* Zee Ali* Founder of Z-SWAG

Bio:

Zee Ali is the founder of Z-SWAG, full-service custom apparel, promotional merchandising, and fulfillment company. Zee has worked with brands including Chik-fil-a, Sony, Cricket Wireless, General Mills, and LinkedIn.

Zee graduated from Triton College with a Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management degree, in addition to studying graphic design and web development. While attending school, Zee discovered an opportunity to sell chef coats to his classmates by sourcing chef coats from the local flea market, filling his duffle bag and going classroom to classroom at Triton. His side-hustle transformed into a chef uniform and equipment company which later morphed into what it is today.

A true renaissance man at heart, Zee has many passions. His various talents place further emphasis on his versatility, which compliments his knowledge in business. To follow his journey, learn about what he is working on, and from his successes and failures, you can follow him on IG at @ZeeAli and ZSWAG.com.

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Links:

* https://www.zswag.com/* https://thezeeali.com/who-is-zee-ali/* https://www.facebook.com/theZeeAli/* https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeeali/* https://www.instagram.com/ZeeAli/

Transcript:

Charles (00:00):

In this episode of the Business of eCommerce. I talked with

Zee Ali about running a remote team. This is the business of e-commerce.

Episode one 18. Welcome to the Business of eCommerce. The show that helps

eCommerce retailers start, launch and grow their eCommerce business. I'm your

host, Charles Palleschi , and I'm here today with Zee Ali. Zee is the founder

of Z swag, a full service custom apparel, promotional merchandising and

fulfillment company Z works with brands including Chick-fil-A, Sony cricket,

wireless, general mills, and LinkedIn. I assume on the show today to chat about

how he runs a remote team. So hazy. How are you doing today?

Zee (00:42):

I'm fantastic. Thank you so much for having me on.

Charles (00:45):

Yeah, it's awesome to have you. I love kind of talking

about other folks who have kind of done the whole remote thing. I feel like

that's, that's one of those reasons fundamentally why a lot of people get into

this business because it's something that you can run remotely, right? Not like

there's a lot of businesses, it's just not possible. But e-commerce is one of