Issam Freiha & Vinay Menda are co-founders of Blank Street. They created Blank Street as a way to bring local commerce into the 21st century and are starting by operating carts that serve specialty coffee & food sourced from local vendors in NYC. Prior to building Blank Street, Vinay and Issam helped scale startups that solved meaningful problems in real estate, construction, and food. As immigrants from India & Lebanon with first-hand experience as entrepreneurs, they understand the sacrifice & risk many street card vendors take when they leave home with hopes of building something meaningful in the US. Their vision with Blank Street is to empower small local businesses by giving them access to their suite of plug & play hardware & software products to help them grow.