https://www.fehzan.com/home daily 1.0 2026-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b3efa8c922a24c0987f9f/1633375766180-E7KDYW2E90KQG5WTZ0A6/You+may+have+seen+me+on+%282%29.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b3efa8c922a24c0987f9f/1633376417501-7R9IAM3KC89N0JF0UVDD/Dljbk76p_400x400.jpeg Home - Bootstrapped Entrepreneur That Just Doesn’t Quit I started my first successful company at 17 with a $200 investment that I barely scrapped together. I saved up the profits from my first company, while continuing and completing my college education as a first generation college student. As a first generation American, my parents instilled values in me that have been key drivers of my success: perseverance determination discipline passion ethics At 19, I parlayed that success into my second company, Adscend Media. Within 18 months of founding, we hit an 8 figure revenue run rate. Again, bootstrapped and totally debt free. Over the next 17 years, I led the company first as CEO and later as Chair through various successful transformations. Ultimately, we successfully exited the company in July 2025. Today, I am working on my next company. Stay tuned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b3efa8c922a24c0987f9f/1633385015841-3055NENX6TIX97HG89WN/nasdaqempact.jpg Home - Long Term Fundamental Investor Since 2011, I’ve deployed a large amount of capital into assets across real estate, private investments, public investments, etc. Over the years, I’ve also clearly defined my investing style: Fundamental Investing. As a fundamental investor, I seek to understand a business from the inside out and ultimately the appropriate valuation that drives a business. Whether it’s a fast growing startup or a mature company, I try to identify margins of safety and invest for a long term hold. As a fundamental investor, I don’t limit myself to value or growth companies, I just care a lot about the valuation I invest at along with the moat of the company. I also keep an eye across the world, with a significant number of assets deployed into emerging markets. As an investor the last 10 years, I’ve had a chance to see my fair share of corrections and recession scares. As a founder, I’ve had my chance to see my fair share of nearly company ending events as well, and a chance to also recover from it stronger than before. So, I always keep my eye on the ball. My all time favorite investors: Warren Buffet, Charlie Munger, Peter Lynch, Joel Greenblatt, Benjamin Graham, John Bogle, Howard Marks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b3efa8c922a24c0987f9f/1633377268196-C07YQZU9LPCP4L05ZHHS/AdobeStock_423044511.jpeg Home - What’s Next? Like most, I do believe software will continue to eat the world. I am staying focused on software in industries that I understand and know well. As my time as co-founder & CEO of a rewarded ad platform company, I had a chance to really understand incentives, virtual currencies, transactional security, how to build an entirely new marketplace many times over, how to lead with technologically driven competitive advantages, and ultimately what makes people tick. I also had a chance to do this at scale, overseeing many billions of transactions. As I explore my next startup, I’m also investing in young companies where I can provide value in addition to capital. https://www.fehzan.com/about daily 0.75 2026-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b3efa8c922a24c0987f9f/1633383760980-70T0G3OUWWZW2DR55INO/Fehzan+and+Karima+Ali+in+Galapagos About - Hi! My name is Fehzan Ali, and I’m a first generation American. When I was in the 5th grade, my dad bought me my first personal computer. That same day, I wrote my first lines of HTML. Over the next few years, I taught myself QBasic, Visual Basic, Java, C++, HTML, and a few other languages. That started my endless love for technology. At 17, I was finally able to translate that knowledge into success with my first real company. Within a year, we generated nearly a million dollars in revenue with a starting investment of $200 that we barely scrapped together. At 19, I founded my second company, Adscend Media. We hit an 8-figure revenue run rate within 18 months, completely bootstrapped. Over the next 15 years, we built Adscend into a massive rewarded ad platform. I served as CEO, Chairman, and eventually guided the company through its acquisition in July 2025. Today, my goal is to simply explore, learn, code, and connect with others with no end date. 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