Barber of Seville may be the most famous opera Bufa by Rossini. Enjoying a performance at the San Francisco opera house
At @OPENSVForum Synergy conference with this photo with all current and previous presidents. From left Idris Kothari @ZiaYusuf @amerhaider15 Andaleeb Ahmed Naeem Zafar, Umair Khan Moazzam Chowdry and @farazhoodbhoy
Tiecon2026 starts this Wednesday, April 29- this is actually a great deal - I am conducting an all-day Startup Bootcamp (there are other AI bootcamps too) - all for just $99? wow! Do register if you are in Silicon Valley events.tie.org/TiEcon2026Apr…
Zareen from her famous Bay Area restaurants speaking at Stanford Dosti conference about how food unites the diaspora from South Asia
All day conference at @BerkeleyHaas hosted by @dogakantoka - wonderful insights on AI ecosystem and opportunities
At a workshop to learn about creating AI agents and custom GPTs #AllianceOfChiefExecutives
.@tiecon2026 kickoff meeting. Will be running the Startup Bootcamp on April 29 in Santa Clara. World’s largest conference focused on entrepreneurship and tech trends
I will be giving a lecture this Saturday, Dec 13 (7 pm PST, online and in-person) on the history of Silicon Chips and how this will shape our world + plus Cold War 2.0: China vs. the USA. Register at tinyurl.com/yu82uzxy or ask for a free pass
At #OPENforum conference in Santa Clara with @R_Jalil of @SecuritiAI founder and CEO sharing his journey and lessons learned
What moonshot startups will change our world. Listening to @astroteller about companies like @tapestry who are changing how AI can run the energy grid more efficiently @TechCrunch
Where does #AI live in an organization? Perhaps in HR? Since it is about upskilling people
I will be giving a comprehensive lecture on the "History and Future of Turkey and the Shifting Politics in the Middle East and Eastern Europe" - it will also be live-streamed. Friday, June 7 at 7 pm Pacific time - check out store.westernciv.com/product…
published my article on the "work-life balance" in IEEE Spectrum spectrum.ieee.org/guide-to-w…
At #TiEcon with unicorn maker label. Jay worked under Elon & built $4B Tekion. Chet worked under Steve Jobs at Next now CEO of DataStax sold to IBM for $700m & Beerud Sheth build Elance (Upwork) and now GupShup
At @UCBerkeley @Skydeck demo day 1% acceptance rate for Batch 19. A lot of excitement here
I will teach Mini-MBA in Entrepreneurship, a 12-session online course. March 10, topics: market research, equity distribution, sales initiation, marketing, financials, and investor pitching. interactive workshop-style tiesv.ai/event/mini-mba-in-e… - for early-stage entrepreneurs.












