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!
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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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