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494 | Delivery Riders Are Barely Surviving!! Ft.Umer Munawar | TBT
· 1 h 57 min · S5 E82
Episode 494 | Delivery Riders Are Barely Surviving!! Ft.Umer Munawar | TBT
In this episode of Thought Behind Things, we sit down with Umer Munawar, Co-Founder of SmartLane, one of Pakistan’s fastest-growing logistics aggregation platforms.
Umer shares how he exited Finja and jumped straight into solving Pakistan’s most chaotic industry - e-commerce logistics. From integrating 31 courier companies, to processing thousands of parcels, to raising $2.3 million, this episode breaks down what really happens behind the scenes in Pakistan’s delivery ecosystem.
We discuss:
• Why e-commerce is the easiest business today • Why logistics is brutally hard with razor-thin margins • How SmartLane aggregates every major courier • Why delivery riders earn so little • Why Pakistan’s logistic pricing is totally unrealistic • The future of debt funding, blockchain, & capital access • And what Pakistan could look like by 2050
A deep-dive into e-commerce, logistics, fintech, and the future of business in Pakistan.
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Credits:
Executive Producer: Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi
Associate Producer: Saad Shehryar
Publisher: Talha Shaikh
Editor: Jawad Sajid
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