We had the good fortune of connecting with Shahzeen Rehman and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Shahzeen, how did you fund your business? Do you think you would do anything different if you could go back?
Our business is both self-funded and backed by an investor. Even if I go back, I wouldn’t do it differently. We put in the money ourself because we believed in the idea so much and only accepted outside investment when we had enough traction to make sure we had a succeeding product. It’s a huge responsibility when you take outside investment and you want to make sure you live up to the expectations and don’t let your investors down. That’s why we first put up the capital ourselves, scaled the product and used the investment to fuel up the efforts

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
Entrepreneurs don’t set out to carve their own identities. For them their identity is their work or product and that’s true for me also. People know us and recognize us because of our product Seat Check. And that’s what I’m most proud of, there is no better feeling than for your product to be recognized, known and used. It’s never an easy road. Or let’s just say it’s never a straight road. There is always something that goes wrong or doesn’t go the way you thought it would. But you must keep going. Every effort, no matter how small it is, makes a difference and that’s the philosophy I live by and use to overcome tough situations. The most important lesson I’ve learned is that hard work always pays off and you just have to keep on going. There will be times and moments when you want to give up but you must keep going. Like I mentioned earlier, every effort no matter how small it is makes a difference.

Any great local spots you’d like to shoutout?
My favorite thing to do is try our new restaurants. And if I friend was visiting I would make sure they try out all my favorites. I like small, locally owned and chain restaurants equally. So I would like to mix them up.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
Seat check wouldn’t be where it is today without the efforts of my husband and our team of developers. It’s not a one person job. My husband, Akber Gilani deserves special credit for the amount of work and efforts he’s put in. Also, our team of developers who worked tirelessly to build the product. They are the key components because it’s because of the them the app stays updated for our users

Website: www.seatcheckapp.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seatcheckapp/
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/shahzeen-rehman-40381422
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Myseatcheck
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/seatcheckapp
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY_S7bvBb-rOaIsaUdxKnSA