Giveaway Ticket to see GW vs. La Salle Basketball Game and to meet Mayor Gray

December 28, 2010 by 1 Comment


My school, the George Washington University is hosting Mayor Gray at the GW Men’s Basketball game – GW against La Salle on Jan Jan 5th at 7:00 p.m. I am invited to attend and I can take one with me.

Frankly, I have no interest in Basketball. In fact, I have never attended a basketball game. I am attending this one just to meet with our new mayor to have brief conversation about boosting entrepreneurship in Washington, DC. Read more of this post

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First Annual Wonderland Show by Art Soiree last night @ L2 Lounge

December 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Thanks to the wonderful organizers, Tati ana and Sandro, Art Soiree hosted another great party last night at L2 lounge in Georgetown – Their First Annual Wonderland Show.

Given they were founded only in September of 2009 – a few month before I launched Awesome DC, I was very impressed with the turn out.  Tati and Sandro started the company with the goal to showcase emerging talent in the visual arts, short film, music, and performance art in the Washington, DC.

Washington could use more people like these guys.  Their work is right along line with my mission with awesome DC blog and my social media company, awesomize.me that I launched last month :-) With their focus in art and mine in technology, I believe we should be able to position Washington, DC as the hub for Art, Culture, technology, partying, and fun events, as opposed to just classic Politics, corruption, scandals, and the fuck ups :-) Read more of this post

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W Hotel Invasion by awesomize.me members Last Night

December 23, 2010 by 2 Comments

I headed to W Rooftop Hotel last night to hang out with a few friends. As I always, I ordered my red wine and started cruising aroun to check out the place and the people.

The place is just Awesome! What’s even more awesome is the view. From the 11th-floor balcony at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, you can see  Washington is spread out right in front of you. You will also be able to see all the monuments – the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, the White House’s East Wing which is only a block away, and more.  You can also watch planes taking off from Reagan National Airport or see the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery and Old Town Alexandria. It’s just beautiful! Read more of this post

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Mayor-Elect Gray: Please Make DC Awesome For Entrepreneurs

December 22, 2010 by 2 Comments

A great blog post by an awesome  entrepreneur friend of mine Daniel Odio-paez, CEO and Co-founder of the DC based startup, PointAbout.

I’d like to use this blog post to argue for incoming mayor Gray and the DC Council to make DC the most entrepreneur-friendly place in the US. That means tax breaks, access to government contracts, support for innovation zones, aggressive access to angel funding, but mostly it just means convincing high profile entrepreneurs from other areas to make the DC area their home.  It shouldn’t be that hard — many SF-based entrepreneurs are from the DC area originally and have family here.  You just have to give them good reasons to come back to DC. Read more of this post

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Meet Awesome DC’s soulmate: Proudly Made In DC

December 21, 2010 by 3 Comments


Proudly Made in DC is a new website  recently brought to my attention by my CTO.  If you are an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and  particularly if you are a Washingtonian, you got to check them out as well as provide them with whatever support you can. Proudly Made in DC has a similar mission as my Awesome DC minus coverage  of  clubbing and partying around DC area.   The site focuses on technology and startups in the Washington, D.C. metro.  Their homepage lists all the great local startups including our own new venture, awesomize.me :-) Read more of this post

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All aboard! Social Media Train Gearing up to Awesomize your Business in 2011

December 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment


As more and more studies on social media are released, the more I am getting excited about our new venture, awesomize.me that we launched last month from the heart of the Awesome Washington, D.C. :-)

The recent study by eMarketer’s predicts that 80% of the businesses will adopt social media for their marketing purposes in 2011. The global surveys indicates that over 30 percent of those businesses don’t even have a social media policy. The report also says marketers that have spent the past few years ramping up their internal social media marketing infrastructure—and their presence on sites such as Facebook and Twitter —will take social media to new heights in 2011. Right on! Read more of this post

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I just had SEX !!!

December 19, 2010 by 1 Comment


No! not me! I wish :-( I was busy at IABA Holiday party. These guys @  SNL had it :-) Read more of this post

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Compromised Lima for the Iranian American Bar Association Holiday Party

December 19, 2010 by 2 Comments

Not sure what the hell happened to me last night that made me ditch my Saturday night Lima for a party packed with Lawyers – the IABA (Iranian American Bar Association) Washington DC Chapter Annual Holiday Party at Alex Gallery – only a few blocks from Awesome DC headquarters, my condo :-)
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The Awesome Taste of Italy at Vapiano Washington DC

December 18, 2010 by 1 Comment

As part of the Vapiano’s social media campaign, I invited a bunch of awesomize.me fans and friends to their location in 18&M in  DC last night.  The gang included me, the most good looking one, Farshid Sepassi, Amanda Tahmasebzadeh, Glenn Albert, and Omar Malick. Read more of this post

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How the Internet was Used in 2010

December 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The recent study by Pew Internet on 2,252 adults, aged 18 and older clearly shows that the older generations are catching up with younger internet users in using the Internet this year.

What’s most interesting to me, is the usage of email vs.  blogs. The color coordinated spreadsheet suggests that 10-19% of everyone aged 18-64 are blogging. That is an enormous number of people *generating* online content, as opposed to merely consuming it.  Indeed,”Blogging” is the only content-creation activity listed. Read more of this post

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