First off, I hate that title, I’d usually write “How to become financially successful,” but, everyone wants to be rich. Back in 2012, when WatchMojo was $1M in the hole (and I had indebted myself to the tune of $500K… Continue Reading →
Last year, the MsMojo team asked for ideas for more music-themed content. Coming on the heels of Ed Sheeran’s Azizam (“my dear” in Persian), I suggested we follow up our Iran-themed clips—Incredible Inventions and Influential Iranians—with a Top 10 list… Continue Reading →
This is one of those things where people nod along but don’t actually understand the sequence. Here’s a Peanut Project–friendly, plain English, but still deal-accurate. 🥜 Peanut Project Deal Flow Explained (IOI → LOI → Term Sheet → Definitive Agreements)… Continue Reading →
WatchMojo may be known for curating and covering movies, TV shows, gaming, but music was one of our earliest pillars, and alongside sports, my two main passions in pop culture (along with history). For many Iranians, songs are more than… Continue Reading →
One of the most misunderstood aspects of building a great organization is leadership structure. People assume that success comes from assembling a room full of impressive résumés. In reality, the opposite is often true. The most effective organizations are not… Continue Reading →
Building the ASE Global Academy & Study of Entrepreneurship (part of 4C) in Montreal. As part of the broader 4C (Creative, Cultural, Commercial Campus) concept that we’re developing alongside the potential return of MLB and the Montreal Expos, I’ve also… Continue Reading →
There is something people do not like to admit. We say we value tone.We say we value humility.We say we value consensus. Until results arrive. Then everything changes. When a mission long thought impossible is suddenly within reach, the conversation… Continue Reading →
In the early WatchMojo days, travel meant driving around la Belle Province. And when I did fly across North America — EDM serving as the soundtrack — it was usually to be rejected by VCs who didn’t quite understand the… Continue Reading →
(And Why Entrepreneurship Is Mostly About What You Don’t Do) This week, on a routine call with an investment banker, something interesting happened. In the middle of explaining the progress of the Peanut Project — the capital stack, the sequencing,… Continue Reading →
Twenty years ago, industry insiders saw YouTube. And most put their heads in the sand. They dismissed it.Discredited it.Mocked it as amateur hour. There was no economic incentive.No prestige.No immediate validation. So legacy media largely ignored it. But innovation —… Continue Reading →
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who manage reality, and those who try to bend it. Entrepreneurs, founders, and builders belong to the second category. They don’t simply accept outcomes — they attempt to manufacture them…. Continue Reading →
Why we’re formally opening the process — and what it means for investors, partners, and Montreal. For the past few months, the Peanut Project has existed in an unusual space: highly visible, quietly serious, and deliberately unstructured. That was intentional…. Continue Reading →
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