For SvD Perfect Guide, the serial entrepreneur and associate professor Saeid Esmaeilzadeh talks about the most important lessons he has learned as an investor.
"Our group of companies is worth more than SEK 5 billion"
A failed experiment paved the way for a career as an entrepreneur and company builder. With his new venture capital company Spartacus Capital, Saeid Esmaeilzadeh is looking for new success stories.
The company, which was originally started by chance in 2004, has today developed into several different technology and pharmaceutical companies. Their ambition is to discover, invest and develop companies and technologies that have the capacity to make a difference globally.
That is why Esmaeilzadeh is going against the trend
Entrepreneur Saeid Esmaeilzadeh does not like to look for trends but wants to go his own way. With the newly started investment company Spartacus Capital, he wants to "free the people from wage slavery".
"One of my first memories is when I saw a man get killed" - Malou After Ten (TV4)
When they were only small children, one four years old and the other a newborn, they were on a life-threatening escape from Iran. Today, they are business leaders and well-known TV profile.
Saeid Esmaeilzadeh's recruitment tips - here's the question he always asks
He came to Sweden as a refugee - and now sells a company for SEK 1.5 billion. Saeid Esmaeilzadeh asks all job seekers the same thing. "What is the most exceptional thing you have done in your life?"
Sweden is both well-known and well-respected as an entrepreneurial country. We have a strong reputation both for our nuanced business climate, but also for our more social, soft values.
Hidden dreams wants employees to dare to invest in their entrepreneurial dreams
“Many people want to become entrepreneurs, but think they need a few years of work experience first. Then you have a mortgage and family and do not dare to invest ”.
Entrepreneurs sell companies for billions - Gustaf Douglas one of the big winners
On Tuesday, the Serendipity group will sell the first company they started, Diamorph, for SEK 1.5 billion. The buyer is the English venture capital company Epiris, which specializes in buying and developing companies.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Dr Mouna believes in genetic scissors - Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)
Chemistry professor Sven Lidin, together with Dr Mouna and Saeid Esmaeilzadeh, associate professor of chemistry and entrepreneur, gives advance tips on who can win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
This is how Ashkan Pouya and Saeid Esmaeilzadeh built the billionaire empire Serendipity Group
Despite the fact that more than thirty years have passed since the flight from Iran, Ashkan Pouya and Saeid Esmaeilzadehs are still marked by the tough journey. It has taught them to take advantage of freedom