This podcast marks the final piece of content we’re putting out under Startup Magazine, once you recover from the trauma and have worked through the grief, come follow us on social media: Adi Abdurab: Abdurab.com (my unfiltered opinion blog), FB (gaming channel), Twitter, IG (a complete waste of a follow, but sharing none-the-less), LinkedIn, iMDB (just flexing) Zeeshan Qureshi: Twitter, LinkedIn (that’s all you get, he’s a private person, don’t be nosy) Goodbye all, I hope to see you on our social media. Don’t know what happens to this site from tomorrow forth. Might stay, might not. The fina ..read more

I challenge anyone to convince me I’m not every bit an entrepreneur as the people housed at NIC! Farah Samuel, Author – EntrepreneurWe speak of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs every now and then. Since the last decade, it is one of the most talked about things in the business community, academia, international aid agencies and of course by the youth in Pakistan. Today we see that the entrepreneurial ecosystem as many call it, though is still in its infancy, has grown bigger.  Young graduates aspire to be entrepreneurs on the very first day after graduation and sometimes even before. It i ..read more

Startup Magazine was in conversation with the head of the Rehnuma program, Col (R). Akmal Khan discussing how future generations need more than just a traditional education to really thrive in the world. Originally designed as a pre-training module for shaping minds such that they can join the armed forces – Rehnuma has evolved into an entire personality and social grooming program where any applicant can learn to unlock and maximize their true potential. The program features a focus on personality development, EQ and other soft and physical skills that help reshape the very fabric of ..read more

In my 18 years living, this year is a promising contender for “worst, ever”. This is because I will be completing my A ‘levels this year and am now required to select an institute/university that will become my identity for the remainder of my life. The sheer magnitude of this decision is intense, to say the least. Now, as I go through this experience, I completely understand that things will only get harder, especially when it comes to selecting a career. Before landing on business administration as my choice of career, I have been through a whirlwind of emotions about every possible fiel ..read more

Qarib Kazmi and frequent contributor to Startup Magazine, Farah Samuels of Code For Pakistan sat down to talk about how the event went, its importance and what the future holds for CFP. For further details on Code for Pakistan’s civic hackathon, please check out their site. ISLAMABAD – 3rd December 2019: Maleeka Bokhari, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Law and Justice delivered the opening keynote speech at a panel discussion on, “Multi-Stakeholder Approach for Innovation in Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” organised by Code for Pakistan, Jazz and OPEN Isla ..read more

Before you roll your eyes at the thought of reading another drudged up list of basic no-brainers on why startups fail, give it a read, we’re pitching a different perspective. Startups fail in Pakistan all the time, however, failure in this region is not covered in popular research. That said, anyone who has attempted business in Pakistan can very well attest to the following overlooked reasons why startups fail in Pakistan. 1. Truck ki batti You may or may not have heard this colloquial idiom, but it has become a definitive part of doing business in Pakistan. This phrase literally ..read more

Every now and then we fancy flying up high ‘literally’ and not only figuratively. Do we really need wings to fly? Yes, we do. Humans who fly through means other than an air jet do so through well quite a few means including paragliding. Paragliding and how it’s contributing to our tourism industry is what we would like to talk about today. The evolving tourism industry in Pakistan is reshaping the trade. When we think of tourism as business, we mostly come across tour operators – who are the backbone of the industry. In recent times, the way tour operators work has also changed, for in ..read more

Meet Zahid Ali, 34 hailing from the small ancient town of Takht-i-Bahi near Mardan, KPK. Zahid is a happy-go-lucky person who lives happily with his wife and a family of three German Shepherds – Max, Messy and Bubloo. Zahid graduated from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Peshawar with a degree in computer systems engineering. He began his career from UET as a software engineer and then moved to work with the UN. However, all these years of hard work and toil, he kept thinking of his dream – ERISP. Zahid lost his father at the age of five. They were seven siblings with no ..read more

What qualities does it take to become a successful startup founder in 2019? As simple as the question might be, the answer is decidedly not. Every founder is an individual. Unique in their own way. They are brought up in different environments, develop their own way of thinking and problem solving. All the challenges they have faced over the years have shaped them and have helped shape the baseline for the qualities of successful startup founders. We, as seekers, analysing the right mould, need to scratch deeper than just dusting the surface. To develop an understanding of the type of fo ..read more

The phrase subliminal messages or, subliminal stimuli, is not usually uttered in civilized company as it lets in a waft of unscientific conspiracy. By definition, subliminal stimuli means “below threshold”, i.e. sneaking message under one’s mental radar. The phenomenon has garnered attention through pop-culture references from music, film and possibly even TV. Given that its very nature is covert implies that these messages are not easy to find. Clandestine is built in to the very name, it is commonly known that attempts are made, at varying degrees of efficacy, to sneak additional message in ..read more