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In tonight’s conversation with our special guest, Muhammad Sarmad Farooq. What has Sarmad’s journey been like? What was it like growing up & then moving out of Talagang? What is manufacturing engineering and how did he end up doing it? What was his time at GIK like? What did he do post-graduation? What was it like working in Careem and how did his career progress? Careem’s food delivery in Saudi and why wasn’t the same model brought to Pakistan? Why did he quit? How did he end up thinking about starting Truck It In? What was Sarmad’s family transport business and What was the marketplace like back then? Is there any value in this? How did they go about it? What has changed for the factory owner? Is it beneficial in terms of pricing? How do they earn money & Is it profitable? Were there any conversions? Is there any competition? Is the market heading towards it? The goal of their fundraising? What to expect & will they work on it? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and so much more in tonight’s episode.
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00:00 Tonight’s guest: Muhammad Sarmad Farooq
01:30 Early Life & Journey
03:50 What was it like growing up & then moving out of Talagang?
07:30 Education
11:18 What is manufacturing engineering?
13:10 GIK - The experience
19:03 What did he do post-graduation?
22:50 Working in Careem
27:49 How did his career in Careem progress?
33:06 Careem’s food delivery in Saudi - The process
34:32 Why wasn’t this model brought to Pakistan?
39:04 Why did he quit?
42:58 How did he end up thinking about starting Truck It In?
44:58 Are there any models that can be explored in Sports?
46:26 What was Sarmad’s family transport business?
50:58 Understanding the market and processes
57:28 Is there any value in this?
1:01:39 How did they go about it?
1:07:23 What has changed for the factory owner?
1:09:44 Is it beneficial in terms of pricing?
1:12:01 How do they earn money & Is it profitable?
1:17:09 Were there any conversions?
1:20:21 The analytics - Vehicles, Trips, etc.
1:22:29 Competition & is the market heading towards it?
1:26:43 The goal of their fundraising
1:29:20 Customer care
1:29:55 What to expect & will they work on it?
1:39:14 Transport management solutions
1:44:11 How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050?
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