When you ask Peter Abualzolof, cofounder and CEO of Mashvisor, a startup for part-time real estate investors what pushes him, his answer is simply hope.
Abualzolof was born in Palestine and moved to the United States with his family as a child, where he lived for most of his life. It wasn’t until 2013 when he returned to his homeland as an adult for what he thought would only be a visit, that he decided to stay. He was “hooked” on something and wasn’t entirely sure what that hook was. He quit his job at a San Francisco based startup and moved back.
“With no real downside, no family of my own, no big responsibilities, I moved to Palestine for good,” he said.
He attended Startup Weekend Ramallah 2013, where he was hoping to meet others in the Palestinian entrepreneurial community with the similar drive that he possessed. It was at Startup Weekend where he got the idea of mashing data to advise users, and, Mashvisor was formed. That concept was so good that it got the team a second-place spot that year.
One year later he found the right partner, developer Mohammed Jebrini (who would go on to become cofounder and CTO) and decided it was time to work on Mashvisor full-time.
The low startup costs that result from being based in Palestine make it much easier for Mashvisor to compete with other players.
Original article by Christina Ganim
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