Originally from Iran, Shar Behzadian moved to the United States and earned her MBA with an emphasis in Marketing from SF State in 2014. As a graduate student, she founded the student group SF Design Lab that focused on design thinking, and cultivating creativity and entrepreneurship. Access to the SF State alumni network provided her with a great advantage to entering the start-up world.

After graduating in 2014, she traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, and became inspired to recreate the joy of authentic traveling. She wanted every newcomer to live like a local wherever they went. From this desire, she founded World Inside Out, a company that builds communities to simplify local living for international students and expats. World Inside Out is located in San Francisco and Shar has plans to expand to multiple locations.