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Tan Rezaei & Navid Firoozi
Rezaei: Founder/CEO, DishClips
Firoozi: Co-Founder/CMO, DishClips and Mozayo
By Elaine Murphy & Sarah VaughnPublished: May 01, 2012
In 2010, Tan Rezaei and Navid Firoozi founded DishClips, a website and mobile app that helps diners decide what to order in restaurants by displaying high-definition video clips of offerings from 130 local eateries. They have assembled a team that focuses on “camaraderie rather than competition,” to which Rezaei attributes their company’s success. The firm recently won a $10,000 prize for its business plan from the 2012 Irvine Entrepreneur Forum.
With plans to expand the company into five markets nationwide and increase its client base to 2,500 restaurants in the next year, Rezaei is well on the way to reaching his goal of making DishClips “a household brand that everyone can recognize.”
Both men acknowledge that success isn’t born out of rigid perfection. Rezaei says the best business advice he’s received is not to be a perfectionist, and Firoozi emphasizes the need to embrace change.
To Rezaei, the ultimate motivator is the opportunity that his success has provided for him to give back to others in the community; he mentors young people who are starting their own businesses and helps them through the process. A serial entrepreneur, he has started six businesses, three of which he still runs, and is writing “Read This Book Before You’re 30.” dishclips.com, mozayo.com
Rezaei / First job: Lifeguard for the city of Anaheim and helping his uncle assemble electronics
Firoozi / First job: Pharmacy technician
OC METRO's 2012 40 UNDER 40
Lily Knowles ≈ Ashleigh Aitken ≈ Jeremy Yamaguchi
Kevin Willson ≈ Megan Lavender ≈ Jason Lucash
Tan Rezaei & Navid Firoozi ≈ Julie Schoenbachler
Chris Winn ≈ Shawna Smith Gotreau ≈ Matt Petteruto
Kelly Lewis ≈ Justin Choi ≈ Marissa Gerlach ≈ Josh McCarter
Brian Davis ≈ Patrick Strader ≈ Quy "Q" Nguyen
Carla Vargas ≈ Patrick Rue ≈ Jennifer Tucker Klein
Brandon Burton ≈ Lauren O’Gorman ≈ Inna Kassatkina
Tom Reimers ≈ Jackie Ferlita ≈ Eric Bender
Dale Partridge & Aaron Chavez ≈ Danny Sonenshine
Russell Bendel ≈ Sandra Jones ≈ Balaji Krishna
Saimah Chaudhry ≈ Dan Nasitka ≈ Laura Hess
Kohl Crecelius ≈ Larry Labrado Jr. ≈ Melissa Beck
Jeremy Linehan ≈ Stephen Silver
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With plans to expand the company into five markets nationwide and increase its client base to 2,500 restaurants in the next year, Rezaei is well on the way to reaching his goal of making DishClips “a household brand that everyone can recognize.” Both men acknowledge that success isn’t born out of rigid perfection. Rezaei says the best business advice he’s received is not to be a perfectionist, and Firoozi emphasizes the need to embrace change. To Rezaei, the ultimate motivator is the opportunity that his success has provided for him to give back to others in the community; he mentors young people who are starting their own businesses and helps them through the process. A serial entrepreneur, he has started six businesses, three of which he still runs, and is writing “Read This Book Before You’re 30.” dishclips.com, mozayo.com Rezaei / First job: Lifeguard for the city of Anaheim and helping his uncle assemble electronics Firoozi / First job: Pharmacy technician OC METRO's 2012 40 UNDER 40
Lily Knowles ≈ Ashleigh Aitken ≈ Jeremy Yamaguchi
Kevin Willson ≈ Megan Lavender ≈ Jason Lucash Tan Rezaei & Navid Firoozi ≈ Julie Schoenbachler Chris Winn ≈ Shawna Smith Gotreau ≈ Matt Petteruto Kelly Lewis ≈ Justin Choi ≈ Marissa Gerlach ≈ Josh McCarter Brian Davis ≈ Patrick Strader ≈ Quy "Q" Nguyen Carla Vargas ≈ Patrick Rue ≈ Jennifer Tucker Klein Brandon Burton ≈ Lauren O’Gorman ≈ Inna Kassatkina Tom Reimers ≈ Jackie Ferlita ≈ Eric Bender Dale Partridge & Aaron Chavez ≈ Danny Sonenshine Russell Bendel ≈ Sandra Jones ≈ Balaji Krishna Saimah Chaudhry ≈ Dan Nasitka ≈ Laura Hess Kohl Crecelius ≈ Larry Labrado Jr. ≈ Melissa Beck Jeremy Linehan ≈ Stephen Silver <<< Back to main page |
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