EP 272 - Reyasat Chowdhury - co-Founder and CEO at Shuttle - We Believe We Are Creating a New Category Asia Tech Podcast

Bangladesh is the 8th largest country in the world by population and its capital city, Dhaka, is one of the world's most densely populated.

The Asia Tech Podcast was joined by an incredible founder from Bangladesh, Reyasat Chowdhury, a co-Founder and the CEO of Shuttle. Shuttle is a mass-transit startup based in Bangladesh that serves both B2B and B2C customers.

Some of the topics that Reyasat discussed:


His and his brother's entrepreneurial motivations
The importance and significance of population density in the building of Shuttle
Why Dhaka's bus companies were not interested and why Shuttle switched to minivans
Initially launching a service only for women
Moving into the B2B segment and building a subscription service
Creating other value-added services for Shuttle’s riders

Some other cool titles we considered for this episode:


Someone Who Leads, Someone Who Conquers
We Are Able to Use the Population Density to Our Advantage
We See a Huge Opportunity on the Supply Side
We Could Just Focus on Doing Something Impactful
Last Year Was All About Growth