Serial entrepreneur.
Reza has co-founded six companies that have collectively sold for over $3.5 billion, but his greatest impact has been through his students.
For over two decades, at Harvard Business School, the University of Toronto, and NEXT Canada, Reza has taught aspiring founders how to calibrate risk, make decisions with imperfect information, and learn from the consequences of those decisions.
Collectively, Reza's students have founded over 500 ventures, raised over $10 billion in equity capital, and created over 10,000 jobs. And they don't just start companies: Through commitment, they have gained freedom, learned judgment, and made a profound impact on the world.
Commitment isn’t a sacrifice, it’s a superpower.
The Founder Mindset
Reza doesn’t teach strategy frameworks, he trains a mindset. The Founder Mindset doesn’t just transform careers, but changes lives.
The Founder Mindset is about leading a life of impact.
Commitment
Commitment is a superpower, not a sacrifice. Modern society teaches us to overvalue our options. We believe we are keeping them open, when in fact we are letting them expire. This is the curse of optionality.
You will never know what you are truly capable of unless you commit.
Judgment
In the age of AI, intelligence is cheap, judgment is precious. Judgment is how we calibrate risk, which allows us to act in the face of uncertainty.
We train our judgment by making consequential decisions for which we are held accountable.
Impact
The founder's journey generates resources — capital, but more importantly confidence, credibility, and judgment.
This is how you earn real freedom.
The freedom to make a positive impact on those you care about: yourself, your family, your community, your country, the world.
To whom much is given, much is expected. That responsibility is a gift. As Reza likes to say, "If you are involved, you are responsible."
