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Strong R&D element in pitches today -- mechanical engineering; medical devices. Like the breadth of industries covered. #GEPTurkey2012 about 19 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Lots of variety in pitches so far. Gaming, traffic management system, video. #GEPTurkey2012 about 21 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Day 2 of #GEPTurkey2012: Look forward to judging dozen more start-up pitches. about 22 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone from Turkey
timoreilly US CTO @Todd_Park seeks to scale agile thinking & #opendata across federal government oreil.ly/JLZA71 #opengov #gov20 7:46 AM May 29th via bitly Retweeted by dilawar and 20 others
Judging growth-stage finalist business plans at #GEPTurkey2012. 4 done; 12 more to go! w/ @csertoglu 4:56 AM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone
csertoglu Entrepreneurship is like world peace. Everyone's for it. #GEPTurkey2012 1:12 AM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by dilawar and 10 others
#GEPTurkey2012 follows VC delegations to Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morrocco, Tunisia. Entrepreneur support key foreign policy goal 1:10 AM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone
@lhariton quotes Sec. Clinton: Talent maybe local, opportunity is not -- it's global. #GEPTurkey2012 1:06 AM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone
@saadventures we've come a long way re. #Turkey US collaboration (I can almost get by w/o translation headset!) #GEPTurkey2012 12:58 AM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to saadventures
Start of a historic Global Entrepreneurship Program | GEP | Turkey delegation today. U.S. Department of State &... fb.me/17yiOWiBf 8:53 PM May 28th via Facebook
A thunderous, overcast morning in @istanbul. Always great to be back. Catching up w/ the team before #GEPTurkey starts twitter.com/dilawar/status… 1:23 AM May 28th via Camera on iOS from Turkey
ulatif MIT Builds A Needle-Free Drug Injector #Biotech-More at n.pr/LnfHXY 4:51 PM May 27th via NPR for iPad Retweeted by dilawar and 1 other
Honored to be a delegate. Look fwd to meeting exciting local startups: @shellyporges #GEP Delegation #Turkey 1.usa.gov/Jjdo7m @StateDept 4:06 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone
Quite transit in Munich en route to Istanbul for #GEPTurkey 8:37 AM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone
jilliancyork To support Syrian refugees, you can text 80077 to give $10. Money goes through Mercy Int'l, a 4-star charity. charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=… 8:09 PM May 26th via web Retweeted by dilawar and 32 others
Excited to share progress White House #AAPI Initiative & Commission's made in driving Federal efforts for communities whitehouse.gov/sites/default/… 1:23 PM May 25th via Safari on iOS
#Diaspora is an asset. In a connected world, their experience, networks count. Embrace its role as prospering nations do 11:23 AM May 25th via web
Turkish entrepreneurs will have a unique opportunity to pitch to global VCs. Look fwd to a day when we can replicate this across the region 12:59 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone
Heading to #Turkey as part of @StateDept VC / Entrepreneur delegation. Joined by most dynamic #SiliconValley colleagues. Congrats to @TEPAV 12:56 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone
How good governance, serious reforms & global alliances transforms a developing country (in a troubled neighborhood) into a dynamic market 12:54 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone

Name Dilawar Syed
Location Palo Alto, CA & Istanbul
Web http://www.facebo...
Bio Silicon Valley entrepreneur engaged globally. CEO @YonjaMedia Group. Serving on Pres. Obama's Asian American Commission. Energized by grassroots civic impact