His entrepreneurial journey began at the age of 23, when he started his first high tech company and
rapidly grew it into a multi-million dollar venture. It was then that a series of events happened
which made him re-evaluate what was happening "behind the scenes" in his entrepreneurial career.
This caused him to change his views on business, career success, and how they relate to each
of our spiritual journeys.
This site and his forthcoming book, Zen Entrepreneurship,
have given him the opportunity to combine his interests in these areas.
Riz is also a movie producer, and recently was an executive producer for Turquoise Rose, an independent film that was shot on location on the Navajo reservation in the Four Corners region.
Riz is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in Cambridge, MA and Mountain View, CA.
Riz has started several high tech companies and inspired dozens of others. Some of the companies that he's co-founded include:
BayViewLabs
(CEO, 2007-present) This is my new organization which helps entrepreneurs launch innovative companies and products.
CambridgeDocs
(co-founder, CEO and CTO, 2002-2007) (sold to Document Sciences, NASDAQ: DOCX)
Inner Vision Technologies
(1999, sold to Unitas)
Service Metrics
(1998, sold to Exodus Communications)
Brainstorm Technologies
(co-founder, 1993-1997, products acquired by Percussion Software)
Contact Riz at riz@alum.mit.edu.
