Ben Behrouzi Blog

I’m excited to announce that about 3AM PST this morning Reply.com successfully filed for its much anticipated 2010 IPO.

SAN RAMON, CA – February 22, 2010 – Reply! Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common [...]

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 [...]

Over many years and with many trials and tribulations in both business and in my personal life, I have been convinced that in this world there are 2 types of people; those that build and those that destroy. Those that build embody the positive spirits of creativity, love and creating value. While, those that destroy embody [...]

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 [...]

Hi, I’m Ben Behrouzi, and you should probably get the popcorn right now.  And don’t forget the butter.  Below are the most recent and most fashionable rumors about me online.  I try to update the list as frequently as possible but I may be a bit behind, so I do apologize in advance.
As you may already know its [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]