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40 Under 40, Silicon Valley Business Journal Awards

40 Under 40, Silicon Valley Business Journal Awards

Posted 10 August 2009 | By Ben Behrouzi | Categories: Personal | No Comments

A few weeks ago I was honored to accept recognition as a Top 40 Under 40 Entreprenuer by Silicon Valley Business Journal.  Although I’m not yet near my forties, it was great to receive the recognition and participate in a celebration of innovation with so many other CEOs from the valley.
It was truly a privilege [...]

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25 Years After Escaping Iran

25 Years After Escaping Iran

Posted 29 May 2009 | By Ben Behrouzi | Categories: Background, Personal | 6 Comments

Its hard to imagine that its been almost 25 years since my parents secretly smuggled many of our family members out of Iran due to brutal religious persecution.  Persecution that is unfortunately picking up once again in todays time.
A reader asked me to provide more info about this portion of my background and so I offered [...]

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Persecution of Baha'is Increase in Iran

Posted 23 February 2009 | By Ben Behrouzi | Categories: News | 1 Comment

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 [...]

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Startup Growing Pains

Posted 13 February 2009 | By Ben Behrouzi | Categories: News | No Comments

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 [...]

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Ben Behrouzi Joins Twitter If Dalai Lama Joins Twitter

Posted 09 February 2009 | By Ben Behrouzi | Categories: News, Personal | No Comments

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 [...]

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LeapFish.com Launches Fastest Search Experience, Pushes Search to 2.0

Posted 16 January 2009 | By Ben Behrouzi | Categories: leapfish | No Comments

No Click Search Technology Delivers Instantaneous Results as You’re Typing
PLEASANTON, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ — LeapFish, a multi-dimensional search engine that combines the best of the web in a single search, today announced the release of its new click-free search interface that delivers search results as you type. The brand new search engine that captures [...]

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