{"id":507,"date":"2014-07-16T10:38:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T02:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/?p=507"},"modified":"2014-07-16T10:38:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T02:38:19","slug":"iran-connectors-events-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/iran-connectors-events-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran connectors &amp; events of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Connectors: Mohsen Malayeri\/Shayan Shalileh\/Reza Hashemi\/Said Rahmani Khezri\/Patrick McDermott\/Misagh Shakeri\/Muhammad Arrabi\/ Pejman Nozad<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Events: Startup Weekend\/Startup Global Battle\/Tedx Tehran\/Global Entrepreneurs Week Iran<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organizations: Iran Entrepreneurship Association (Incubator)\/ Karya (Online startup school)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hear the words of any wizened real estate agent, \u2018Location, Location, Location\u2019. Similarly in today\u2019s world, where you are placed in the giant ecosystem of startups, <strong>VCs and accelerators\u00a0plays a huge role in how valuable you and your startup can be<\/strong>. We\u2019ve headed down to Iran\u00a0to find the most exciting figures in the Iranian startup industry.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Local Iran Connectors:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_508\" style=\"width: 161px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/?attachment_id=508\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508\" class=\"wp-image-508 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.02.14-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events mohsen malayeri iran connectors\" width=\"151\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohsen Malayeri (<a href=\"http:\/\/ir.linkedin.com\/in\/malayeri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>): Vice President of Iran Entrepreneurship Association Co-Founder of Anetwork\/Global Facilitator Startup Weekend Organizer for the Iran Web Festival<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_509\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.02.57-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-509\" class=\"wp-image-509 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.02.57-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events shayan shalileh iran connectors\" width=\"159\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shayan Shalileh (<a href=\"https:\/\/ir.linkedin.com\/in\/shayanshalileh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>): Director &amp; Founder of Iranian Website News Agency (Webna) Founder of Khavarzamin System Kish Company<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_510\" style=\"width: 159px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.04.26-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510\" class=\"wp-image-510 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.04.26-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events iran connectors reza hashemi\" width=\"149\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reza Hashemi (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/profile\/view?id=15184591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>): Serial entrepreneur Founding member of the first major Persian web startup, persianblog.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_511\" style=\"width: 166px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.05.11-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-511\" class=\"wp-image-511 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.05.11-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events said rahmani iran connectors\" width=\"156\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Said Rahmani Khezri (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saidrk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a>):<br \/> Founder &amp; CEO of Sarava, the first VC\/PE fund focused on investment in Internet and Ecommerce and incubation of technology startups in Iran<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>International Iran Connectors:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_514\" style=\"width: 166px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.07.48-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-514\" class=\"wp-image-514 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.07.48-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events iran connectors patrick mcdermott\" width=\"156\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrick McDermott (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/patrickmcdermott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>): Entrepreneur based in Singapore with strong ties with the Iran tech scene.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_515\" style=\"width: 173px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.08.20-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-515\" class=\"wp-image-515 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-12-at-PM-06.08.20-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events iran connectors misagh shakeri\" width=\"163\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Misagh Shakeri (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/misaghshakeri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>): Software engineer raised in Iran Worked in France and now in Canada working on growing the sharing economy<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_544\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.40.27-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"wp-image-544 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.40.27-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events iran connectors Muhammad Arrabi\" width=\"158\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muhammad Arrabi (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/arrabi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>):<br \/> A web programmer turned evangelist turned mentor, he is active in Jordan, Dubai and \u201cDigital Arabia\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_545\" style=\"width: 165px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.42.33-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545\" class=\"wp-image-545 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.42.33-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events iran connectors Pejman Nozad\" width=\"155\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pejman Nozad (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/pejman-nozad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a>):<br \/> Named by Forbes as \u201cSilicon Valley\u2019s hottest VC\u201d, he was an early investor in famous startups Dropbox, Zoosk and Path<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Events in Iran<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re eager to check out the <strong>latest ideas from the booming startup scene<\/strong> in Tehran, be sure to check out these <strong>amazing networking opportunities<\/strong>. Featuring <strong>globally recognized names<\/strong>, these events feature the best and most creative talent from the Iranian ecosystem:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.45.30-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span class='et-dropcap'><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-546\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.45.30-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events startup battle tedx tehran startup weekend\" width=\"646\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a>Startup Weekend \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Startup Global Battle \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Tedx Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.48.17-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-547\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.48.17-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events global entrepreneurs week iran\" width=\"430\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGlobal Entrepreneurs Week Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.50.09-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-548 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.50.09-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events iran entrepreneurship association\" width=\"514\" height=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not to be outdone, the locally bred <a href=\"http:\/\/iranea.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Iran Entrepreneurship Association<\/strong> <\/a>has contributed much to the talent and drive of budding startups. The Iran Entrepreneurship Association is a <strong>non-profit organization<\/strong> that organizes events such as <strong>Startup Weekend and the Iran web festival<\/strong>. It also goes so far as to collaborate with the above universities and <strong>identifies mentors<\/strong>, training them to <strong>mentor the next generation of creators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.51.43-3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-549\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-shot-2014-07-14-at-PM-05.51.43-3.png\" alt=\"innovation is everywhere iran emerging markets startup iran business startups martin pasquier events karya online startup school farsi\" width=\"752\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Karya<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.karya.ir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.karya.ir<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karya.ir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\/<\/a>) is an <strong>online startup school that caters to local talent<\/strong>, with a Farsi interface that <strong>provides entrepreneurs with the best videos, articles and resources<\/strong>. Karya covers various essential basic topics such as how to develop a business model, how to create a lean startup and the principles of team building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connectors: Mohsen Malayeri\/Shayan Shalileh\/Reza Hashemi\/Said Rahmani Khezri\/Patrick McDermott\/Misagh Shakeri\/Muhammad Arrabi\/ Pejman Nozad Events: Startup Weekend\/Startup Global Battle\/Tedx Tehran\/Global Entrepreneurs Week Iran Organizations: Iran Entrepreneurship Association (Incubator)\/ Karya (Online startup school) Hear the words of any wizened real estate agent, \u2018Location, Location, Location\u2019. Similarly in today\u2019s world, where you are placed in the giant ecosystem of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47,52,49,51],"tags":[185,197,192,198,199,97,200,103],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-events-innovators","category-innovators-category","category-markets-category","tag-185","tag-connectors","tag-emerging-markets","tag-events","tag-grassroots","tag-iran","tag-people","tag-startups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}