Furqan Khan became the founder of KicksOnFire when he was still in college at the age of 20. Khan was always attracted to the sneaker culture, and his passion led him to great success as an entrepreneur.
Khan simply wanted to spread the knowledge he gained about sneakers to anyone who was interested. His website gives followers updated news and coverage as well as upcoming release dates. He identified a niche that needed to be filled as the sneaker community really had nothing like Kicks on Fire before Khan founded it. It became practically an encyclopedia for sneakers.
Furthermore, Khan’s success with Kicks on Fire led him to create a business in the sneaker world while also giving other people an opportunity to do the same. Khan founded Kixify.com which allows users to post their own shoes for sale and gives people the tools to find the exact shoes they are looking for. Kixify charges a small fee for being the intermediary and this gives them financial opportunity.
Any entrepreneur can learn a lot from Khan who turned his passions into business ideas.
I used to use Kicks on Fire all the time back in high school. What a great idea. Its cool to see how far his passion has taken him.
I love how well Khan’s passion and interests were able to be used in his business. I would imagine that Khan’s enormous passion for the sneaker industry and culture gave him a significant advantage over competition and allowed him to create products that others like him would truly desire and use. Khan is a motivation to me to find something powerful in one of my passions to build a business around.
I think the idea that Khan followed his passion, which turned into a business idea, is important. A lot of people simply do things because they believe they are a good idea or will make them lots of money, when really those ideas go nowhere. When someone pursues what they love, most often a business opportunity presents itself.
I have actually used this website before so it is really cool to see the story behind it. It was very helpful for me. I also liked that he did not stop at just that first website, but he also continued to expand his business, helping even more people with their shoe needs.
I like this a lot because I like shoes. Maybe I should try to turn one of my passions into a business also! Thanks for the inspiration Gabe!