-tel breakfast that I asked Hamed, Jahan, and Mohammadreza the same question: What is up? Everyone was in shock. Didn't you hear? Qasem Soleimani is dead now… Then a series of events […]
