Co-Founder PakWheels Suneel Munj | 219 | TBT

Join the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's coming: https://muzamilhasan.com/inner-circle... Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building: https://muzamilhasan.com/thesis My website: https://muzamilhasan.com International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55... In conversation with tonight’s guest, The Co-Founder of PakWheels, Suneel Sarfraz Munj. What was his journey like? How did PakWheels start? What brought Suneel to Pakwheels? What was PakWheels like before Suneel came on board? When did PakWheels become profitable? What exactly is PakWheels doing? How has the company progressed over time? Who were their competitors and how did they deal with them? How did the Facebook forums get started? Pakistan’s first third-party inspection service, PakWheels Car Inspection. What does the service entail? What do they charge? Why isn't PakWheel used as an escrow service? PakWheels “Sell It For Me” service. Bringing Careem and banks aboard. What does it mean to be a medium? When did they start YouTube? What is the "Sell It For Me" business model? Analysis of the automotive market over the years? Has MG started production here? Has localization been done and how will it increase? Are good quality tires being produced here? Which tires to get? Can we expect new entrants? The 2016-21 automobile policy? What were the policy’s effects? Why have car own rates gone up? Will we be able to localize it? Is it possible to build an electric vehicle ecosystem in Pakistan before the boom? Are any players responsible for slowing this procedure down? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? #thoughtbehindthings #muzamilhasan #pakwheels 00:00 Tonight’s guest: Suneel Sarfraz Munj 00:29 Suneel’s Journey! 04:11 The story behind starting PakWheels 04:54 What brought Suneel to Pakwheels? 06:33 What was PakWheels like before Suneel came on board? 07:06 How was running an online business back then? 08:45 When did PakWheels become profitable? 09:08 What exactly is PakWheels doing? 11:30 How has the company progressed over time? 14:03 The competitors! 15:29 How did the Facebook forums get started? 17:14 What is the company’s Aim? 17:38 Pakistan’s first third-party inspection service, PakWheels Car Inspection. 17:50 What does the service entail? 20:20 What do they charge? 21:27 Why isn't PakWheels used as an escrow service? 23:06 PakWheels “Sell It For Me” service. 25:53 Bringing Careem aboard 27:03 Bringing Banks aboard 28:41 What does it mean to be a medium? 31:21 When did they start YouTube? 34:06 What is the "Sell It For Me" business model? 35:29 Analysis of the automotive market over the years? 40:37 Has MG started production here? 42:53 Has localization been done? 44:53 How will localization increase? 46:13 Are good quality tires being produced here? 46:54 Which tires to get? 48:08 Can we expect new entrants? 49:11 The 2016-21 automobile policy? 51:43 What were the policy’s effects? 52:25 Why have car own rates gone up? 1:00:08 Will we be able to localize it? 1:01:27 Is it possible to build an electric vehicle ecosystem in Pakistan before the boom? 1:05:44 Are any players responsible for slowing this procedure down? 1:12:58 How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: • Instagram: thoughtbehindthings Suneel’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suneel-sa... PakWheels Website: https://www.pakwheels.com/ The Pakistan Pivot podcast: India’s Relations with Pakistan, China, U.... TBT shorts: @smhz-one8nine Support our podcast: https://anchor.fm/syed-muzamil-hasan-... You can also audio stream our podcast on the following platforms: • Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3z1cE7F • Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2S84VEd • Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3cgIkfI Instagram: Instagram: muzamilhasan LinkedIn: LinkedIn: muzamilhasan