What is Startup Advisor?

Based in Silicon Valley, California, Startup Advisor is the place for entrepreneurs looking for practical and meaningful advice on every aspect of starting and growing a business.

My name is Naeem Zafar. I have taken my years of experience as a serial entrepreneur and an educator of entrepreneurship at one of the world’s top universities and packaged that into simple and easy to read e-books.

About the author.

Naeem Zafar has been teaching at the University of California, Berkeley since 2005. He is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow, lecturer and Industry Fellow at the at the Center of Entrepreneurship and Technology. He is also the Professor of the Practice at Brown University and Professor of Practice at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University. He teaches courses in Entrepreneurship, Technology Strategy, Innovation and New Venture Finance at Brown and Berkeley.

Naeem is a seasoned executive who has led five high-tech businesses as the CEO and guided dozens as a Board member or an advisor. His last venture, TeleSense (an AgTech company, reducing spoilage for the post-harvest grain industry using IoT and AI), was acquired by UPL. Previously he co-founded and served as the CEO of Bitzer Mobile, an enterprise security and mobility company that was acquired by Oracle in November 2013. Naeem started his own business at the age of 26 and subsequently went on to start, or work at, six startups.
His first job out of Brown University with a degree in electrical engineering was to design chips and electronic systems.

Twenty years, two kids, one IPO and three CEO stints later, he founded Startup-Advisor, a company focused on educating and advising entrepreneurs on all aspects of starting and running a business (www.Startup-Advsior.com ). Naeem has authored five books on entrepreneurship on topics ranging from conducting market research to seeking the right funding to successful ways to start a business. Information can be found on www.NaeemZafar.com. His books including “7-Steps to a Successful Startup” are also available on Amazon.com, Kindle and on the iTunes App store.

Naeem has perosanally advised dozens of successful  startups and teaches entrepreneurship at one of the top business schools in the world.  

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"Succinct, compelling, profound - this book is invaluable with full on-the-money advice that would have been priceless when I was starting my last company. It could take a lifetime to learn what Naeem lucidly summed up in just a few dozen pages. It's a must read for any entrepreneur!"

-Slavik Zorin
Founder and CEO Synchrony Systems, New York

"Many of us believe that one day we will start our own companies. But what do you need to know before you take that irreversible step of quitting your job? Naeem Zafar's 7 Steps to a Successful Startup is just what the new entrepreneur needs. Providing clear guidance based on knowledge gained by experience! I commend this book to all who consider launching themselves on this exciting journey."

Jerome S. Engel
Executive Director Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, UC Berkeley

"I have been with five startups in my career mostly as VP of engineering and I clearly see that having followed Naeem's advice would have changed the fate of these companies that I was involved with - very insightful and practical. Excellent!"

Dr. Bulent Erbilgin
VP of Engineering, SS8 Networks, California