Ahmed Rahim

8 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 5, 2021 by Ahmed Rahim · said 6 times in 1 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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2021 6 mentions in 1 episode

Stasher and Modern Twist: Kat Nouri Nov 22, 2021 · 6 mentions · from 35:12
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Jul 5, 2021

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Suppliers initially mistook Numi for automotive manufacturer NUMMI

“I used to call people for packaging and I'd say I'm from NuMe. And they would call me back. They would give me all the attention in the world. I'd be like, wow, they're really helping a tiny little startup. And then later on, I realized they thought we were ne…”

Ahmed Rahim Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 28:12 Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim

Jul 5, 2021

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Rahim: Co-founded Eastern European Wholesale Business Selling 300 Loose Teas

“They asked me to be a partner, then we opened up some more tea houses, and then we ended up opening up a, Pretty big wholesale business of loose teas, about 300 loose teas that we sold to tea houses through a lot of Eastern Europe.”

Ahmed Rahim Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 16:37 Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim

Jul 5, 2021 positive

Opinion

Ahmed Rahim credits psychedelics with saving his life and expanding his worldview.

“Well, I always say that psychedelics saved my life, and definitely gave me an awareness of what the bigger world is like”

Ahmed Rahim Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 7:49 Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim

Jul 5, 2021 neutral

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Numi Tea launched at five to ten times conventional tea bag prices.

“When Numi Organic Tea was launched in 1999 by brother and sister Ahmed Rahim and Reem Hassani, their prices were five or even 10 times higher than what people were used to paying for tea bags.”

Guy Raz Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 2:33 Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim

Jul 5, 2021

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The co-founders' father bailed out Numi using his pension plan.

“Our dad kind of bailed us out on several occasions because summers were really tight, tea season isn't until the fall, and you have to buy all your teas in the summer, so he would bail us out with his pension plan”

Reem Hassani Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 36:04 Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim

Jul 5, 2021

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Numi hit $4.5 million in revenue by year four on $2,000 salaries.

“Yeah, we were already probably north of four and a half million by year four, and we were probably taking two to 3000 a month of salary.”

Ahmed Rahim Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 47:54 Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim

Jul 5, 2021

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Numi Tea Financed Its Launch With a $250K Line of Credit on Dad's Home

“We went to our dad and asked him if he would use the leverage of his house to get a loan. So we partnered with a bank in Cleveland and he refinanced his home and he had a line of credit on his home up To X amount, but we just started with a 250,000 dollar line…”

Ahmed Rahim Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 35:21 Numi Organic Tea: Reem Hassani and Ahmed Rahim

Nov 22, 2021 positive

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Nouri: Ahmed Rahim Threatened to Drop Her Unless She Built for Impact

“And at one point, Ahmed turned around and said to me, I'm just not going to support you anymore or be your advisor if you don't think of some other way to produce something that actually has the ability to have change.”

Kat Nouri Nov 22, 2021 ▶ 36:24 Stasher and Modern Twist: Kat Nouri

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