A NUST degree pays Rs 15,000. This skill paid $3,000 ft. M. Tanveer Nandla | TBT Podcast

Tanveer Nadla, founder and CEO of iSkills, has taught more than 20,000 students in Pakistan. We talk about the 86 dollars that started his journey, the first batch of 54 students he says are mostly crorepatis today, and why he believes SEO and digital skills matter more, not less, in the AI era.Join the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's coming:https://muzamilhasan.com/inner-circleRead the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building:https://muzamilhasan.com/thesisMy website:https://muzamilhasan.comTanveer Nadla started with $86 from Google AdSense in 2008, sitting in a Multan hostel with unreliable internet. Today he runs iSkills, Pakistan's most accountable digital skills training program, having trained over 20,000 students, many from small cities like Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur. More than 60 percent of his first batch are now multi-millionaires in rupees, earning dollars online.This episode covers Tanveer's journey from self-taught SEO in 2006 to building a learning system that combines live training, AI-powered dashboards, and relentless student follow-up. He explains why university degrees alone leave graduates unemployed, how iSkills integrates quick-win skills like Etsy selling alongside deep SEO training, and why empathy, not just curriculum, drives results. His trainers are former students who now earn millions but teach for free to pay it back.We discuss client acquisition beyond Upwork, the role of LinkedIn and Meta ads, and why accountability matters more than content quality. Tanveer also shares his AI integration roadmap and his belief that digital skills are the only realistic path for Pakistan's youth. If you want to understand how structured, local-language training with real follow-through changes lives in tier-two cities, this conversation delivers.Instagram: https://instagram.com/muzamilhasanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan#DigitalSkills #FreelancingPakistan #SEOTraining #iSkills #RemoteWork