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Episode 2

A podcast, the bazaar, and a tea business

Muhammad Kakarash & Hazhir Fatih

Hazhir and Muhammad started Diwakhan as a simple audio podcast and grew it into one of the best known shows in Kurdistan, then built a marketing agency alongside it.

Chapters (41)
StartHow did you meet?How did you become friends, and life in Erbil?How did you choose your university?Working as childrenDeciding to work together, and friendshipOnline work: TablochiDeciding to leave TablochiLearning from losses and failureDeciding to stay in businessHow Diwakhan startedWork and volunteering at universityThe technical side of the workEarly Diwakhan: how did you work, and when did you buy a camera?You don't need to be perfect to startThe plan for launching DiwakhanLoving the workWhat were the experiences and obstacles?Diwakhan at RudawGoing all in on Diwakhan and quitting their jobsDiwakhan's incomeSponsorDeciding to found Mars LabsConnections, and knowing people in businessMars Labs' and Diwakhan's incomeIs advertising and marketing a good business?Chay MamaLaunching an FMCG product (tea, for example)Government and legal paperworkThe steps to creating Chay MamaWhat sets Chay Mama apartWhere Chay Mama is headingHow hard business obstacles areDiwakhan's content and guestsCriticism of Diwakhan, and suggestionsSponsorUnethical Western business practicesIf you went back, what would you change, and what was hardest?Environment and work strategyEncouragement to workClosing