The Shobeir Show

Ever dream of having straight teeth without the pain of spending thousands of dollars? My next guest on The Shobeir Show, Khamzat Asabaev, Founder and CEO of SoftSmile, was founded by tech disruptors committed to making perfect smiles affordable for everyone by pioneering in-house aligner production. Khamzat started his career at Linklaters 2009, a leading global firm headquartered in London. He m...

Left Brain (art, creativity, and feelings) versus Right Brain - (logic, language, and science). Why not enjoy using to use both?  My next guest on The Shobeir Show, Andrea Walne, General Partner at Manhattan Venture Partners, describes how she went to two high schools one in the morning focused on the left brain and the one in the afternoon was the right brain. Many of her peers in tech lever...

Are NFTS a fad? NO!   NFTS has deep humanistically derived drivers. What does that mean? Our next guest, Mike Vorhaus, CEO of Vorhaus Advisors, explains this, Metaverse and the gaming industry trends.   I call Mike Vorhaus the Gaming Superconnector. Mike has invested early in companies like DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG), Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ), Tenor (sold to Google), sits on the board of...

Ever want to be an “Angel Employee” at a startup? My next guest of The Shobeir Show, Chris Surdi, defines and gives insights on how to join an early-stage tech startup as a ‘hustler’ and salesperson.  Chris Surdi is a serial Angel Employee who currently runs strategic accounts at SourseGraph. Sourcegraph provides this enterprise developer platform to everyone else, helping startups and large...

Have you ever heard of Global Maximum? My next guest is Nikhil Basu Trivedi, Co-Founder and General Partner at Footwork was introduced to this terminology by his friend Chris Paik of Pace Capital. Nikhil mentioned that Global Maximum is pursuing the highest peak possible, so in his professional life, it was for him to pursue his dream of starting his venture fund. Nikhil Basu Trivedi is Co-Founder...

How do you get 8 Billion views on TikTok? The Co-Founders of Obviously Social, CEO Mae Karwowski and CTO Maxime Domain, and their platform have the secret sauce! It was a treat to have the Co-Founders of Obviously Social, CEO Mae Karwowski and CTO Maxime Domain, as my next guests on The Shobeir Show. Obviously Social is a full-service influencer marketing agency platform and an INC 5000 company th...

My next guest is Dr. Nitin Gupta, PhD., who was bold enough to place a brand new VR headset that had porn playing on the head of a well-known venture capitalist one year during CES. Dr. Nitin Gupta, Ph. D., is the Co-Founder and VP of Product at Dori AI. Previously, Nitin was the Technical Product Lead that Led various product development and commercialization efforts for Daydream AR/VR Computer V...

I'm excited to host my next guest, Touraj Parang, who's been a serial entrepreneur, investor, and lawyer working in Corporate Development. Currently, the COO of Serve Robotics is shaping the future of sustainable, self-driving delivery. Serve designs, develops, and operates zero-emission robots that serve people in public spaces, starting with food delivery. Touraj also is the author of a new book...

US & China are two superpower economies that have grown together over the last 20 years.  How did this happen, especially in tech? I’m honored to announce my next guest is Matt Sheehan, a Fellow in Asia Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.     Matt is the author of The Transpacific Experiment: How China and California Collaborate and Compete for our Future...

You rarely hear a story of a company that generates $100 million in revenue to pivot the business strategy for a more significant opportunity in the same sector. My next guest of The Shobeir Show, Nick Greenfield, CEO of Candid, and his team did that recently, after five years of a pioneer in the clear aligner industry.   Nick Greenfield, is CEO of Candid, is redefining oral health by using m...

Ever want to take a sabbatical from school to do something unique like be a performer in Cirque du Soleil? My next guest is Maika Isogawa, a Japanese 🇯🇵 American  🇺🇸 who is the Founder and CEO of Webacy and a Forbes 30 Under 30, who enjoyed this unique experience during their years at Stanford. Maika is the Founder and CEO of Webacy, a platform that helps you secure your digital assets for th...

My next guest on The Shobeir Show is Jared Steffes, who goes by EPICPOWER, FakeBusy, and JaredVIP. Jared convinced his college, the University of DePaul, to start a Video Game Degree program and a fun Gaming Lan center in The Loop in Chicago.   Jared Steffes is a farm boy near Chicago who became a gamer early and made his very first game in kindergarten. Jared also worked on gaming for s...

Have you ever had the nightmare of getting stuck in a foreign country with no money? My next guest on The Shobeir Show is Elias Bizannes, Founder of StartupBus, who lived through that experience in 2005 in Iran. Elias Bizannes is a Greek 🇬🇷 Australian 🇦🇺 entrepreneur, Founder of StartupBus,  an entrepreneurial ecosystem through unique experiences and inspirational connections. StartupBus has...

I'm excited to have Natasha Pecor, Product Advisor for Web3 Projects, as my next guest on The Shobeir Show. Natasha is working on several web3 projects in the NFT & DeFi gaming spaces, advises & consults on product UX & strategy, hiring/org development, and user research for a number of startups, including Americana.io, Cana/The Production Board, Landing, Jubilee Media, LeadIQ, and Haw...

Did you ever forget to leave your homework inside the school desk during elementary school?  Bobak Emamian, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Debut Capital, vividly describes this experience as his first moment of being an entrepreneur. I’m honored to host Bobak Emamian, an Iranian American entrepreneur and investor, sharing his story publicly for the first time as my second guest on The Sho...

Ever dream of being at a New Year's Party with the founders of Uber, Angellist, and Yelp?  My first guest of The Shobeir Show, Paul Bragiel, Managing Partner of Bragiel Brothers, mentions that the party changed his life because he was able to be inspired by entrepreneurship at the highest level.  I call Paul “The Most Interesting Person in Tech.” Paul was fortunate to attend college with...