When the mindset is eye balls & info leader boards and induced traction, you can't resist the urge to do what you already know how to do. This is a self assurance rabbit hole that is similar to the group that gives its self annual awards for sponsoring a table at the event.
The amount of time it took to thank contributors, in the original tweet, if you made a TV ad of that duration with basic info and ran it on the tier 3/4 channels you would get more than a 110k people esp those who don't have a smart phone or internet access become instantly aware
Or use #DigitalPakistan goodness to also put the same ad on YouTube before all content, for free to get the ones with internet access to see it. Most of our national bandwidth goes to YouTube views. Use your super power for good deeds vs writeups and news coverages.
If you want to reach smrt phone users make an ok Google voice engagement channel. No whats app reqd. The advisor(s) to the advisor to the PM need to really sharpen the knives to find out where the audience is & how to get to them fast vs fwding articles of how they launched a bot
We continue to get good intentions and woke thinking designed in Singapore but made in Islamabad.
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Every one Talks About Elite Capture in 🇵🇰 but most don't do any research to find out what it really means or where it started or how it impacts us daily
We are quick to blame
Lazy to action
Indifferent to learn from history
Heres a 🧵 an attempt with some facts & data points
The concentration of business ownership has been an interesting economic case study in 🇵🇰 ever since 1968 when Dr. Mahbub( then the Chief Economist of the Planning Commission) Named Pakistan’s 22 Families that dis proportionately controlled its economy.
A report by KASB in 2018 stated the following with some in-accuracies. The top 11 family-controlled groups have 53 listed companies which have a collective market cap of $27bn, which means they account for around 35% of the market capitalization of Pakistan Stock Exchange.
The Economic crisis & its impact explained in simple terms.A guide for Millennials & Gen Z.🧵
Boomers will tell you, they have been hearing since time immemorial that "the country is at the brink of disaster"
What they don't tell you:
1)Their lack of contribution to fix things
2)Their inability to call a spade a spade
3)Their lack of involvement in street level community building let alone national
4)Their lack of ownership from any thing that "didn't impact them" economically
They are right in one thing for sure. We didn't get here over night, their entire life was spent "hearing things are bad", but it was also spent ignoring that same message.
How many took any "action"?
Every one buried their head in sand and said "sanu ki" this too shall pass.
Despite years of poor governance, economic difficulties, security challenges, and internal issues, the average Pakistani remains optimistic that better days are coming. This response highlights the deep bond between man and his creator and the belief that things will improve.
Another possible explanation is the lack of education and access to understanding economic fallout. Because we have always "heard things are bad". But clearly things have continued to go on..
I was today years old when I found out what a 'designer' "lawn" suit costs🧵
15-20k Price points for an outfit + cost of tailoring
Made me question my professional choices & of many other entrepreneurs
Perhaps the best thing to do is to build tech around lawn ..
For niche designers this is how the process works:
1)Call ahead
2)If you are an old customer(no deposit)
3)If you aren't well heeled then you may need to do a bank transfer to hold(with more niche designers albeit)
4)On the designated day show up
5)Avg cart size is 5 outfits
The name “lawn cloth” comes from the French city of Laon, which was where this textile was first woven. (says the internet)
At first, lawn cloth was primarily made with linen, which was more abundant in Europe at the time. material.
YouTube Black Outs & Curious Case of Destroying Startup Value(ations) 🧵
Without the who/what/why of blocking,understand this,there is an other side to this saga that is slowly going to kill startups
What? Really?Let me take you & the powers be on a Journey of value destruction
Be it popular media, social media, political parties, influencers, opinion makers or the government it self. One thing is clear. Youtube outages happened (happening in🇵🇰).