Further,\nand when judging the development from the purely patriotic standpoint, the fact\nthat Zameen.com is the only<\/em> Pakistani\ntech startup to be featured in the effort undoubtedly comes as a cause for\ncelebration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Add to this\nthe consideration that the book, which extends the theme set by its US\/Silicon\nValley-centric predecessor \u2018Founders at Work: Stories of Startups\u2019 Early Days\u2019 <\/em>(Apress 2008), devotes the\nlargest space of all its contained interview-chapters to the company\u2019s story \u2013\nfrom its humble but strategically-dense startup origins to its current evolution\nas a vertically-ascendant real estate powerhouse; as retold by Zeeshan Ali\nKhan, Zameen.com CEO and co-founder \u2013 and the matter becomes practically\ncongratulatory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n When asked\nfor his own take on the undertaking, Ezra Ferraz, a UC Berkley alumnus and\nfounder\/managing partner of Manila, PH-based digital marketing firm Ambidextr, and<\/em> the book\u2019s co-author, explained the\ncompany\u2019s selection for inclusion \u2013 from a large list of regional, mostly non-Pakistani,\ncontenders \u2013 by pointing to its organizational emphasis on pursuing innovative,\nlocalized solutions instead of succumbing to the typical startup inclination to\nadhere to western prototypes of real estate portal executions; saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Many real estate platforms in emerging markets simply cut-and-paste business models from the West into their own context. What is innovative about Zameen.com is that it provides a digital platform for both home-seekers and home providers to interact effortlessly.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Commenting\non Zameen.com\u2019s inspirational interview featured in the book, Asian Founders at\nWork\u2019s other co-author Gracy Fernandez, the founder of PH-based car rental\nplatform Graventure, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Khan and his co-founders did not just build a real estate platform.\nThey simplified interaction in an area rife with serious problems \u2026 and\nultimately made the dream of homeownership much more accessible to people\nacross Pakistan. With Zameen.com, Khan has effectively created the Pakistani\ndream!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The book is currently available for purchase on Amazon.com<\/a>, the publisher\u2019s official online portal<\/a>, as well as from select physical retailers across North America and elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Judging by the ongoing slate of hard-won consumer recognition that it has continued to garner in Pakistan\u2019s real estate sector since its 2006 inception, it comes as no surprise, now, to take note of Zameen.com\u2019s newfound success in crossing international waters \u2013 beyond the gulf region \u2013 and sounding the gong of its market prominence across the Atlantic. Paving the way for the latest episode in this chronicle of ever-increasing global exposure, the company has managed to secure its inclusion in a groundbreaking new book titled \u2018Asian Founders at Work: Stories from the Region\u2019s Top Technopreneurs\u2019 (Apress 2020) \u2013 an entrepreneur-specific book compilation aimed at documenting the real-life \u2018company founding\u2019 stories of 20 of East Asia, South Asia, and South East Asia\u2019s most prominent business leaders (read: visionaries). Further, and when judging the development from the purely patriotic standpoint, the fact that Zameen.com is the only Pakistani tech startup to be featured in the effort undoubtedly comes as a cause for celebration. Add to this the consideration that the book, which extends the theme set by its US\/Silicon Valley-centric predecessor \u2018Founders at Work: Stories of Startups\u2019 Early Days\u2019 (Apress 2008), devotes the largest space of all its contained interview-chapters to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":77302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11051],"tags":[48376,48379,48378,48377,43961,701,274],"persona":[36016,35638],"class_list":{"0":"post-77296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-property","8":"tag-asian-founders-at-work","9":"tag-ceo-zameen-com","10":"tag-ezra-ferraz","11":"tag-interview-to-ezra-ferraz","12":"tag-lob","13":"tag-zameen-com-ceo","14":"tag-zeeshan-ali-khan","15":"persona-business-community","16":"persona-digitization","17":"cat-11051-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Zameen.com](\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/CEO-Zameen.com_-1024x640.jpg\")
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