One of the main reasons why startup founders and entrepreneurs need experienced advisers is because we tend to fall in love with our own ideas. In fact, every business owner, senior manager, and even...
I happened to be a Unix sys admin in 1993 when I found a new software release: Xmosaic! I love to experiment with new things, so I installed it in our network. The next thing that happened was that I built my first website. It was one of the first 1,000 websites in human history, at a time when only 300 web developers existed on planet Earth! The next thing I did was an HTML course for our staff, and soon after, I opened my first web company. In 1996 (before Google), I developed a multi-language search engine and in 1999, I sold it for a good amount of money. Since then, I’ve been leading international-scale projects, startups, and entrepreneurs while inventing new things.
Eran is a biblical name – meaning “Awake”. “Ben-Shahar” is a surname from Isaiah’s prophecy, referring to Hillel, an angel that inspired spiritual light upon human beings. In modern Hebrew, “Ben-Shahar” is used for “dawn”. Like native Indians and other indigenous people, Hebrew names usually relate to a subject (an animal, for instance) or to a spiritual state of mind. So, the meaning of “Eran Ben-Shahar” is: “Aware person, son of dawn”. I’m a theoretical physicist, a humanist, an inventor, and a traveler. Welcome to my blog.