‘The Conventional Wisdom Would Be to Back Down’: How This Founder Continues to Disrupt an Industry That Really Wants Him to Go Away

Two flights changed entrepreneur Aktarer Zaman‘s life. “One was when I was five years old, and my family was able to fly to the US from Bangladesh, creating a whole new opportunity for us. I saw how important access to travel was,” he told Entrepreneur. “And two: when I was 20 and had gotten a job at Amazon, and saw that flights to Seattle that had layovers in San Francisco were half the price.”

Zaman’s realization led to the creation of Skiplagged, a travel platform that takes advantage of “hidden city tickets,” which means buying a ticket where the layover is actually your desired destination,

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