About Khaled Azar
With over 14 years of experience in technology and entrepreneurship, Khaled has consulted for a wide spectrum of entities, everything from individuals to large corporations.

We are hibernating! 3 Years of Flow

To my dear family, friends, staff and peers, (and SW visitors) I write you this letter to set the expectation of our relationship for the next 3 to 5 years. After many years of attempting dozens of ventures, I have decided to focus on just one. That will be Brax.io. Over the next few months […]

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What It Feels Like to Be Summoned To The Sea

I write this today – excited, inspired, and focused. I want to tell you a story about a recent event I was invited to attend. I’ll preface with a little context. I am Khaled Azar, CEO of SolutionsWide, a San Diego Software, and Advertising Incubator. I own a business that starts businesses. I grew up […]

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It Takes A Village to Raise A Start-Up

When you reach the village and city stage, a few things have occurred with the business (hopefully). Mainly you have found a product-market fit and are ready to prepare to press the gas or are ready to press it. To prepare to press the gas, I understood this as hiring the next few members that […]

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Dave & Buster’s – A Race To The Top!

Team Night Out At Dave & Buster’s   Round 1 – They’re Off At The Horse Races!   Round 2 – Skeeball On Machines That Couldn’t Keep Up With How Much We Were Scoring   Round 3 – Moving Super Shot Basketball   Round 4 – Intense Laps Around The Circuit  

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Blitzscaling From A Family To A Tribe

Assignment #2 for CS18C. See Assignment #1 for details. In the business start up context, a tribe is a group of families that are motivated by  a vision and  common goal. The time has come for you to add more members to your business and user community  to make it a tribe. A few topics […]

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The Family Stage Of A Start Up

I am currently taking a course, Stanford University’s CS183C —  Technology-enabled Blitzscaling . The first 2 weeks covers the family stage of a start up which you can watch about in this video. Click Here to Watch Session 1 Video. We were given a homework assignment and thought I would share this essay with  you. At the end […]

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Mistakes I Made That Will Help You Succeed

As an entrepreneur’s career progresses, realizations start to occur that are fundamental to success. Depending on your character, these things can be difficult to make a habit. I have a few pointers I think most people naturally or emotionally think are incorrect, but that is not the case. I am sure these are floating somewhere […]

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Solutionswide – Yeah, we do that!

As the CEO and co-founder of SolutionsWide, I find myself trying to formulate an elevator pitch and having a hard time with it. The reason is we do quite a bit of different things so it is a difficult feat. This all spawns from the fact that I am a serial entrepreneur with a strong […]

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