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2020/2022: Founded my first enterprise, Hanafi Corporation. This venture tapped into the nascent luxury street-wear market. Broadly, luxury is perceived as exclusive access. Historically, brands created this exclusivity through high pricing. Yet, brands like Nike and Adidas disrupted this by creating scarcity via limited quantity, either through raffles or a "first-come, first-served" approach. My company utilized this new paradigm in three ways:
- - Sybil the raffles: employing scripts to automate entry for higher chances of securing items.
  - Sybil the FCFS: utilizing scripts to automate the entire purchase process.
  - Capitalizing on arbitrage opportunities between Asia and Europe. I noticed differential preferences across continents. By importing styles unpopular in Asia and reselling them in Europe (where they were popular), I could realize significant margins.
2020/2022: Part of the founding team of BabaFinder, a platform offering access to scraped data to individuals and businesses. Left an active role in 2022 (When I left, BabaFinder had about 1000 monthly customers (~30k MRR, and now it has 2000.) Website | Instagram
2021/2022: Co-founded SoonToWear, envisioned to be France's first 100% automated street fashion marketplace. Aside from its automation, it promised frictionless experiences for both sellers and buyers. Despite significant progress and interest from business angels and securing advantageous partnerships with MangoPay and DHL, personal challenges faced by one co-founder and unfavorable market conditions caused the project to stall. However, the experience was invaluable. A look on the project | Project White Paper
2022/2023: Assistant Math Professor at Henri Bergson College in Paris. I supported mathematics professor Bryce Augustyn, conducting 2-4 hours of classes per week. Recognizing the socio-economic challenges of the student population, I also undertook initiatives to introduce them to prestigious educational institutions and to motivate the top performers to consider applying.
2022/2023: Consulting for Tempus Shop. Assisted in the launch and advised CEO M. Guigues in crafting numerous marketing campaigns, brand introductions, and supply chain logistics. Helped to scale the project from 0 to 7+ digits revenue annualy Website | Twitter | Instagram
Jan/Feb 2024: Intern as a Research Assistant at Quantum Information Center, where I focused on Satellite-based Quantum Information Networks, under the supervision of Pr Grosshans.
2024: Co-founder of Inflow, a next-gen payment provider leveraging local payment rails and blockchain in frontier country. Twitter

Voluuntering:

2021/2022: Member of Top Aéro association at Sorbonne University, part of the modeling team working on SolidWorks.
2022/2023: Volunteer for Aida, an association aiding sick children to break the monotony of their daily lives, also arranging activities for their siblings, who often feel side-lined.
2023/? : President of KryptoSphère Sorbonne, with the ambition of making it France's blockchain expertise hub. We're actively planning multiple workshops and key-topic conferences in collaboration with partners.
2023/? : Volunteer and member of Ethereum France. Helped in the organization of EthCC in the last 2 editions.
2023/2024 : Honoree of the Institut de l'Engagement, a European institution recognizing outstanding civic contributions.

Current Projects:

An Article on the Impact of Stablecoins in Emerging Markets: A Retrospective on Achievements and Impacts, Including a Review of the State of the Art and Insightful Testimonials from Local Stakeholders. The article will be published soon. Special thanks to Dr. El Amine and Dr. Normi Sham.
A Paper on "How Street-Wear Meets Luxury" : An exploration of how street-wear has converged with luxury fashion. Topics include the historical definition of luxury, the psychological factors driving modern luxury appeal, the application of game theory in contemporary sales strategies, and the challenges of scaling such a business model.

Issahnane Hanafi, 21 years old, Paris.

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