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Our next Fireside Chat at the upcoming Breakfast Palooza will feature one of the most brilliant entrepreneurs Bassam Salem His early professional career was a software engineer and architect at Philips Electronics and IBM Global Services; he spent much of his career building and scaling services organizations within high-growth tech start-ups such as Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle), Omniture (acquired by Adobe), inContact (acquired by NICE Systems), and MaritzCX (acquired by InMoment). He managed teams as large as 2,100 professionals across 18 offices around the world with responsibility for over $200m. In late 2015, Bassam founded startup consultancy Mindshare Ventures followed in early 2016 with the incubation of conversational AI company AtlasRTX, the first company started, funded, and scaled within Mindshare Ventures. AtlasRTX was acquired in late 2022 by NICE Systems amid the move to AI-powered customer experience. Bassam’s current passions center around education, immigration, and entrepreneurship, and their impact on socioeconomic opportunity. He does so with a focus on supporting those who are underrepresented or are underprivileged. He is honored to serve on the board of trustees at the University of Utah among other non-profit and cause-based association boards.

'Generative AI and Capital Funding for Startups' ✨ - As generative AI continues to revolutionize industries, how will it reshape the landscape for venture capital and startup ecosystems? Join us at Kiln Park City for networking and a thought-provoking panel discussion where we’ll explore how AI-driven technologies are influencing funding decisions and transactions, the opportunities and challenges startups face in this evolving space, and what investors are looking for in AI-driven businesses. Featured Panelists • Jonathan Chan, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati • Kristy Muir, Investment Sr. Associate, Pelion Venture Partners • Bassam Salem, Founder, Mindshare Ventures • Sunny Washington, Co-Founder, OrcaPanda Moderated by Meredith Krannich, Executive Advisor, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati When: Tue, Oct 1st Networking Reception | 5:30pm - 6pm Panel Discussion and Q&A | 6pm - 7pm Where: Kiln Park City Register today: https://lnkd.in/gVDhaAt2 #AI #VentureCapital #StartupCulture #KilnCommunity #ParkCity #ParkCityUtah #Utah #Coworking #Startup #UtahEvents #Events

I suspect we are still taking too much of an incremental approach as we consider evolving marketing into the AI age. Please forgive the awful audio from this #thoughtswhiledriving recording.

Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity are rapidly advancing, presenting new opportunities and challenges. We are excited to hear from Millicent Tracey, Bassam Salem, Romaine Marshall, and Kevin Williams as they share valuable insights into this transformative landscape. Session Registration: https://lnkd.in/di5HJa6a Summit Partners: WCF Insurance, Selective Insurance, CRC Insurance Services, EMC Insurance Companies, National Flood and Fire Network, BBSI, NOW CFO #Buckner #YourInsurance #YourTeam #InnovationSummit

It's time for my final quarterly planning retreat as the CEO of the company, starting today with the leadership team and tomorrow with the entire #workfamily. In the future, I hope I'm invited as a guest from time to time :-). While I have historically covered our genesis story, the rationale behind our cultural principles and traditions, I'm so proud that, this time, most of that will be covered by others on the team who represent it so personally and genuinely. The part I'm still going to handle personally one more time is recognizing our Culture Role Model finalists and winner, reading all of the commentary and support from their colleagues, and thanking them for representing the ideals upon which we build the team and company: ...Being HAPPY, HUMBLE, and HUNGRY...while having HORSEPOWER. #letsdothis

A career is a living novel consisting of written chapters that capture the past, a current chapter being written, and future chapters with endless possibilities.   Each chapter is meaningful because it's enabled by the preceding one and makes the next one possible.   And each chapter eventually comes to a close so the next one can be written.   Today, I'd like to share with you that my 5th chapter, The Entrepreneur, one that spanned 9 years, is coming to a close.   I genuinely can't convey how magical and fulfilling yet trying and exhausting Chapter 5 was. It was easily the hardest thing I've ever done in my life with the support of the most incredible work family I could've hoped for: from idea to prototype to investment to team to product to clients to growth to acquisition to integration to thriving without needing me.   It's been a 9-year journey in pursuit of achieving a title I refer to as "grandpa". My team knows exactly what I mean by that as we've talked about it for years: I've wanted to get to the point where I could be the cheerleader, the candy-bringer, the empathetic shoulder, the advisor, and the proud "grandpa" who is gratified seeing his family grow and flourish leaving daily affairs to the parents and elder siblings.   I'm proud to say that day has come. I handpicked Mike years ago, well before the acquisition, to be our President and to take overall leadership of the company with the support of the one-and-only Drue overseeing product & engineering. They have the support of an amazing group of leaders who are tenured, most from well before the acquisition. I trust this leadership team to continue our culture, cadence, and traditions.   So, nothing will change for the team, for our clients, for our partners, or for our industry friends…and AtlasRTX will continue to thrive even more within the NICE ecosystem.   I'll continue to be grandpa to AtlasRTX but I will also begin outlining the next chapter, The Mentor, focused on Mindshare Ventures, and helping entrepreneurs and leadership teams succeed in business and in life. A teacher at heart, I've always wanted to dedicate a chapter to being a "professor in industry" and this next chapter will be focused on that: helping others succeed.   I'm not going anywhere…I'm just evolving and I'm very excited about what this next chapter will bring in terms of growth, impact, and, if I'm lucky, a legacy in the form of successful people, teams, and organizations I've had the privilege of helping.   I'm so very grateful for the love, grace, guidance, patience, understanding, and overall support I continue to receive from my home family, my work family, my friends, and my AtlasRTX community. Thank you for being part of building such a unique environment that is home to some of the most wonderful and wicked smart people in tech.

Our June 10 panel on workforce development features NVIDIA AI's Greg Jones, formerly of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah; Deborah Keyek-Franssen of University Connected Learning; Jefferson Moss of Utah System of Higher Education (USHE); and Bassam Salem of AtlasRTX and Mindshare Ventures. Moderated by Andrea Rorrer of Utah Education Policy Center . Register today: https://lu.ma/awa7tlku

The older I get, the more humbled I am by my father’s wisdom. His words of guidance to me as a young man didn’t resonate as deeply then as they do now. His guidance to me on dealing with the uncontrollable rings increasingly true for me. Humanity and nature can be so capricious: they can be so beautiful and serene one moment, yet so very cruel and heartless the next. It’s hard to overcome the sense of helplessness in the face of a strong desire to ease the suffering and pain resulting from that capricious nature. History has taught me that the societal structures we’ve built are so resistant to change; and, equally importantly, they’re nearly impossible to change from the outside and, instead, are more open to influence and progress from within. To overcome that sense of helplessness, my father’s guidance was simple: I won’t be able to do everything I want to do; I won’t be able say everything I want to say; but I can make small improvements in my small sphere of influence: I can answer the call for help from a friend or a stranger; I can pay it forward whenever an opportunity arises; I can simply not look the other way; I can talk to those who’ll listen and listen to those who can teach me. And I can build a community the supports one another, a community that transcends business and work, and a community that can be good and do good. I love my AtlasRTX community. I love our traditions. I love our camaraderie. And I love our annual relay race in support of that community. Seeing these faces eases the sense of helplessness and turns it into a sense of hope. We can make a difference. We can ease the suffering. We can improve the world. We just need to do it one person at a time.

We're thrilled to announce Bassam Salem as our keynote speaker for the "Talk About Business: Practical Solutions for Pressing Issues" conference on May 16 at Westminster University in SLC, Utah! From the historic streets of Cairo to the innovative heart of the tech world, meet Bassam—a visionary who embodies the spirit of global citizenship and humanitarianism. His journey is a testament to the power of a multicultural upbringing and relentless pursuit of academic and professional excellence. With roots in Egypt and branches that stretch across France, England, and the United States, Bassam has turned his diverse experiences into a force for positive change. As the founder of Mindshare Ventures and AtlasRTX, he's not just shaping the future of AI and customer experience; he's also fiercely advocating for education, immigration, and entrepreneurship to create a world brimming with opportunities for all. Don't miss this opportunity to gain invaluable insights from one of the best in the business! Register Now: https://lnkd.in/g6Si8wuN AtlasRTX Bill & Vieve Gore School of Business - Westminster University Westminster University #TalkAboutBusiness #SmallBusinessConference #utahsmallbusinessconference #WestminsterUniversity #smallbusinessowner

🚨BREAKING: SimpleCitizen's Utah Tech Week Event!🚨 Karina Gale will be moderating an interactive discussion around the intersection of entrepreneurship, immigration, storytelling and how to create impact. We've got a stacked card of guest speakers including: Bassam Salem, Founder & GM at AtlasRTX, Diogo Myrrha, Founder & General Partner at Album, Ze Min Xiao, President & CEO at BelongInUtah, Lorina Tester, Director of Immigration Programs at Holy Cross Ministries, and Thomas Morgan, Director/Producer of award winning films. 🌐✨ 📅 Date: Friday, January 26, 2024 🕙 Time: 3:00 PM 📍 Location: Kiln, Gateway (Downtown SLC) 📌 RSVP Now! https://lnkd.in/g7tJEzxu 🥙 Food will be served and the newest Episode of Rooting in America will premiere 🍿 🎥 The filmmakers and producers of Rooting in America will present the episode and talk through some behind the scenes stories from this new episode; It's a beautiful 💌love letter💌 to entrepreneurship, family and Utah. The trailer drops tomorrow 🤩 #UtahTechWeek #immigration #legaltech #filmmaking #BuildUtah