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Go inside the beautiful home of a former Goldman Sachs engineer-turned-startup-founder

May 6, 2016, 19:25 IST

Sarah Jacobs

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Reham Fagiri knows from experience how annoying it can be to sell your used furniture when you're moving. That's why she, along with co-founder Kalam Dennis, started AptDeco, a New York City-based startup that takes the pain out of selling pre-owned furniture by handling all of the logistics for you.

The company launched in 2013 after graduating from the prestigious Silicon Valley tech accelerator Y Combinator.

By that time, Fagiri already had years of business experience under her belt. After graduating with an engineering degree from the University of Maryland, she landed a job at Goldman Sachs, where she spent five years working her way up the ranks.

But then Fagiri found herself searching for the next big thing. "Being a manager is one of the hardest things you can do, but I had an itch for more," she told Business Insider. "But I didn't know what." She packed her things and went to Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. Soon after, AptDeco was born.

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We visited with Fagiri in her recently redecorated home in Harlem, which was completely decked out with items she purchased off of the site she helped build. Let's take a look inside.

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