{"id":961,"date":"2012-02-22T21:19:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T21:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icfhouston.com\/?p=961"},"modified":"2012-02-22T21:19:48","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T21:19:48","slug":"an-entrepreneurs-state-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icfhouston.com\/fa\/an-entrepreneurs-state-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"An Entrepreneur\u2019s State of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This event is a quarterly evening event hosted by the<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Association of Iranian-American Professionals<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thursday, March 8, 6-9 PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Golden Samavar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1<a id=\"map_link\">2126 Westheimer Road<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"map_link\">Houston, TX 77077<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please call\u00a0281-497-3290 for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">An Entrepreneur\u2019s State of Mind<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>What characters define an entrepreneur? How to seize opportunities and turn them into achievements? How to maintain balance in your life while building a start-up? What exit strategies to adopt? Please join us to hear Mr. Shahin Shadfar CEO omNovia Technologies present the various issues to consider before starting a technology start-up.\u00a0 Mr. Shadfar\u00a0 will discuss opportunities as well as challenges an entrepreneur will face in their journey. Relying on personal experience, he will focus his presentation on the human factor, as the most critical in defining the success or failure of a start-up company.\u00a0 This will be an exciting presentation \u2013<strong> DON\u2019T MISS IT!<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 We look forward to seeing you there.\u00a0 <strong>Please note, admissions is $30 per person and includes dinner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Speaker Bio:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Shahin Shadfar is the founder and CEO of omNovia Technologies Inc, a Houston-based software company providing cutting edge web conferencing and webinar solutions in over 40 countries. Prior to starting omNovia in 2004, Shahin was a member of the engineering team that invented the first Java and cryptography based smart card in 1997 and later co-founded the Information Security group at Schlumberger. Shahin\u2019s rare combination of technical skills with business leadership has proven critical to omNovia Technologies\u2019 rapid growth. Shahin holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Ecole Sup\u00e9rieure d\u2019Electricit\u00e9 in Paris and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This event is a quarterly evening event hosted by the Association of Iranian-American Professionals Thursday, March 8, 6-9 PM Golden&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23,24,25],"tags":[37,53,56,57,91,109],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-lecture","category-networking","category-news","category-non-icf-events","tag-aiap","tag-dinner","tag-entrepreneur","tag-events-2","tag-networking-2","tag-shahin-shadfar","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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