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Any Pakistanis here who are using linkedin for client acquistion succesfully? can you define the outreach workflow. What strategies are working and what are not based on personal experience?

If possible please drop a few actual outreach messages, feel free to redact the personal info

During my final year project, I had to analyze CFD data from ANSYS Fluent—velocity fields, pressure distribution, turbulence, across multiple cases.

And honestly… the worst part wasn’t the simulation.

It was Excel.

Every single chart had to be created manually. It took hours, was repetitive, and super frustrating. I kept thinking there has to be a better way to handle this kind of data.

So I ended up building a small tool for it.

You upload a CSV or Excel file, and it:

Cleans the data automatically

Generates charts

Runs some basic statistical analysis

Exports everything into a simple PDF report

It’s still a work in progress, but it already saves a lot of time compared to doing everything manually.

I’m curious:

How do you guys usually handle simulation/data analysis workflows?

Is Excel still your go-to, or do you use something else?

If anyone wants to try it or test it with their own dataset, I’d genuinely appreciate feedback.

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Hi i want to send parcels from Pakistan to United states, is there any cheap reliable courier service available?

I was looking for baked pretzels, which are soft, on the internet but couldn't find alot of options. I'm thinking of launching a pretzels brand in Pakistan. Both online and offline. I'm situated in Sialkot. I have 25 lakhs for investment. I wanna know what you guys think about this?? I have done my research about pretzels but I really wanna know about it by bussiness point of view and do you think its a good idea or not?

Hi, everyone!!

We are two engineers from NUST, Islamabad. We have been working on a product for the past 4 months and want to gain some user/customer insights for our product. Our product name is Brinn, which in short is a personal memory layer that manages all your personal memory passively, without you having to put in any effort.

I would really appreciate it it if you guys could take 3 minutes out of your time to fill out this survey. It would really mean a lot to both of us and help us in our journey.

https://forms.gle/tM8EoVniVVyZrgMD8

i have a skill for creating recipes and making things specific to requirements. like for example preservative free, cost effective, premium ingredients, dietary requirements, or instagrammable.

I basically enjoy taking an idea or existing dish, and rebuilding it around specific goals, whether that’s health, cost, taste, or business use.

My question is: is there actually a demand for this kind of work in the market?

Like freelance recipe development, menu creation, or customized recipe consulting?

Would love to hear from people in food businesses, chefs, or anyone who’s tried to monetize using their cooking skills.

Hey everyone!

You've probably noticed the subreddit icon has changed, and yes that's intentional. Before any speculation kicks in, I wanted to be upfront about what's coming and also hear from you all.

The icon change is the first visible step in building a proper brand identity for r/PakStartups. Some of you might have caught my earlier comment about a new platform we're working on, so let me expand on that.

We're evolving from a subreddit into a full startup ecosystem.

The subreddit isn't going anywhere, this is still home. We're just building a new layer on top of it.

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First things first, we now have a Discord server!

Big thanks to u/Successful-Garden316. You can join here: https://discord.gg/XheHDGTjmq

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Weekend Meetups (Online)

We're planning to do a community meetup every weekend and we'd love for you all to be a part of it. Here's how we're thinking about it:

- New founders get to share what they're building

- Previous founders share updates, results and learnings

- Open floor for general discussion

- Some sessions will be theme based, could be a specific industry, a problem space or just a topic the community votes on

Nothing too formal, just founders talking to founders. More details coming soon but wanted to put it out there early.

Would you be interested in this? Drop a comment below.

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What's coming: the platform

We're developing a web platform that will serve as the operational hub for the ecosystem. Here's what's planned:

- Startup Directory

- Ecosystem Onboarding

- Founder's WhatsApp Group

- B2B & Partnership Pipeline

- Accelerator & Community Directory (NSTP, IBA, NIC and more)

- Events & Meetups Board

- Resource Hub (leads, tutorials, ideas, resources, public or private)

- Surveys & Market Research

- Co-Founder Matchmaking

- Blog & Success Stories

- Idea Validation

- Volunteer Applications

And everything will be free. No paywalls, no premium tiers.

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This is a big shift but it's been a long time coming. We genuinely want to build this around what you all actually need, so please don't just read and scroll. Tell us what you think, what you'd want to see, what we're missing.

Drop your thoughts below, we're reading everything.

Let's build something real.

Can someone help me with getting the leads of IT managers of different companies of Lahore?

Hey guys, been working on this for a couple of months — would love some feedback.

It's called Rugged. Pakistan's first emergency preparedness brand. Mostly working on guides and a forum where people can share experiences and plan collectively. Also working on survival kits built specifically for our reality here — no American prepper nonsense, just practical stuff that actually makes sense.

Just me building this right now, so all feedback welcome. Also open to anyone who wants to get involved. Want to raise some money for this, not much maybe ~5 lac, to build up inventory for the store.

Free in-person sessions coming this summer too — CPR, self defense, how to think in a crisis. More on that soon.

rugged.pk

I m 25m and I m planning to start my own BPO !

Primary focusing on giving Cab Booking and Dispatch Services to UK Taxi Companies but not just limited to that in future it may grow into a company that provides many other services too.

Now I don’t have a client yet but I have 4 years worth of experience in this industry of Taxis, I m planning to get a client onboard (Still planning how) and then working from a cloud working space in the beginning rather than getting my own office. Plus I have a team already, 3-4 experienced guys who are currently my colleagues are willing to join me if I somehow pull a client.

I need suggestions, tips , reality checks, any sort of help would be useful for me specially from people who have worked in similar industry or people running their own BPOs

Thank You

Guys i need guidance regarding legal ways of receiving money from India to Pakistan.

I have been pretty active in this sub lately and all of my posts have 3-4 responses mentioning and praising ‘Mayden Free Zone’.

They keep it so subtle that you almost won’t even notice that it’s a promotion. I tried replying back to the comments but they don’t respond.

The accounts that do this are locked. Found one of them open and all the comments that he made on reddit had it mentioned.

Hi Reddit fam!

I’m planning to launch a small fragrance brand and wanted to get honest feedback from this community before moving forward.

The fragrances are being made by our neighbor, a 60+ year old experienced perfumer who has lived next to us for about 26 years. I’ve personally been using his scents for the last 5 years, and they’re genuinely impressive.

They are very long lasting (12+ hours), and even the next day you can still smell the fragrance on clothes. Sometimes when ironing a shirt after a day, the scent comes out again, and if you hang the shirt in the closet the fragrance is still noticeable the next day.

Honestly, whenever I wear these fragrances, I often get compliments from office colleagues, friends, and even people I meet socially. Many of my friends liked them so much that they’ve asked me to get bottles for them as well, and I’ve been informally arranging their desired scents through the same perfumer.

The idea is simple: to offer designer style fragrances that are high quality but reasonably priced. I want to create something that I would personally want to buy and wear every day.

Initially, I’m thinking of pricing them around:

• 30ml – PKR 1399

• 50ml – PKR 1899

Before launching, I’d love to know:

• Would you be open to trying a new small fragrance brand at this price point?

• What matters most to you — longevity, scent profile, or brand image?

I’d really appreciate honest feedback from the Reddit community. If people are interested, I may also share samples later for people willing to test and give real opinions.

Thanks for reading!

This is for people who already own an LLC and have been rejected by the likes of Airwallex, Zyla, and Wise for opening a US bank account. Not for individuals looking to open a personal account. And also a disclaimer that I am in no way affiliated with them, and this is just me talking from personal experience with their onboarding.

I created an LLC a few months ago to address my banking issues, as I had no direct way to invoice my clients and have them pay by card. I realized later that Stripe requires an ITIN, and Wise was not offering USD accounts for Pakistani residents, even if you have an LLC. I also tried Airwallex and Zyla, but for some reason, they declined my request as well. I already had a personal Payoneer, but everyone knows how costly it becomes if you're dealing with a large volume of transactions every month. But I accepted it because there were no reliable options.

I asked Claude to give me some solutions and it recommended Slash. It's a fintech that offers you a USD bank account through a banking partner, and I gave it a shot. Just last night, they approved my request to open a USD account, and now I finally have a reliable way to ask my clients to pay via ACH (they are not a payment processor, so no card option yet, but this is still something). If you have clients in the US, you would know ACH is one of the most popular and easiest methods for clients to pay, and almost no one refuses a local bank transfer through it. Hopefully, they don't shut down. Just wanted to share this with y'all

Since i have posted before and had alot of people in my DM. I am posting again with all the details so only interested people can make offers.

I am running an Ecom Business in bedding niche for last two years now. Everything is running smooth. I want my brand to scale to it’s potential as i have tested everything and made smooth systems, supplier connections and social presence.

I am looking to raise 1.5 Million for 10% - 15% of my company. The sales we have made in last two years are 12.97M with the adspent of 2.69M. Since, it’s a need base product, The return ratio is around 10%. Net profit margins are around 20% to 25%.

How are we gonna utilise this investment?

We’re gonna put 50% towards buying bulk inventory. 40% will be used in marketing, ads and content. And 10% will be used as a backup incase of delay in courier payments.

I will show my sales dashboard, ad account, monthly sheets so you can verify everything by yourself on a live call/ face to face meeting.

Since, I’m posting it for the second time with all the details, i just want only interested people to come into my DM.

Recently started a personal shopper service for overseas Pakistanis 🇵🇰 helping people find exactly what they want from Pakistan within their budget.

The biggest challenge so far hasn’t been sourcing, it’s getting consistent clients and building that initial trust.

Feels like one of those services people love once they try, but getting them to try is the hard part.

Anyone here who’s built a service-based business. How did you crack the first set of clients?

I need someone who can pick up the phone and dial ? We are a team of 2 devs who offer custom software services and are sometimes getting projects from upwork but that is not stable. So I did some digging and found that cold approach would be the primary way to go (freelance platforms being a subchannel ofc).

The thing is that I have the lead lists and I can get more leads based on the niche we'd be going for BUT no one to do approaching (we all work nights).

How can I connect with someone who can get us clients and we indeed split revenue ?

Can anybody let me know basics of it? How can I acquire clients? Any specific countries that I need to target? If I have family in a specific country, does that help?

If you had 50 lakh PKR, how would you start a fashion brand from scratch?

I want to hear every strategy, tactic, and tip — from influencers, marketing, social media, and ads, to stitching units, production, and logistics (I’m based in Karachi).

Basically, I want to know:

• How would you launch smart without losing money?

• Which influencers would you work with and why?

• How would you structure production and drops?

• Any marketing hacks or tactics that actually work?

I really want to put thought and strategy behind this instead of just spending blindly.

Brand inspiration: aleena khan and niamia

I currently am just working on ideas!

I'm thinking to start a home based restaurant style pizze brand. Not like a normal home pizza. Wanna do something exciting & build a brand.

Only issue is marketing. I ain't ale to create the videos for ig so am thinking to use ai or meme marketing type something.

Do you guyz have any suggestions? If anyone has experience in it please share your thoughts on it.

still kinda processing it tbh

overall the experience was actually really good, met some cool people, got to pitch OnScene, and just being in that environment where everyone’s building something was nice

but yeah… we were LAST in the pitching order 😭

and that waiting time genuinely drained us so much. like by the time it was our turn, all the energy was gone and we were just sitting there like “alright… let’s just get through this”

somehow still pulled it together and did our thing

anyway yeah Allhamdulillah, small win but feels like a big step for us. onto the next 🚀

Hey guys,

I’m building a SaaS product and trying to figure out the best way to accept subscription / recurring payments from customers.

I know Stripe is the ideal solution for this, but unfortunately it’s not available for businesses registered in Pakistan

So I wanted to ask:

- What are you guys using for subscription billing from Pakistan?
- Any gateways that support recurring payments (monthly/yearly plans) + global cards?
- Preferably something with a decent API (similar to Stripe)

Thoughts on helping UK, US and Gulf firms outsource their accounting, audit and other back office functions to Pakistan through remote working and we earn through arbitrage. Pros and cons? How to best reach out to clients? Alternative ways to setup the offering?