Hi Nasir Shakouri, welcome to entrepreneurship-interviews. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Nasir: Thank you for having me today. My family is originally from Iran, but my parents immigrated to the United States to start a better life for themselves. They felt that the United States would be a place for more opportunities and better access to top-quality education. My mother and father worked very hard when they came to America, and it influenced me as a person to try my best in everything that I do. My father would say that if you’re a janitor, be the best janitor that you can be. I grew up and went to high school in Westlake Village, Ca, a small suburb near Los Angeles. I played high school basketball and even made it in the newspaper, which was super exciting for me at the time. I graduated from Westlake High and attended Cal State Poly in San Luis Obispo with a finance and business major. I really liked what I was studying and couldn’t wait to get out of school and into the real world.