Pod#133 - Aamir Bhagat - Building the Creator Scene in Karachi!

Aamir Bhagat is finally on the show. One of the people I have referred to as the "godfather" type character in Pakistan's, specifically Karachi's, creator scene; here we finally get all the answers. How he got interested in media and the creative scene, how the famed edit meetups started, how his current project-turning-into-life's-work iTeachStuff started and the plans for it and much more! Great chat, glad we finally had him on.    Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  02:02 Why we had to get him on the show  04:06 Why he doesn’t consider himself a “creative” person but how he got in the field  12:23 The Edit Meetup time, how the idea came about and how they changed  iTeachStuff  20:48 How it came about - origins & pivoting during the pandemic  28:47 Present status - physical space and plans for expansion  34:05 Future goals - running it like a startup, subject expansions in the future  41:04 His top three biggest hurdles so far  47:45 The Space by iTeachStuff - why did he feel it was needed  49:47 Is he concerned about Pakistan’s social media bans from a business perspective?  Creator Community:  52:40 What changes has he seen and what does he expect in future?  58:45 How has the industry grown in his time   1:01:18 His plans for starting TWO podcasts of his own!  1:09:03 Jinn story!  1:11:02 What is one of the most important lessons he’s learned in his time?   LINKS:  His Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aamirbhagat/ iTeachStuff website: https://www.iteachstuff.net/ iTeachStuff YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ITeachStuff  Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!   Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!  SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpodSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupperRizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkharSarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan