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Tehran Disrupted
You may not expect that a country like Iran could possibly be home to high tech startups and scrappy entrepreneurs who build successful companies. In spite of severe sanctions, rising inflation rates and restrictive conditions, some Iranians have built major tech companies that solve some of the country's biggest problems. This is Tehran Disrupted, a podcast about the brave founders of some of Iran's biggest companies. In each episode, host Hamid Shojaee tells the fascinating stories of how these men and women found success and, ultimately, disrupted Tehran.
Tehran Disrupted
Hamrah Mechanic: Paving the road for Iranian car buyers
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Hamid Shojaee
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Season 1
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Episode 3
In Iran, cars are like gold. Instead of putting their money in a bank where it could lose value due to inflation, Iranians buy used cars. Even the worst cars appreciate in value. It's not unusual for a person's entire life savings to be tied up in their car.
In this episode, we hear the story of Amir Pahlevanzadeh and how he used this idea to build a multimillion dollar company that completely disrupted the used car market in Iran.
Credit: Voiceover work by Ethan Herschenfeld