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…
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…
The following 8 change management tool s will help you to rethink tools in a more structured way. We are all changing, whether we refuse, tolerate or embrace it. —Reza Ghiabi Getting closer to Norouz—the Persian New Year, got me thinking about what is your strategy…
Adventurers and entrepreneurs experience the same journey! What would be the outcome of an entrepreneur and a Guinness record holder adventurer? Fun, hard work, and impact. I’m writing this article because we have just finished organizing the first but not the last Tehran Travel Show event…
Iran is indeed among the most attractive and high potential markets of the world. But doing business in Iran is not that easy. It takes a lot of effort for foreign businesses to understand the eco-cultural climate of the country in order to unfold its…
From success to marriage, we are in a constant search for shortcuts. We are in praise of those who made it fast. This craving can be an internation danger!
Inspired by Simon Sinek's Golden Circle, in my talk and the I presented how to build a Golden Brand for startups and other organizations. The following slides includes parts of the talk. I have added some orange boxes and notes to describe the illustrations. The…
In the past month, my colleague Yasaman Dadfar and I did our usual seasonal Iran startup ecosystem review at SWPars Ventures which led to this article. This article refers to the current startup situation of Iran, nearly 2 months before the 2017 presidential elections. According…