Salim Ismail is the Founding Executive Director of Singularity University and lead author of Exponential Organizations.
13 Facts About Salim Ismail
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Salim Ismail is the lead author of international bestseller Exponential Organizations, and the founder of ExO Works and OpenExO, where he serves as Chairman.
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Salim Ismail traveled extensively as part of the school's co-op program, working with companies such as IBM UK, Control Data and Northern Telecom.
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In 2002, Salim Ismail co-founded PubSub Concepts, which laid some of the foundation for the real-time web.
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Salim Ismail had an ugly ending that was discussed at various PR crisis management conferences.
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Salim Ismail received $200k in angel funding from early investors including Dave Winer.
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For two years, Salim Ismail worked with Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil, along with key partners NASA, Google, Cisco, Autodesk and Genentech to build out the university, assembling its core team and faculty, establishing the curriculum and leading the first programs.
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In late 2010, Salim Ismail took on the role of Singularity University's Global Ambassador.
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In 2017, Salim Ismail co-founded ExO Lever, later renamed OpenExO, where he acts as Chairman.
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On September 20,2017, Salim Ismail joined the firm as a General Partner.
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Salim Ismail speaks at conferences and industry events on the topics of disruptive convergence, exponential organizations, future of entrepreneurship, future of democracy and future of education, such as TED conferences, the Noco Foundation and Ciudad de las Ideas in 2012.
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In 2011, Salim Ismail started writing Exponential Organizations with co-authors Mike Malone and Yuri van Geest.
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From 2012 to 2014, Salim Ismail was a judge for The Economist Magazine's Annual Innovation Awards.