Naeem Zafar

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/TiEcon2026Apri…

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

Got my yearly summary from Zoom - I did 645 meetings on Zoom last year🫤

At MontaVista ventures 2026 kickoff meeting with Venk Shukla about agentic AI ecosystem

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/turkey…

published my article on the "work-life balance" in IEEE Spectrum spectrum.ieee.org/guide-to-work-…

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 #TiEcon2025 with ⁦@satyanadella⁩ and ⁦@NavinChaddha⁩ on where we are heading in technology

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… - for early-stage entrepreneurs.

First day of my technology entrepreneurship class at University of California Berkeley he’s always full of anticipation and eager students to absorb life lessons and techniques about becoming entrepreneur

Check out my latest article: Books I Read in 2024: A Year of Learning and Exploration linkedin.com/pulse/books-i-… via @LinkedIn

Enjoying a Saturday evening at the opera in San Francisco. This version of Carmen is a bit different but more vibrant