Ben Behrouzi Blog

Recently there have been big uproars regarding the growing lack of responsiblity of some blogs and the mob attacks that are set to follow their posts.  For some peculiar reason some bloggers seem to believe they can post whatever they want to, running around like cowboys from the wild wild west shooting from the hip [...]

I just wrote a piece on the recent increasing persecution of the Baha’is of Iran.  Most recently, several key community members of the Baha’is of Iran were kidnapped, charged without any evidence, imprisoned without access to a lawyer and now, one year later, scheduled for a staged trial that will determine their fate.  In 1980, the [...]

I just wrote a piece on progressive governance at MaxStartup.com.
Too often startups make the mistake of applying too much brakes and governance to alleviate the growing pains and challenges they face.  Managers instill too many protocols, policies, procedures that weigh down a business during a time where speed and agility are everything.  It is supremely important for managers [...]

You can’t help hearing about Twitter these days.  Twitter this, twitter that, tweet this, retweet that.  It’s a phenomenon that even the holiness the Dalai Lama has joined in on.  Heck, if the Dalai Lama is going to Twitter then maybe there is something to be said about everyone using Twitter.
So recently I’ve been using [...]