Holla, I'm Mostofa 👋
I was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with a knack for reverse-engineering. In 2nd grade, I built a makeshift antenna out of scrap wires and tapped into the signal from a nearby cable provider to watch Swat Kats, since cable TV wasn't allowed in our home.
By high school, that same instinct met necessity. I had dreamed of studying in the U.S. ever since 4th grade, but the cost was far beyond our means, and part-time jobs weren't even an option in Bangladesh. All I had was $5 saved from skipping lunch. One night, I noticed digital items were priced differently across regions. First I flipped them manually; then I used software to trade while I was in class. Over two years, it became Bangladesh's largest eSports marketplace, and that $5 grew into more than $30,000 (600,000% ROI). It was my first real taste of entrepreneurship and my ticket to the U.S. That journey led me to earn bachelor's degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Electrical Engineering. Later, I opted out of Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science graduate program to build things people want
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