Sid Mohasseb | SpeakerHub

Personal Details

Bio

I am known as The Entrepreneur Philosopher. I have founded multiple global companies and invested in various hypergrowth start-ups. I am passionate about creation and creativity and about change and transformation. I am focused on helping entrepreneurs around the globe evolve themselves and their businesses continuously in order to stay relevant and win. My real expertise is in connecting theory and practice and helping people see the bend in the road ahead and make visions a reality. I have spoken to thousands of founders and CEOs from intimate settings to massive stages like Oracle World, National Retail Federation, and TEDx. I have advised hundreds of startups from Silicon Valley to Silicon Beach and numerous conglomerates and Fortune 500s. I have mentored thousands of students and young entrepreneurs as a professor, as an angel investor, and the leader of the largest entrepreneur organization in the world. My recent book (The Caterpillar’s Edge) has been described as a must read for every entrepreneur and is being used at various Ivy League schools and top tier universities globally.

Current position (3)

CEO

Anabasis, Inc.

Adjunct Professor

University of Southern California

Managing Director

Venture Farm

Achievements (3)

Innovation in Government Kleps Award

Edison Innovation Award Silver Medalist

Tech America's Innovation Award

Degrees (1)

BS & MS, Industrial Engineering + Technical and Economical Planning

University of Southern California

1978 to 1983

Presentations

Presentations (3)

Ready for YOUR Next Best Version?

Don't leave change to chance. Be inspired and be provoked! This interactive talk explores a world pregnant with challenges and opportunities. Sid helps your audience visualize a path for gaining the critical competitive edge. Your audience will leave with the insights needed to shape their personal and company’s future by turning the probability of success in their favor.

Machine, Strategy & YOU

Big data, robotics, and artificial intelligence are coming from every direction. This fact filled, actionable and eye-opening talk explores the relationship between our strategies to win, the role of machines in our future and fears of machine mastery. The session provides the audience with choices and decision drivers regarding AI and our collective future. The audience will leave with a new found faith in the future

YOUR Mission in the Battle Between Tradition & Innovation

Winners are never too proud to change. That is why they win. This revealing and action-centric talk takes the audience on a journey of exploring their addiction to sameness, their biases, and fears that stops them from making bold moves. Victory is the objective and your missions are to i) make uncertainty your ally and align with unpredictability, ii) capture and interrogate reality in order to gain intelligence and iii) Aspire for more “AHAs”, and more meaningful opportunities to evolve.

Past talks (1)

Exploring the Collective Conscious

TEDx

Orange County

June 8, 2011