Sid Mohasseb: VC, Professor, Entrepreneur | The Startup Specialist Podcast # 30
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Prof. Sid Mohasseb is an MBA professor at USC Marshall School of Business. He’s built and sold multiple companies and when one of his companies was acquired by KPMG, he joined the KPMG as their National Strategic Innovation Leader.
He’s an advisor to F500 executives and he helped formulate KPMGCapital, and served on the global leadership committee focused on data analytics.
Investment Credentials
- Former president of TCA Venture Group (Tech-Coast Angles).
- Managing Partner of Venture Farm.
- Venture Partner for K2X Capital.
- President of TiE. (The Indus Entrepreneur)
- Commercial Evaluator for National Science Foundation.
USC Marshall Business School Courses
- USC Marshall Business School: DSO573 – DATA-DRIVEN DYNAMIC STRATEGY & EXECUTION
- USC Viterbi Engineering School: ISE534 – DATA ANALYTICS CONSULTING
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Episode Highlights
- That is, getting the material, assembling things, the mechanical availability of the machines, of the people, of the… That’s not an American issue. American issue is a marketing and sales issue.
- So people have to understand first the math of venture capital. The math is very important.
- I teach MBA students and master’s students only. I don’t teach undergrad. And most of the students nowadays come to school and come to in class, but they don’t show up because my classes are in the evening and they say, oh, there is such and such meeting with Deloitte, such and such meeting with IBM, such and such meeting with some. So they’re just there to get a job. They’re not there to learn. So their priority is to secure the job. And that’s a problem.
Personally, he’s one of the smartest and most knowledgeable entrepreneurs and investors I’ve ever met… in an ocean of noise, his advice is actionable, direct, and credible.