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How Stan Mirzayev’s Parts Pass App is Helping Millions – and Disrupting the Auto Industry
ATLANTA (FNN) – Parts Pass, the new app designed to make ordering automotive parts easier and faster for car owners, is quickly disrupting the automotive industry. Dedicated to mechanics, avid car DIYers, and everyday drivers alike, the user-friendly app saves people time and money.
What Makes the Parts Pass App Different, and Why It Matters
Parts Pass has changed the way people order their car parts in four ways.
• First, it’s mobile, so car owners can search for parts anywhere and anytime.
• Second, the user-friendly app’s AI integration simplifies the process of searching for and replacing car parts by diagnosing what’s needed based on drivers’ photos of their vehicle from any angle.
• Third, it makes parts more affordable, providing them at a wholesale price.
• Fourth: Speedy delivery. Parts arrive in 48 hours.
Who is Parts Pass Founder and CEO Stan Mirzayev?
While Parts Pass’s ease of use and benefits make its rise in popularity a no-brainer, a deeper look at founder and CEO Stan Mirzayev explains why.
As leadership coach John Maxwell teaches, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” Those roots run deep for Mirzayev, who’s family came to the U.S. from Soviet Russia when he was just four years old. His father started an automotive shop and, like many family businesses, Mirzayev worked in his father’s shop for years.
This history created a winning combination for Mirzayev: a passion for automobiles, entrepreneurship experience, a love for serving people, and leadership.
A major leadership lesson for Mirzayev came through a shift in perspective. When FNN News asked him about his experience working in his father’s shop in a recent phone interview, he shared that the biggest difficulty was working directly with his father, because “he has his tendencies.” But he soon realized his father was doing things for the greater good of the family, and his mother advised him to put emotions aside. He said, “Once I did that, it got a lot easier.” He learned the line between work life and home life and to never mix the two. “I never took work back into the house…It’s a daily reminder to this day.”
An automotive enthusiast for over 17 years and a serial entrepreneur, Mirzayev leads and works with daily words of affirmation for himself. He shared several affirmations with FNN News, including that pivotal lesson: “Leave your emotions at the door”, “Focus on the goal”, “Be accepting”, “I never said it would be easy, but it would be worth it.”
He understands the importance of serving people – both his customers and his team members. “I always tend to put myself in their shoes,” he said. “I’m understanding and empathetic towards people.” In building his team, he talks with potential hires about the company’s vision and makes sure they align with it, because if they can’t, they’re not a fit. He praises Parts Pass’s team of self-starters, noting that someone who isn’t a self-starter would need a bit more time and attention, and the operation would “only move as fast as the anchor holding us back.”
Before Parts Pass, Mirzayev founded Parts Detect, a B2B shop management app that allows mechanics to efficiently source parts from suppliers. He then founded the Parts Pass app as a B2C solution in 2022.
Between working in his father’s shop and running his own auto parts businesses, he realized about customers and clients, “You have to be a therapist and financial adviser. These days, [it’s important to] break down the most important repairs and offer payment plans [to make it easier for them].” This became especially true in the current U.S. economy, which saw prices spike post-pandemic.
He also noted, “With a brick-and-mortar business, customers usually support businesses within a five-mile radius, so it’s important to build trust with them.”
What’s Next for Parts Pass
The Parts Pass app is available in the Apple Store. Image courtesy of Parts Pass.
Mirzayev plans to adopt more car parts catalogs to increase what’s available for car owners, expand to include catalogs for other vehicle types (semi-trucks, farm equipment, boats, ATVs, etc.), and create a membership option for customers which would feature maintenance records and much more.
The Parts Pass app is currently only available on Apple (via the Apple Store) but will launch on Android in August of 2023 and a desktop version will be released next year.
Terminal upgrades, parking projects and international connections mark the authority’s fiscal year review.
ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) — The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority highlighted terminal improvements, expanded international connections and parking projects during its fiscal 2026 review, while its board adopted changes to a local business program and announced a new statewide small business initiative.
The updates affect Orlando International Airport and Orlando Executive Airport, which GOAA operates.
“We are undertaking an ambitious effort to redefine what it means to deliver a world-class airport experience,” GOAA CEO Lance Lyttle said in the authority’s announcement.
“As we welcome more visitors, more airlines, more routes, and new programs, our responsibility is to elevate every part of the journey — making it more welcoming, intuitive, and connected.”
A Gate Link train travels along an elevated guideway at Orlando International Airport, with the airport’s control tower in the background. Photo courtesy of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.
Terminal Improvements Focus on Connections and Families
Among the completed projects was an enclosed pedestrian bridge with moving walkways connecting Orlando International Airport’s train station and Terminal C.
Terminal C also opened a new wing serving gates 250–254, providing additional capacity and becoming the new home for Virgin Atlantic’s airport operations.
Three new Family Zones — one in each terminal — offer spaces for children and families to play, read and recharge. GOAA also highlighted improvements to directional signs along airport roads, in parking areas and throughout the terminals.
Parking Expansion and $40 Million Improvement Program
GOAA reported progress on a parking guidance system at Terminal C, with phased activation across all garages planned through mid-2027.
Dedicated employee parking areas are intended to free additional spaces for travelers. Planning is also underway for two new garages expected to add 8,000 public parking spaces over the next few years.
Separately, the authority’s $40 million Beautiful Airports Program targets safety, functionality and appearance across garages, terminals and other airport areas.
Aviation Investments and International Service
The fiscal year review highlighted a $50 million investment by dnata, a $26 million redevelopment by Signature Aviation at Orlando International Airport and groundbreaking for Sky Harbour’s $40 million campus at Orlando Executive Airport.
International service developments included ZIPAIR’s nonstop passenger charter flights between Orlando and Tokyo and Iberia’s launch of nonstop service to Madrid.
GOAA described ZIPAIR’s service as the first passenger charter connection between Florida and the Asia-Pacific region.
Business Policy Changes Broaden Eligibility
The board adopted revisions to GOAA’s Local Developing Business program following research, town halls and discussions with internal experts.
The changes increase the allowable personal net worth threshold and clarify how assets are excluded from that calculation, including primary residence equity, business equity, retirement assets and certain nonliquid holdings.
Business size standards were also revised to account for inflation and increased operating costs. The announcement did not specify the updated financial thresholds.
A new Small Business program will complement the local program and extend eligibility to qualifying businesses throughout Florida. Under the announced framework, participating businesses must fall within 50% of the applicable U.S. Small Business Administration size standard.
GOAA said detailed guidelines for both programs would be posted on its website. Those guidelines will provide businesses with the information needed to assess eligibility.
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