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  • Haroon's Legendary Journey in The World of Music| EP24 | How Does It Work

    From Jaaneman to Mehbooba and from music composition to 3D animated series Burqa Avengers. Let’s have a look on Haroon's Legendary Journey in the world of music. 
    We have discussed about his early career and stories of most famous songs like Mehbooba, Jaaneman and Mr. Fraudiye. The story of Awaaz band iconic music videos. In this interesting episode we further discussed about the 3D animation venture Burka Avengers by Haroon. 
    Find out about all that is happening in our country in this episode!

    #HowDoesItWork #Haroon #Awaazband

    00:00 Highlights
    02:12 Introduction of Haroon
    02:40 Story of Mr. Fraudiye song
    04:13 Dawn of Awaaz Band with Jaaneman song
    10:54 Breakup of Awaaz Band
    15:08 How you handled the fame?
    18:00 Budget of Mehbooba song
    25:22 Iconic Music videos of Haroon?
    34:21 Story of 3D animated series "Burka Avengers" 
    42:08 Future Plans of Haroon
    44:32 Live Performance of "Awaaz Band"?

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    47 min
  • The Future Of Pakistan with Hamid Mir | EP23 | How Does It Work

    What is coming next for Pakistan? What is the current political and economic situation? Hamid Mir gets into the future of our country, government corruption, match fixing and journalism, with Shayan Mahmud on this episode of How Does It Work podcast.

    What is holding South Asia back? How is the success of all South Asian countries connected? How can Pakistan thrive in the times to come ahead? What has Hamid Mir seen in his three decades as a journalist? Can Pakistan ever become a welfare state? Is press freedom relevant to a country’s success? Why can journalists never be friends with politicians? Why does Hamid Mir not get along with politicians from Punjab? How have certain politicians been involved in match fixing to earn money? How can a journalist deal with negative social media comments and trolling? How did Hamid Mir deal with being called a traitor and being banned from channels? Why is journalism in decline? How will social media change the news and media? Why is our credibility under threat? How are universities lacking in their journalism courses? What problems do journalists face? Can you become a good anchor without being a good journalist? What is Hamid Mir’s proudest moment in his entire career? What is going to happen in the upcoming elections? Is he going to vote? Who will Hamid Mir vote for?

    Find out about all that is happening in our country in this episode!
    #HowDoesItWork #HamidMir #ImranKhan

    00:00 Intro & Highlights
    02:12 Current Political Climate of Pakistan
    08:54 Can Pakistan Become a Welfare State?
    10:37 Journalists & Politicians Can Never Be Friends
    16:12 Match Fixing in Pakistan
    17:30 Does Social Media Trolling Affect You?
    22:18 Will Social Media Change News & Media?
    26:40 Why is Investigative Journalism in Decline?
    28:30 Should Youngsters Become Journalists?
    34:10 Proud Moment For Hamid Mir
    39:02 Who is Hamid Mir Voting For?

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    42 min
  • Predicting Pakistan's Next Elections Through Data Ft. Hashir Ibne Irshad | EP22

    Hashir Ibne Irshad, CEO Dataverse, tells us that the without analysing political changes and improving the political process, our country cannot move forward in institutional development or even foreign investment. For analysing anything, we need data. In this podcast episode of How Does It Work with Shayan Mahmud, Hashir explains why do we need data, and how will it bring development? How will it make Pakistanis’ lives better? How does his workforce collect data? What kind of information do they get? How does this information get analysed and on what basis? How do they understand the political narratives being built and which narrative is being sold in which areas? What is capacity building? How can you optimise and improve institutions on a large level? Why did Hashir start his projects in smaller Pakistani towns? Who does his workforce consist of and what do they do? 

    Hashir gets into details of union councils, political shows, swing votes and castes, analysis processes and how all this used to get the pulse of what’s happening. How do they identify swing voters? What are issue-based politics and why do they exist in Pakistan? Why do we as a nation need to focus more on development rather than charity? Why there is such a lack of poverty intervention data and what can be done about it? Does candidate analysis exist in Pakistan? How do parties build narrative? Why don’t they measure if their narrative is selling? How does Hashir make the data transparent and objective? What are the benefits of data? Will the social media wave benefit with data collection?

    Listen in on this detailed episode of why data is the future and why it is needed in Pakistan for the better!
    #HowDoesItWork #DataScience #Election2022

    00:00 Intro & Highlights
    02:54 What is Capacity Building?
    05:38 Politics and Lack of Data & Archives in Pakistan
    07:12 Analysing Pakistani Politics
    08:14 Large Data-Collection Network 
    10:28 Identifying Swing Voters
    13:38 What Are Issue-Based Politics?
    15:19 Lack of Poverty Intervention Data 
    18:39 Charity Vs. Development to Bring Change
    21:38 Building Political Narratives & Lack of Analysis
    26:20 Benefits of Data in Pakistan
    30:54 The Change Social Media Will Bring 
    33:00 Data Is For Everyone
    37:00 Corporate Lobbying 
    42:17 The Importance of Listening

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    47 min
  • The Truth Behind The Dollar And Daronomics Ft. Dr. Jibran Hussain Raza | EP21

    Dr. Jibran Hussain Raza, economist, policy analyst and assistant professor gets into everything about the economy, dollar and explains the Daronomics phenomenon in this new podcast episode of How Does It Work with Shayan Mahmud. How does the dollar work? How does the dollar rate go up and down? What does Ishaq Dar do to bring the dollar down? How does reserve currency work? How does it affect the lives of Pakistanis? Why was the dollar pegged with gold? How did the dollar become as valuable as it is? Which countries float and fix their currencies? How is unemployment related to this? How has the history of oil impacted different countries economy? How is the value of dollar determined? How has invoicing played a part in raising the value of the dollar? What is holding China’s economic fabric? How did the US survive the 2008 financial crisis? Why did the pound sterling take a dive? What wrong moves has the United Kingdom made? Why did the Federal Reserve change interest rates? Why is the dollar strengthening itself right now? How does the Federal Reserve work? How did Pakistan achieve industrial growth from 1947 to 1958? How do export and import regimes work? What is Pakistan’s deficit compares to the US’? What did Ishaq Dar do to bring down the dollar? What role did banks play in this? Why is there an inquiry going on about the State Bank of Pakistan? How did financial institutions take advantage of our political instability? Is Pakistan going to default? Does crypto have a future? What problems exist in its regulations? Find out all this and more in this episode! 

    #HowDoesItWork #Economy #Dollar

    00:00 Intro & Highlights
    02:20 Understanding the Fundamentals
    05:03 History of the Dollar
    09:40 How Did the Dollar Become So Valuable?
    11:40 China Economic Fabric & the US
    14:00 The Strongest Economy
    16:18 What Happened to the Pound?
    18:00 Global Trust & Confidence in the Dollar
    20:00 How Does The Federal Reserve Work?
    22:00 The Industrial Growth Era of Pakistan
    25:00 Why is the Middle Man the Problem?
    28:00 Impact of Daronomics on the Dollar
    30:38 Will Pakistan Default?
    33:40 Are Economic Changes Dependent on Better Governance?
    38:16 Future of Crypto, Regulations & Loopholes
    44:31 Future of the Dollar in Pakistan 

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    51 min
  • Engineer Entrepreneur With A Successful Brownie Business Ft. Omer Saeed Khan CEO O’Brownies | EP20

    Meet Omer Saeed Khan, CEO of O’Brownies and the engineer who became the brownie master of Islamabad! Shayan and Omer walk through the journey of Omer’s life, what he wanted to do after his engineering degree, how the idea for O’Brownies came about, how did it become so successful, how he got support throughout his entrepreneurial journey and so much more!

    Where was Omer working before his successful business? What was his first business and how did he start that? Why did it fail? What was learned throughout this entire journey? How did the idea for a brownie business start? How did he manage his business from home? How did his wife become involved in the business? What hours did he have to manage to run his business? How is he growing his business? How did he promote his products? What is next for O’Brownies? Where does his motivation come from?

    Omer gives a lot of advice on how to get started with a business, how to research, what we can learn from our failures and mistakes, how to not give up, how to introduce a product into the market, how word of mouth goes a long way, how to expand your business, how to work with your spouse effectively, the importance of honesty and respect, how to face society’s criticism, what sacrifices need to be made for your passion, how to tackle challenges in a business and so much more! Listen in and learn all this and more from the engineer who turned into a master baker!
    #HowDoesItWork #Entrepreneur #Business

    00:00 Intro & Highlights
    02:42 Introducing Omer Saeed Khan
    05:28 Starting A Business
    08:35 The Story Of Baking Brownies
    10:58 How To Introduce A Product To The Market
    12:23 The First Order
    14:00 Challenges Of The Business
    20:28 Brownie-Making – Training The Chefs
    22:21 Facing Society’s Criticism
    27:50 Omer’s Father’s Journey
    31:08 O’Brownies As A Full-Time Business
    35:38 The Vision To Expand
    37:55 How To Stay Motivated

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    43 min
  • How Priceoye, An Ecommerce Business, Raised $7.9M During The Time Of Crisis Ft. Adeel Shaffi | EP19

    Do you want to learn how to raise funding for your startup? Do you want to know what it takes to be a successful CEO? Join us as we follow the journey of Priceoye, a startup that raised $7.9M funding and is now in the process of becoming a successful e-commerce company. Our guest of the podcast, Adeel Shaffi is a co-founder of PriceOye, is on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to e-commerce and building a marketplace for authentic and original consumer electronics at the best price. 

    In this episode, two entrepreneurs & business enthusiasts Shayan Mahmud & Adeel Shaffi sit down to talk about startups & funding and give you an inside scoop into the industry. Three most important things that helped Priceoye build a strong case before VCs; How do international VCs analyze any business model; Things entrepreneurs should know before starting a business; Journey of Priceoye, how he & his brother got into the e-commerce business; How did they find the right mentors; What kind of advice should one listen to; they wanted to build a startup in the US but were told to select Pakistan instead! The difference between the Asian and European consumer market: why Pakistanis don’t value time & services? 

    Further in the discussion, Adeel highlighted how other startups have failed and why the hypergrowth model is not as effective. To succeed in any line of business, you need to have a solid long term plan and an in-depth understanding of the industry. Why is networking essential for the growth of business? To succeed, startup founders should do everything they can. In his own words, “Our business philosophy is simple, you should do everything unless it’s harmful.” 

    Learn about this and a lot more in this episode!
    #profit #Ecommerce #Startup

    00:00 Intro & highlights
    02:03 Introduction of CEO Priceoye
    02:20 Raised $7.9M in 2022
    04:10 From $50k to $7.9M
    05:35 The beginning of Priceoye
    07:04 Price Comparison & E-commerce 
    14:30 Importance of educational institutes in networking
    17:58 Why shifted from price comparison to e-commerce?
    21:04 Why Hypergrowth model is not effective?
    26:45 Importance of long term plan 
    29:49 Future of Startups in 2023
    33:05 Personal Vs Company Brand building
    34:41 Brothers as business partners: Pros & Cons 

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    38 min
  • Making Money With Alibaba Ecommerce in Pakistan Ft. Shah Talha Sohail | EP18

    An engineer graduate to working in advertising to becoming CEO and Co Founder of two startups. Talk about diverse! This episode features Shah Talha Sohail, CEO Trademor (Alibaba’s top partner in Pakistan) and Co-Founder Mode Mobility, and Shayan’s long-time colleague and friend.

    Shayan and Shah Talha get into an enjoyable conversation as they go down memory lane to when they started working together. How did they meet? How did an engineering graduate end up in advertising? What are Talha’s past experiences that contribute to his current success? How did he gain an understanding of branding and why is it important? Why did he move to Karachi from Islamabad? What is Trademor and what do they do with Alibaba? How did it start and how did it pick up? How did Talha build his expert team over two years? How did Trademor become the highest growth channel partner for Alibaba.com? After how long did it make a sale? Which Pakistani industries are most successful on Alibaba? How does Shah Talha divide his time between the two businesses? How was Talha involved in Shayan’s acquisition of ProPakistani?

    The discussion goes into different types of leaders and partnerships, how business booms with complimentary skill sets in leaders, the importance of branding, learning about sales, the significance of honesty, discipline, patience and integrity in ensuring business success, and the significance of a partners’ support. Shah Talha then shares all about how Mode Mobility started. What was the inspiration? What are the developments that have been done? Are electric vehicles the future? How did Talha’s experience in Formula racing at NUST help with this business? How did he build the team for Mode? When will this vehicle be available in the market? And what will be the price for it? Learn about this and a lot more in this episode!
    #HowDoesItWork #Alibaba #Ecommerce

    00:00 Intro & Highlights
    01:53 The Start of Talha’s Journey – Eikon7 
    05:19 Green Volunteers & Fund Raising
    08:30 The Importance of Branding
    12:30 Business Community: Islamabad Vs. Karachi
    15:20 Different Leader Personalities
    17:08 The Beginning of Trademor
    19:39 Lessons To Learn From Failures: Think Long Term
    22:26 About Alibaba: Connecting Buyers & Sellers
    26:44 Competition In The International Market 
    29:17 Pakistan: A Key Market For Alibaba?
    32:38 Starting Mode Mobility
    37:40 The Critical Support of a Partner

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    42 min
  • Are Pakistani Startups Worth Investing In In 2022? Ft. Faisal Aftab | EP17

    How will Pakistan’s economy look like in 2023? What are the top 3 investments you should make right now? How do you invest in Pakistan, in crypto, stocks, bonds? What should startup founders be doing at this time of crisis? In this podcast episode of How Does It Work, Shayan gets into this in detail with Faisal Aftab, Managing Partner of Zayn Capital and the godfather of venture capital in Pakistan, discussing the current economy, what’s going on in Pakistan and the world right now, our currency, the stock market, the dollar and rupee forecast, the right places to invest and how, and so much more!

    Faisal gives the entire down-low on the global economy, going through history to today and the next couple years. How is Pakistan’s tech ecosystem different? How has the United States raised rates on the dollar and how has it helped them? Is their economy slowing down? Has the worst passed for Pakistan or is it coming? What effect has it has the dollar had on the rest of the currencies? What is the forecast for 2023? What is going to change in the rest of the year? How long is the recession going to last? How long will the dollar remain strong? When will fuel and petrol prices decrease?

    Faisal also shares his deep understanding of startups and when venture capitalists will become active. What should startups be focusing on right now and when should they start raising? What’s the strategy for startups founders to survive? What is the market liquidity situation currently? How do venture capitalists make money? How can you convince investors to put capital in your startup? Investment ideas, cryptocurrency, stocks, bonds – where to start? Find out about what are the right places to invest in currently, as Faisal predicts the rest of the year will go, as well as 2023 and 2024. Is cryptocurrency a good investment? Which crypto should you be investing in and what does the forecast look like for different currencies? Is gold worth investing in right now? Listen in as the expert explains how it all works!
    #HowDoesItWork #Investment #Cryptocurrency

    00:00 Intro & Highlights
    02:15 Is The Startup Bubble Over? 
    07:28 The Economic Forecast 2023 For Pakistan
    13:39 What Should Startups Do In Times of Crisis?
    17:54 Has The Worst Passed?
    20:33 Where Has Faisal Invested?
    24:30 What’s The Startup Environment Like Today?
    26:32 What Do Investors Look At When Investing?
    30:26 How To Convince Investors?
    33:31 Individual Investors & Returns 
    36:40 How Do Venture Capitalists Make Money?
    39:10 How To Make Money From Crypto In Pakistan
    52:00 Investing In Gold In Pakistan
    57:00 Top 3 Investments You Should Make

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    1 hr 3 min
  • The Monarchy After Queen Elizabeth’s Death Ft. Adeel Jafferi | EP16

    Ever wonder how UK’s kings and queens make money? Or what impact Queen Elizabeth’s death would have on Pakistan? What’s the history of the monarchy and how much power do they actually hold? This new podcast episode brings answers all those questions.

    Shayan and Adeel Jafferi, Journalist, International Affairs Specialist and Historian, get down to discussion on everything about the monarchs and the role of the Queen, from the good parts to the bad, the system and politics, to the marriages, divorces, family system. How does the monarchy survive and what do kings and queens actually do? How much do they own? How did they build their holdings and property? How does the monarchy system work? What impact has the British monarchy had on the world? Is there anything good about the monarchy? What is acceptable and what is unacceptable? What are the rules for marriage, divorce and how does their family system work? How are the monarchs involved globally? What are their relationships with other countries? Can they get involved in politics?

    Watch as Adeel explains in details about the lives of the royals of Britain. Find out about the Queen, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, King Henry and more prominent monarchs throughout history, successions and failures and so much more! What was the role of the Queen in the country’s politics? How did she guide politicians? What is the role of the church in the United Kingdom? What is protestant and what is catholic and how is that linked to royalty? Who were the Queen’s ancestors and how did she come into power? What are the reasons that Meghan Markle faced backlash from the royal family? Is the monarchy relevant now? Will it be relevant if their traditions are not the same anymore? There is a lot to unpack and it all happens in this episode!
    #HowDoesItWork #QueenElizabeth #UnitedKingdom

    00:00 Intro & Highlights
    02:29 Brief History of the Monarchy
    05:28 How Do Monarchs Make Money?
    07:49 Adeel’s View on the Monarchy System
    09:35 Is There Anything Good About the Monarchy?
    10:44 Is the Monarchy Relevant Today?
    14:58 What is Acceptable and Unacceptable in the Monarchy?
    19:58 Marriage, Divorce and Family
    25:00 The Royals & Politics
    32:20 History of The Church and King Henry
    37:32 How 
    45:17 Pakistan’s History and Culture Intertwined with Britain
    50:03 What Happens With Currency After the Queen Dies?

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    56 min
  • Saving Pakistan's Children From Drug Abuse Ft. Cristina von Sperling Afridi | EP15

    After losing her 19 year old son to a drug overdose, Cristina knew she had to do something about the drug abuse problem in Pakistan. The KKAWF was launched in 2015 after Mrs. Cristina Von Sperling Afridi and Ambassador (Retd.) Tariq Khan Afridi lost their son, Karim. The foundation has become a motivational force to engage and facilitate the youth of Pakistan in awareness of the dangers of drug abuse.

    In this podcast episode, host Shayan Mahmud talks with Cristina about the Kareem Khan Afridi Welfare Foundation (KKAWF) and how it started. The discussion gets into how kids nowadays are experimenting with drugs in Pakistan, how the narcotics business works, how the foundation helps kid manage emotions during adolescence, what are the solutions for drug addicts in Pakistan, what kids are going through growing up, how can parents know their kid is using narcotics, should you let your children rebel, what is necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle, encouraging kids to get into sports and movement activities, how bad is the drug abuse problem in Pakistan, what are drug enforcement authorities doing to tackle the issue, what are the drug laws in Pakistan, what kind of programs exists in KKAWF, how is the foundation making a difference in the society, should the focus be on rehabilitation or prevention, how are rehabilitation centers now becoming a business of their own, how is mental health linked to drug abuse and addiction, what can be done about the lack of sports opportunities in Pakisan and what are KKAWF’s plans for the future?

    Find out and learn more in this episode as Cristina explains how big this problem actually is in Pakistan and what barriers exist in preventing drug abuse.
    #HowDoesItWork #Drugs #Narcotics

    00:00 Intro & Highlights
    02:30 Why Cristina Started KKAWF
    04:40 How Can You Know Your Kids Are Using?
    6:20 Emotions And Confusion During Adolescence 
    08:04 Be a Nice Parent, Not a ‘Dost’
    12:55 Sports & Exercise is The Solution
    15:00 How Bad is the Drug Problem in Pakistan?
    17:50 Narcotics Authorities in Pakistan
    20:00 How is KKAWF Making a Difference?
    22:00 How Rehab Has Become a Business
    26:00 Mental Health in Pakistan
    32:00 How Christina Ended Up in Pakistan
    37:00 Lack of Sports Opportunities in Pakistan
    41:15 The Future of KKAWF

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    47 min

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