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Mar 2022
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The future of home goods and technology ...

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About this episode
Today’s episode is with Mahmoud Ibrahim, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Homzmart, the Middle East’s leading furniture & home goods marketplace platform, Mahmoud has over 13 years’ extensive experience in Tech startups.

With a background in building digital companies in emerging regions; Mahmoud started with Rocket Internet’s Jumia serving as VP Operations. Mahmoud then co-founded Daraz, the leading ecommerce platform in southeast Asia, where his role was Group Chief Operating Officer, before the company was acquired by Alibaba.

Mahmoud founded Homzmart spotting a need in the market & providing a solution for it, by making the discovery, and purchasing of furniture easier as the platform helps customers choose from thousands of SKUs and brands.

We talk about the following and so much more:
✅ Why Mahmoud wanted to work on solving this problem
✅ Why customer service is such an important part of their brand
✅ What their competitive advantage is
✅ How their business managed during the pandemic
✅ How he deals with challenges

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