[Editor’s Note: Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital has kindly allowed us to cross-post this entry from his blog reacting to news today of a draft bill proposing compromise language on noncompete agreements in Massachusetts.] My partners and I have been pushing to end the use of employee non-compete agreements for some time now. We passionately … Continue reading “Revised Noncompete Legislation Doesn’t Go Far Enough”
Author: Bijan Sabet
Bijan Sabet has been a General Partner at Spark Capital since its inception in 2005. He led Spark’s investments in Boxee, Bug Labs, Buzzwire, OMGPOP, SendMe, thePlatform (acquired by Comcast), Tumblr and Twitter. Prior to joining Spark, Bijan was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of GameLogic after serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Charles River Ventures (CRV). Before his work at CRV, Bijan was Vice President, Business Development and Product Management at Moxi Digital, where he was responsible for establishing and managing strategic relationships with cable and satellite operators as well as driving product strategy.
Previously, Bijan was an early member at WebTV Networks, which introduced the first true convergence digital consumer product, combining Internet TV, interactive TV, digital TV, digital video recording and games into an integrated consumer electronics device. Before WebTV, Bijan held various sales and management positions at Apple Computer and Integrated Systems (acquired by Wind River Systems). He holds a BS degree from Boston College.