This Entrepreneur Raised 40 Million To Create An Ipad Sized Device That Could Help Fight Coronavirus
Hesaam Esfandyarpour has been blending science and technology to take the world on a massive new leap. Having raised over 00M and spending years on R&D, this founder’s startup could lead to a completely new technological revolution that touches our daily lives in so many ways. During our interview on the Dealmakers Podcast, Hesaam shared his journey across the globe and through learning, to what it takes to build a true world-changing business.
Hesaam Esfandyarpour has been blending science and technology to take the world on a massive new leap. Having raised over 00M and spending years on R&D, this founder’s startup could lead to a completely new technological revolution that touches our daily lives in so many ways.
During our interview on the DealMakers Podcast, Hesaam shared his journey across the globe and through learning, to what it takes to build a true world-changing business.
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- 1. Growing Up In Iran
- 2. The First Leap
- 3. Chasing The Dream
- 4. Disruption At Its Best
Growing Up In Iran
Hesaam was born and grew up in a small town in southern Iran. A place heavily reliant on pistachio farms, and about as different from Silicon Valley as you can get.
Both of his parents were teachers. His father taught science, physics, chemistry, and biology in middle school. That was certainly a great influence.
Hesaam recalls always loving physics and math. Math gave him a perspective on how the world works. Physics provided a mathematical model around that.
His parents took a more passive approach to education at home. He wasn’t pressured into education. He was taught a high work ethic. To always do your best in whatever you are working on. He was taught about and inspired by Marie Curie, Einstein and Edison.
The First Leap
The bar was set high. His dad would say you should plan to reach the moon, and then maybe you will get to the clouds. if you’re only planning for the clouds, you’re not going to get much higher than where you are.
Hesaam attended high school in Sirjan, Iran. Then went on to study electrical engineering in Sharif University of Technology. During his last two years, he saw many of his fellow students looking for graduate schools. That would eventually lead him to apply to and leave for Stanford.
Around this time, at the sophomore year in undergrad, Esfandyarpour was wondering what the internet was like back home in Sirjan. There was internet, it just wasn’t very fast at all. He and a friend approached their families for some startup capital and decided to go into business together to improve on this. They started out of his cofounder’s grandfather’s house and then opened their own storefront.
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