I always love chatting to fellow tech people who are finding creative ways to fit entrepreneurship into their lives. Today’s guest is balancing a full-time position in tech while also running two convenience stores, an industry I am always excited to learn more about.

Sarok Shareef is an IT Sales Executive who has always had an interest in entrepreneurship. He purchased an existing convenience store and learned so much during his first year about operations and team management. About a year later, he took all those lessons and developed a second retail concept leveraging the lessons from his first store to jump-start success with his second location.

Sarok and I talk about why he wanted to get into owning convenience stores specifically and what it was like buying an existing business. He shares some of the challenges he’s encountered with inventory, personnel, and finding the deal in the first place. And we discuss what he would do differently if he were to do it all again as well as what he loves about his new, second convenience store in a different part of town.

Find complete show notes and more information at therichergeek.com/podcast.