Neelam Shoaib | Women Entrepreneurs, Wedding Start-Up, Elf Ears, & more | InferTalks

The latest episodes of the Infertalks podcast featuring Naleem Shoaib and Usama Nizamani! In these chapters, they dive into the intriguing journey behind Shadyana.pk, exploring what inspired its creation, the challenges faced, and the secrets to its success. From discussing the business model and team dynamics to sharing personal anecdotes and offering valuable advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, this podcast covers it all. Tune in for an insightful conversation on wedding planning, entrepreneurship, and building a successful startup. Don't miss out on the highlights, anecdotes, and valuable insights shared in these engaging episodes! Chapter 0:00 Highlights 0:41 Intro 1:08 What got you interested in starting Shadyana.pk 2:11 What indicators led you to start a business like Shadyana.pk 3:15 So you don’t do physical wedding planning, if I understand correctly? 4:07 What’s the size of your team? 4:17 How are things coming along for now? 4:42 How many cities are you offering your services in? 4:47 So what cities are you planning to cover in the coming phase? 5:20 How does your business really function? 6:00 Do you have any preferences for a certain monetization model? 06:30 Who supported you the most in your business journey? 07:35 What degrees did you and your business partner pursuit? 08:07 So they acted like typical South Asian parents. 08:37 How did your spouse support you on your business journey? 09:16 How has that affected your business and personal relationship? 10:15 What steps that business vendors need to fulfill to register on your platform? 10:35 How many sign-ups are you getting per week from the vendors? 10:55 How does your team verify these vendors? 11:43 Apart from sales pitching do you provide capacity building training to vendors to make best use of your platform? 12:45 How long does it take to verify a vendor? 13:18 What do I need to do if I still don’t hear back? 13:34 Why should I rely on Shadyana.Pk to avail your services for wedding planning? 13:48 Do I need to upfront if I need to avail the services from your platform? 15:36 Do you encourage direct payments between both ends or do you also provide escrow account services? 16:38 What can the customers find on your platform? 17:44 What is the most hot selling cake on your website? 18:21 If some customer was dissatisfied with a vendor, how do you jump in to salvage the customer service? 19:15 How do you ensure customers and vendors do not circumvent your platform? 20:53 What do start-ups need to do to make it to the big level? 21:22 How do you make sure people do not end up screwing things up? 21:56 Due-diligence has to be the go-to attitude for experimentation. 22:22 What was your checklist before starting up your business venture? 23:49 Why is that? 24:12 How did you come up with the capital? 25:13 Did you reach out to venture capital firms and banks? 25:32 What about venture capital firms also? 26:29 If you were to go to venture capitals, what would you do differently? 27:18 So you are completely ruling out the option to go to the venture capital firms? 27:37 You don’t plan on doing this immediately! 28:10 How did you overcome the entrepreneurial challenges that you had to face as a woman. 29:16 How did you navigate those difficult remarks? 30:11 Advice on business practices? 31:10 Do you and your business partner regret any decisions? 31:34 Do you have any funny ritual at the office? 32:40 Ideas on organizational culture 34:05 What do you do to foster trust in the organization? 33:30 Advice to future entrepreneurs? 35:05 Outro Host: Usama Nizamani Production: Hamza Ayaz , Arooj Abrar & Farisa Sohail Watch the Complete InferTalks (Podcast) Playlist:    • InferTalks   - - - - - - - Connect with us 👇 Follow us on Facebook:👉   / inferdigital   Follow us on Instagram: 👉   / inferdigital   Twitter:👉   / infer_digital   Spotify👉 : https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... Subscribe:👉    / @inferdigital   TikTok:👉   / inferdigital   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #infer #Shadyana #womenempowerment