From Refugee to $1B Entrepreneur: Payam Zamani's Journey

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Payam Zamani shares his remarkable journey from growing up in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war as a Bahá'í to becoming a successful tech entrepreneur and author in the United States. His new book, Crossing the Desert: The Power of Embracing Life's Difficult Journeys, chronicles his inspiring story of overcoming numerous hardships. Payam co-founded AutoWeb.com and founded One Planet Group, which invests in early-stage companies to positively impact society. We discuss his challenging experiences in Iran, his daring escape, and the power of hope and perseverance. Additionally, we explore his concept of spiritual capitalism, where businesses serve society and his belief in the importance of community and service.

Some highlights we explore:

Challenges Payam faced starting anew in the U.S. and his path to entrepreneurial success.
Spiritual capitalism and how intention in business practices leads to both success and fulfillment.
How hope can help one embrace adversity and turn challenges into creative opportunities for growth.
And more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Growing up a teenager in Iran, getting bombed by Iraqis during the eight years of war between Iran and Iraq, seeing Bahais get killed by the Iranian government, getting expelled from school.
0:11.2	I did not think for a moment, for good or bad, that China or Russia is going to save me.
0:15.8	But I did think that the U.S. may save me.
0:18.0	And that is a hope that every teenager anywhere in the world has,
0:23.0	even if you think about that boy in Gaza today that is living in the worst possible situation
0:29.2	on the planet, that boy is not thinking that Saudi Arabia is going to save me, Iran is going
0:35.2	to save me, Trina or Russia, that boy also has hope in the U.S. And to me, Iran is going to save me China or Russia, that boy also is hoping the
0:38.7	US. And to me, that is a place of privilege for us as Americans. That is a spiritual destiny
0:45.6	for us as Americans that not only we should not run away from, we should embrace it. I mean,
0:50.9	what a gift that we represent hope to the world.
0:56.7	Hello, everybody. Welcome to the show. Welcome back to the show. For most of you, I hope. And for new listeners, you're going to enjoy today's episode. You just heard there in that cold open from Payam Zamani. Paiam is an entrepreneur. He's an investor, the founder of a group called One Planet Group,
1:12.9	which is an amazing group that invests, is a suite of online tech firms and also invests in
1:20.5	new entrepreneurs. Payam is born in Iran and forced to flee the country at the age of 16, leaving his family and arriving in the U.S.
1:32.4	with just $75 in his pocket.
1:35.4	11 years later, he sold his company for more than a billion dollars.
1:39.2	Now, that transformation is someone who's built companies in the past is nearly unthinkable to me.
1:45.6	But what's even more special about his journey is how.
1:49.4	And the wisdom that he has acquired along the way, how he shares that wisdom.
1:54.3	And we learn a little bit from his new book.
1:56.3	We talk about that in today's show.
1:57.7	But there is an undercurrent of hope in today's show that is, to me,
2:02.3	the most profound aspect. Hope for what's possible, not just in the United States and our country
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