Hi, I'm Abrar.
A note from me about who I am, how I started a company called Redshop, and what I’m currently working on.
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Potsdam — June, 2026
Dear reader,
I'm Abrar — 21, born in Dhaka, now living in Potsdam and studying Digital Business & Data Science at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences. Before Germany, I spent three years at Schule Schloss Salem finishing the IB. Two countries in, I've learned that the things I care about travel well: building carefully, listening closely, and shipping something people actually use.
The biggest chapter of my life so far is Redshop. In late 2022 a friend and I noticed that merchants back home were stitching their businesses together across half a dozen disconnected apps, and most of them had no real checkout at all — commerce was happening in DMs. We started Redshop Technologies to fix that: a Shopify-style platform built for emerging markets, with IMS, OMS, CRM, local couriers and payment gateways wired in from day one.
I led product. That meant customer interviews in living rooms and warehouses, a roadmap that changed every quarter, conversion-optimised storefronts, an investor deck, and a lot of late nights. In eight months we crossed 5,000 merchants, drove roughly $7.3M in GMV, processed 600,000+ orders, scaled to 12+ enterprise customers and $45k ARR, and closed $35,000 in pre-seed angel funding. In the final quarter I stepped in as CEO to lead a pivot toward enterprise services and a premium subscription model — and, when the numbers said so, to wind the company down cleanly and move on.
Before Redshop I cut my teeth at Graphic Solution Ltd, the exclusive Bangladesh agency for Koenig & Bauer. I built their product catalogue site, rolled out Salesforce, and set up the KBA Partner Portal for the service engineers. Small team, big machines, very real customers — a good first taste of how product, sales and operations actually talk to each other.
What I'm looking for next is simple: a product or VC team where I can keep building with people who care about the craft. I like ambiguous problems, lean teams, and products that touch real money or real workflows. I'm comfortable in the messy middle between users, data and engineering, and I'd rather ship something honest than something loud.
If any of that resonates — or you just want to compare notes on emerging-market commerce, founder lessons, or life in Potsdam — my inbox is open.
Warmly,
Abrar
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