Sid Mohasseb

Sid Mohasseb is known as The Entrepreneur Philosopher. He is a published author, serial entrepreneur, venture investor, university professor, innovation leader, business thought to provoke, and public speaker.

At sixteen, he migrated to the US without his family, at twenty-one, he started and later sold his first company while in college. At twenty-five, he taught comparative Eastern and Western philosophy. At twenty-seven, he became the youngest partner of a national management consultancy. During the next two decades, he supported large-scale acquisitions and acted as a principal investor in middle-market companies leading company turnarounds. He also founded and led several early-stage and hyper-growth companies from inception to acquisition.

Sid has served on the boards of over a dozen profit and non-profit companies. He has logged thousands of hours developing strategies for various enterprises and working with board members and management to execute them. As a teacher, he has taught Strategic Management, Corporate Finance, Venture Capital, Negotiation, and Data Analytics to MBAs at USC, Chapman, and UCI.

As a professional fund manager and angel investor, Sid has mentored dozens of entrepreneurs, met with hundreds of start-up companies, and reviewed countless business plans.