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Atif Azim and the value of a small room
Before Careem became a familiar name, four developers in a Karachi conference room were writing its first code. For VentureDive co-founder Atif Azim, the story of building technology keeps coming back to the people around the table.
VentureDive builds the company behind the app
Careem put its name on the ride. VentureDive helped build the machinery. The software firm’s story is about what happens when an outside team gets close enough to become part of the business.
Iyad Aldalooj and the art of making business less boring
After Careem, Iyad Aldalooj turned to the less glamorous business of buying things. At penny., he is building procurement software around a simple conviction: the people using it deserve an easier day.
Christoffer Haraldsson and the art of the handoff
From a three-hour business case in Hong Kong to the everyday complications of payroll, Christoffer Haraldsson has kept moving closer to the point where a good idea has to work for somebody else.
Saad Jangda and the business of coming home
After building products at Snap and Careem, Saad Jangda returned to Karachi with a childhood friend. Bazaar began with the shopkeeper’s next order; his ambition reaches into the next generation of Pakistani founders.
Sandeep Shetty and the value of starting again
Careem’s sale gave Sandeep Shetty the freedom to stop working. He chose NorthLadder instead, taking on a question hiding in plain sight: who decides what your old phone is worth?
Shahrukh Chaudhary
Shahrukh Chaudhary is the founder of Onora AI, a Milton, Ontario startup building an AI-powered virtual front desk for dental clinics and DSOs across North America. His agents answer after-hours calls, book and reschedule appointments against live availability, run insurance checks, and chase down no-shows - taking clinics from 10 to 15 missed calls a night to zero. Before dentistry, he spent 15-plus years scaling tech businesses, including running Careem's Karachi operations and building products at Azul Code and Hoid.pk.