AZ Tech Podcast
AZ Tech Podcast is hosted by Hamid Shojaee, an Arizona tech entrepreneur and investor who's been involved in the community for more than 20 years. The show features unscripted conversations with doers, from founders and investors to scientists and government officials, who are working to make a dent in the universe. Find out more about what's going on in the Arizona tech community by following AZ Tech Beat. Watch the full episodes on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfeM31UQqCCATyKlK8NNKg
AZ Tech Podcast
Ibrahim Mesbah, Co-founder & CEO, RevolutionParts
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Hamid Shojaee
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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Ibrahim Mesbah is building the Amazon of buying and selling car parts. It's a very specific market, but that's what's made his company RevolutionParts so successful. It addresses a major inefficiencies and unnecessary costs in the retail car parts market which, as it turns out, is pretty big.
Ibrahim talks to Hamid about growing up in Zambia, his hiring mistakes and how he uses ride share apps to move product.
Watch the interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/f62fTESJJB0
Introduction
Helping a friends’ brother turns into a multi-million dollar business
Untapped categories in software today
Growth and investment
Delivery
Challenges RevolutionParts has faced
Remote work
Life between Egypt, Zambia and the U.S.
Arizona and cooking
Dad’s entrepreneurial experience as motivation
Purpose and values, CEOs he admires
Management style
Where do you see RevolutionParts going?
Any personal investments?