Kev muag khoom hauv online tuaj yeem ua rau tsis txaus siab, yog li Josh Dzime-Assison tau koom nrog qee tus phooj ywg los tsim software uas pab cov tswv lag luam tswj hwm qee qhov muag cov ntsiab lus mob.
Josh Dzime-Assison yog tus tsim thiab tus thawj coj ua lag luam ntawm lub tuam txhab thev naus laus zis Vendoo, tus tsim tawm software platform uas pab cov tswv lag luam tswj hwm lawv cov khoom muag hauv online. Dzime-Assison tau pab tsim lub tuam txhab nyob rau hauv 2017 tom qab ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv lub reselling kev lag luam rau kaum xyoo thiab paub txog cov kev cov nyom cov neeg nyob rau hauv daim teb no fim.
"Thaum kuv loj hlob hauv kev lag luam no, kuv pom tau tias kuv yog ib tus neeg ua yeeb yam. Nws yog kuv tus uas tswj hwm txhua yam sib txawv ntawm kuv lub lag luam muag khoom," Dzime-Assison hais rau Lifewire hauv kev sib tham hauv xov tooj. "Vim tias tsuas muaj 24 teev hauv ib hnub, kuv pom tias nws nyuaj rau ntsuas kuv txoj kev lag luam dhau los ntawm ib theem vim kuv tsis muaj sijhawm txaus los ua txhua yam."
Ua ntej tshaj tawm, Dzime-Assison muaj 300 txog 400 yam khoom los sau npe ntawm cov chaw muag khoom sib txawv, cov txheej txheem uas siv sijhawm zoo. Vendoo tab tom sim daws qhov teeb meem no los ntawm kev tso cai rau cov neeg muag khoom siv ib lub platform los hla cov npe khoom ntawm ntau qhov chaw lag luam-xws li eBay, Facebook Marketplace, thiab Poshmark-zoo li tswj hwm lawv cov khoom muag thiab coj mus rau hauv kev tshuaj ntsuam.
Quick Facts
- Name: Josh Dzime-Assison
- Hnub nyoog: 33
- From: Silver Spring, Maryland
- Kev Ua Si Nyiam Ua Si: Chess, ob qho tib si zoo thiab hauv tus neeg nrog Vendoo pab pawg feem ntau.
- Key quote or motto his life by: "Phience, persistence, progress."
Zaj Kawm Los Ntawm Kev Nkag Tebchaws
Loj hlob hauv thaj chaw Maryland, Dzime-Assison tau hais tias nws muaj qhov sib npaug ntawm kev cuam tshuam rau lub nroog thiab lub nroog suburban. Nws mus kawm cov tsev kawm ntawv ntiav ib hnub thiab siv nws yav tsaus ntuj nrog cov phooj ywg nyob ib puag ncig kom txog thaum teeb pom kev.
Dzime-Assison txiv yog thawj tiam neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw los ntawm Ghana, yog li nws feem ntau qhia nws cov lus qhia uas nws yuav tsis muaj peev xwm kawm lwm qhov, xws li yuav ua li cas rau tus kheej txaus.
"Cov lus qhia no tau pab kuv ua kom zoo nkauj nyob hauv kuv qhov kev xav ntawm lub neej," nws hais. "Kuv loj hlob hauv cov tsev neeg ntawd nrog kuv txiv, kuv xav tias kuv tau dhau los ua neeg ua lag luam vim yog cov kev paub uas nws tau qhia rau kuv."
Raws li haiv neeg tsawg, peb tsis muaj peev xwm nkag mus rau tib lub peev uas ntau qhov kev pib ua lag luam tau nkag mus rau thaum lawv thawj zaug.
Dzime-Assison tau nrhiav kev lag luam sib txawv txij li thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus, thiab nco ntsoov nco ntsoov ib txwm sim nrhiav txoj hauv kev kom tau nyiaj txawm tias nws ua haujlwm li cas.
Los ntawm nws txoj kev ua lag luam, thaum kawg nws tau ntsib Thomas Rivas, Benjamin Martinez, thiab Chris Amador, peb tus neeg ua lag luam Mev uas nws yuav koom nrog los nrhiav Vendoo. Rivas, uas yog CEO, thawj zaug mus rau Dzime-Assison nrog lub tswv yim rau lub tuam txhab tom qab muaj kev paub zoo sib xws hauv kev lag luam muag khoom.
"Peb muaj ntau qhov kev sib tw ua plaub haiv neeg tsawg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog plaub haiv neeg tsawg thiab thawj tus tsim," Dzime-Assison tau hais. "Kuv xav tias ib qho ntawm peb qhov kev sib tw thawj zaug yog peb tsis muaj lub network."
Dzime-Assison hais tias Vendoo pib nrog ob peb lub tswv yim sib txawv. Tom qab ntawd, hauv 2019, lub tuam txhab tau tshaj tawm beta software dawb. Tom qab hnov los ntawm cov neeg siv thiab kho nws cov khoom zoo, Vendoo tau pib them nyiaj ntawm nws lub platform thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2020.
Vendoo
"Dab tsi peb tab tom ua haujlwm tam sim no yog koom tes nrog qee qhov kev lag luam sib txawv uas peb muaj kev koom ua ke los txhim kho cov neeg siv kev paub rau cov neeg muag khoom uas siv peb cov software thiab ua kom peb cov software hauv cov tuam txhab thev naus laus zis hauv qhov chaw no, zoo li Facebook, "Dzime-Assison said.
Pushing through the Siffulties
Ib qho ntawm cov teeb meem tseem ceeb tshaj plaws uas Vendoo tus tsim tau ntsib, sab nraud ntawm kev sib tham, yog nyiaj txiag. Feem ntau, startups yog bootstrapped, ces tsa ib tug me me noob puag ncig ntawm tsev neeg thiab cov phooj ywg. Dzime-Assison tau hais tias qhov no tau ua pov thawj tias muaj kev sib tw, vim lawv niam lawv txiv yog thawj tiam neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw, thiab feem ntau ntawm lawv cov txheej txheem txhawb nqa tseem rov qab los hauv lawv lub tebchaws.
"Raws li haiv neeg tsawg, peb tsis muaj peev xwm nkag mus rau tib lub peev uas ntau lwm cov kev lag luam pib nkag tau thaum lawv pib ua ntej," nws hais.
Ntawm, lawv tsis ntseeg vim peb tsis saib ib feem, thiab cov tsev txhab nyiaj tsis xav kom cov neeg zoo li peb tuaj yeem tso nyiaj zoo li ntawd.
Luckily, Dzime-Assison tau hais tias txij li thaum nws tau ua haujlwm hauv kev lag luam zam thiab kev lom zem ua ntej Vendoo, nws tau tsim kev sib raug zoo uas hloov mus rau hauv kev nqis peev. Vendoo muaj peev xwm ruaj ntseg nws thawj cov tub lag luam los ntawm ib qho ntawm Dzime-Assison cov kev sib txuas yav dhau los.
"Thawj peb xyoos ua qhov no, peb tsis tau them peb tus kheej ib yam dab tsi, thiab peb tau siv peb tus kheej cov nyiaj los tsim lub platform, mus ncig, thiab ua txhua yam uas yuav siv los koom ua lag luam," Dzime-Assison hais.
Vendoo tau nce $ 300, 000 hauv kev lag luam peev thaum kawg ntawm 2019. Cov nyiaj pib pib no tau pab lub tuam txhab fledgling tsim nws pab neeg mus rau 16 tus neeg ua haujlwm, thiab tso cai rau txhua tus neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm puv sijhawm yam tsis tau tsom mus rau lwm txoj haujlwm.
Thaum qhov no yog qhov kev yeej loj rau lub tuam txhab, Dzime-Assison tau hais tias nws thiab nws pab pawg tau ntsib teeb meem txuas ntxiv thaum cov tsev txhab nyiaj feem ntau zoo li tsis kam muab kev pab thaum lawv tab tom qhib lawv thawj cov nyiaj lag luam.
"Zoo, lawv tsis ntseeg vim peb tsis saib ib feem, thiab cov tsev txhab nyiaj tsis xav kom cov neeg zoo li peb tuaj yeem tso nyiaj zoo li ntawd," nws hais.
Thaum kawg, Dzime-Assison tau hais tias cov teeb meem no tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo rau Vendoo, vim cov neeg siv khoom hauv kev lag luam muag khoom gravitated rau lawv los txhawb lub tuam txhab coj los ntawm cov neeg xim.
Peb muaj kev sib tw ntau heev yog plaub haiv neeg tsawg, tshwj xeeb yog plaub haiv neeg tsawg thiab thawj thawj tus tsim.
Vendoo kuj ua haujlwm pab nyiaj ntau los muab rov qab rau cov zej zog. Xyoo tas los, lub tuam txhab tau sib piv cov nyiaj pub dawb los ntawm nws cov neeg siv los txhawb cov koom haum tawm tswv yim rau kev hloov kho tub ceev xwm tom qab kev tuag ntawm George Floyd.
Tshaj xyoo tom ntej no, Vendoo tseem xav nthuav nws cov haujlwm sab nraud Asmeskas, nrog rau nws qhov muag tam sim no tau teeb tsa rau Canada. Dzime-Assison tau hais tias lub tuam txhab tau saib xyuas cov ntaub ntawv kom pom tias lwm lub tebchaws yuav zoo li cas, raws li kev thov rau nws cov software platform.
"Thaum kawg, peb tab tom ua haujlwm nthuav dav peb qhov pom thiab qhov peb tuaj yeem muab rau peb cov neeg siv," Dzime-Assison xaus.
