Weekly founder journal

Founder Notes

Real business experiences, decisions, failures and lessons. Written while the journey is still happening.

Oct 6, 2026

Before I opened Ali Mobile Center, I was already buying and selling mobile phones. I was still in school. This...

Sep 29, 2026

My move from a tiny home shop into the mobile phone market was not a carefully planned career decision. I...

Sep 24, 2026

I learned one of the most basic ideas in business before I knew the business vocabulary for it. I was...

Sep 16, 2026

When your customers are also people from your own neighborhood, selling feels different. You are not dealing with anonymous buyers...

Sep 8, 2026

When I first started selling confectionery items from our home, I was not trying to build a particular type of...

Sep 6, 2026

I was around nine years old when I started selling confectionery items from our home. At the time, I knew...