Former banker and creator of Bangladesh’s first classifieds, Maliha Quadir, founded Shohoz, a Bangladeshi startup focused on transportation and logistics. Shohoz has four verticals — ridesharing (on motorcycles), food delivery, long-distance bus and ferry tickets, and truck booking.
In today’s episode, Maliha shares what inspired her to leave the corporate world to found a tech startup. As you can imagine, putting together a technical team in Bangladesh wasn’t easy. Maliha shares how she grew her team and why it’s important that entrepreneurs focus on finding talent. You’ll also learn about the economy, infrastructure, and demographics of Bangladesh, and why Bangladesh is finally on the radar of international investors.
In today’s episode you’ll learn:
- About Maliha’s background
- About Shohoz
- About the economy, infrastructure and demographics of Bangladesh
- About Shohoz’s four verticals
- How Maliha grew her team
- About international investors’ interest in Shohoz
- Maliah’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
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LINKS FROM TODAY’S EPISODE
- Read the full transcript from Maliha’s interview
- Find Maliha on LinkedIn,
- Shohoz on Facebook
- Shohoz.com
DETAILED SHOW NOTES
- (1:27) Maliha’s self-introduction
- (4:03) Maliha shares about her first startup, a classifieds business
- (4:35) Making the move from corporate to startup
- (5:58) Maliha gives an overview of the economy and demographics of Bangladesh
- (9:02) Maliha describes Shohoz’s verticals
- (10:56) Infrastructure and logistics in Bangladesh
- (13:51) The Shohoz app, onboarding customers, and payments
- (16:59) More specifics on payments
- (17:33) Shohoz’s rating and feedback system
- (19:05) Shohoz’s revenue model
- (19:47) How Shohoz onboards and vets service providers
- (22:39) Maliha describes the Shohoz team
- (26:08) Shohoz’s international investors
- (27:58) The cities that Shohoz serves
- (28:11) Maliha’s upcoming plans and goals for Shohoz
- (30:42) Maliha’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
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