HeyJaredThe Cost of It - Wajeeh Hussain
The Cost of It is a podcast hosted by Wajeeh Hussain, founder, Investor, AI expert, and entrepreneur based in Dubai. Each episode is one honest conversation with a founder, investor, or operator about what building something real actually costs. Not the highlight reel.
- Indexed videos, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Sep 22, 2026
- Audience
- ~88.8K subscribers
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 21, 2026
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Everyone Waits For The Market. He Didn't. | Yousaf Rizvi x Wajeeh Hussain (opens the original)
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In 2012, Yousaf Rizvi had an idea most people thought was too early for Pakistan: booking travel online. He spent two years building it and launched Checkin.pk in 2014, betting on a country that hadn't yet learned to trust the internet with its travel plans. In this clip from The Cost of It, Wajeeh Hussain sits down with Yousaf Rizvi, founder of Checkin.pk, to talk about building before the market is ready, and what it costs to be early. Full episode on the channel. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT T
A Career in Travel. Lessons for Life. | Yousaf Rizvi × Wajeeh Hussain (opens the original)
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What does success really cost? Yousaf Rizvi joins Wajeeh Hussain on The Cost of It for a conversation about entrepreneurship, travel, life lessons, and opportunities for the next generation. It’s easy to want the outcome. The harder question is what you’re willing to put into the journey. Drawing on Yousaf’s experience in the travel industry, we explore business and life together: pursuing opportunities, finding your direction, and the experiences that shape what success means to you. If you’re
What Gets You Rejected by a Family Office in 5 Minutes #Shorts (opens the original)
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What makes a family office reject a founder in the first five minutes? Sharmila, founder of Famposo, on what private investors actually look for, from The Cost of It with Wajeeh Hussain, founder of East Bridge Global. Full interview on our channel 🎙️ #FamilyOffice #Fundraising #StartupFunding #Founders #Shorts
What Makes a Family Office Fund You, or Reject You | Sharmila x Wajeeh Hussain | East Bridge Global (opens the original)
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How do family offices really decide who to fund? In this episode of The Cost of It, Wajeeh Hussain, founder of East Bridge Global, sits down with Sharmila, founder of Famposo Global, to break down how private capital actually moves, what makes a family office trust a founder, and what gets a pitch rejected in the first five minutes. If you are a founder trying to raise from family offices, private investors or private capital, this is a rare look behind closed doors: what sophisticated investors
Can Pakistan Compete in the AI Era? | Monis Rahman x Wajeeh Hussain (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Cost of It, Wajeeh Hussain sits with Monis Rahman in Lahore for the honest version: what leaving America actually cost, why he bet on Pakistan when boardrooms laughed him out, and what he tells young Pakistanis weighing the same decision today. He later co-founded Finja, launching Pakistan's first one-minute digital bank account and first retail QR payment. Backed early by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, and Mark Pincus, he built it almost by accident — a job board c
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