Founders, owners and business leaders
Episode 1 · From unemployment to founder
Soran Muhammad went from an unemployed graduate living in his father's house to founding SMA and Soran Bazaar in Kalar. He talks about starting from nothing, hiring his first employee, and moving into wholesale and his own products.
Episode 2 · A podcast, the bazaar, and a tea business
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.
Episode 3 · From the Sulaymaniyah bazaar to Dubai and China
Kurda Ma'ruf grew up in his father's shop in the Sulaymaniyah bazaar, sold fabric on his own, then traded through Duhok, Zakho, Dubai and China before coming home. Missing out on a government job turned out to be the opening.
Episode 4 · Building a business in a small city
Goran Othman built his business in Halabja rather than leaving for a bigger city — what that costs, and what it gives back.
Episode 5 · Starting an IT company from nothing
Zana Othman on founding an IT company in Kurdistan: the fields inside tech, how ERP and large systems get built, and advice for young people entering the industry.
Episode 6 · Saving money, business and financial freedom
Dr. Suhaib Amedi spent eight years studying money, business and financial freedom before leaving university teaching to work on it full time. A long conversation about saving, investing, and building income that lasts.
Episode 7 · When to buy gold, and how to trade it
Dana Warti, a goldsmith, on when gold is worth buying, how the trade actually works, and what people get wrong about it.
Episode 8 · Charity work: money, trust and transparency
Haji Karwan on running a charitable foundation — where the money goes, how trust is earned, and why transparency is the whole job.
Episode 9 · From a village to a million-dollar business
Harem Qamishy left the village of Qamish and built a million-dollar trading business. The full route, step by step.
Episode 10 · Social media, content and personal brand
Salah Hawrami, a marketing specialist, on social media for businesses: content, strategy, ROI and personal brand.
Episode 11 · How do we end poverty? Saving alone isn't the answer
Dr. Soran Sadik argues poverty is a choice rather than a fate, and that saving on its own will never be enough. The channel's second most watched conversation.
Episode 12 · Building a brand from zero
Saad Salim on building a brand from zero, and why most businesses fail before they even start.
Episode 13 · Personal brand: how do people see you?
Dawar Lihony on personal brand: what people actually see when they look at you, and how much of it you control.
Episode 14 · From a handcart to running his own company
Bilal Saed started with a handcart and ended up running his own company. One of the most direct accounts of the climb on the show.
Episode 15 · When your passion becomes your business
Arazw Barawee turned what she loved into a business, in a field with very few women in it.
Episode 16 · What money actually means in a life
Dr. Salman Nadr on what money is actually for — and what it can't do.
Episode 17 · Take your future seriously and work on it
Peshawa Ahmed on taking your own future seriously: careers, CVs, toxic workplaces, AI, and doing the work.
Episode 18 · What life and business taught me
Ismail Khurmali on the lessons life and business taught him, over thirty-seven of them, across leadership, management, money and AI.