Raising 6.1 Million $s For Student Loans Ft. Aleena Nadeem | 384 | TBTGo Lahore

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Aleena Nadeem is the Founder & CEO of EduFi.

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00:00 Introduction
02:00 Early Life & Education
04:12 Why Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
06:16 Did MIT shape who she is today?
09:20 “Wild Things”
11:43 4 Years in MIT
14:55 Academic Journey, Courses, etc.
17:06 Goldman Sachs: First Job Post-Graduation
18:53 Moving to Ventura Capital
19:26 What VCs Consider When Investing?
22:20 Why does a Startup Fail?
26:26 What Holds True Value in the Current Landscape?
28:50 EduFi’s Model
31:12 Their Current Focus
31:36 Student Loan Default Challenges?
33:54 Preventing Loan Defaults
36:33 Mapping the Post-Education Financial Journey
39:15 Their Vision
40:31 Moving back to Pakistan
43:33 Family’s Take on This
45:13 Why Lahore?
45:44 Pakistan’s FinTech Industry
52:26 Their Tech: Credit Scoring, Loan Applications etc.
54:14 Future Investment Opportunities
56:56 Co-Borrowing
1:03:14 Interest Insights & NBFC License
1:07:23 Startup Ecosystem of Pakistan
1:10:37 Pakistan of 2050

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