basiscore · since 2000
From code to the digital economy
Since 2000, with the launch of chaap.com, I formally entered the world of internet business. Over two decades I have had the honour of collaborating on or managing more than a thousand business-digitisation projects, and of founding the Manzoomeh Negaran holding; my most valued achievement has been the birth of the BasisCore ecosystem. I hope to share, humbly and responsibly, what I have learned as a diligent student.
Toward a Chamber of Digital Economy
Why internet business is not a “guild”, and why the only way forward is a new institution worthy of this economy — a summary of a fuller proposal, open to critique and collaboration.
Read the paper →At a glance
- A critique of the guild view
- Record of three existing bodies
- Ten features of the proposed chamber
Areas of work
All topicsFuture of the Guild
Guild, regulation and the path to a Chamber of Digital Economy.
Technology & BasisCore
A native language and ecosystem for building internet businesses.
Entrepreneurship & Manzoomeh Negaran
Experience building a holding and managing digitisation projects.
Latest
Full archiveA Bright Future for an Endangered Kind of Project
Every Brain Has a Cognitive Pattern
From taste and perception to cognitive compatibility in intelligent interface design
Iran’s Digital Economy Has Outgrown Its Capacity for Representation
From millions of livelihoods to a few dozen association staff members: what a comparison of Iran, Germany and South Korea reveals
The Sword of Legal Support
Drawing on 20 years of experience in internet businesses, Hamidreza Etedalmehr examines the tax challenges facing knowledge-based companies. He argues that the way legal support and tax exemptions are implemented can burden creative businesses and divert them from their core activities.
The Need to Establish a ‘Digital Economy Chamber’ / The Union Lacks the Necessary Effectiveness
TEHRAN - The first vice-chair of the Internet Businesses Union criticised the board’s performance and proposed establishing a Digital Economy Chamber as a suitable, specialised alternative to the union.
The Business of Online Stores
Hamidreza Etedalmehr, chair of the Tehran Online Stores Employers’ Trade Association, reported a surge in online orders following the coronavirus outbreak. He said services were fully booked through the end of Nowruz, while capacity remained insufficient for fast-moving consumer goods and raw food products.