Sy Fahimi

Sy Fahimi is Managing Director, Technology & PE / VC, at SSA & Company. SSA & Company is a process improvement consultancy which employs Six Sigma methodology to help leading companies increase their margins, grow revenues and improve working capital. A founding member of SSA & Company’s West Coast Practice, Sy is an active advisor/angel investor to start-up companies in Silicon Valley. He has extensive operational leadership experience at firms such as General Electric Co. and Sun Microsystems. Sy earned an MBA at Anderson’s School of Business, UCLA and a dual bachelor’s degree in Economics and Engineering from University of California at Berkeley.

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Clarifing direction through strategic process management

Clarifing direction through strategic process management

Silicon Valley is in trouble — again.  There have been fewer venture-backed companies sold in the past 18 months than any similar period in the past 10 years.

The stall in start-up financing is no mystery. For as long as the Valley has been financing new ventures, there has always been a premium on innovation and entrepreneurial energy – along with a high tolerance for business failure. But in an economy that has little patience, the… Continue Reading