sidraqasim1

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‪“Your Company’s Culture Is Who You Hire, Fire, and Promote”(medium.com)
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Measuring the cost of living worldwide(economist.com)
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Should We Die? Radical longevity may change the way we live(theatlantic.com)
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Why Do Americans Refrigerate Their Eggs?(nytimes.com)
231 points by sidraqasim1 10y ago|267 comments
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by sidraqasim1 10y ago
Fair point Ryan, in early days of our business we invested time in Styleforum/Reddit but the ROI was very low, so we changed our focus. But it looks like we need to get back to them, especially our new products will be very relevant to
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by sidraqasim1 10y ago
thanks TJ, Sidra here (co-founder Markhor). Appreciate you buying our shoes and sharing the experience. The shoes indeed look great on you.
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Questioning(en.wikipedia.org)
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by sidraqasim1 11y ago
Good idea, especially the second one. Appreciate your advice.
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by sidraqasim1 11y ago
Thanks, those are really good points and we'll take some time to think about how to communicate this better. I mentioned pregnant women because the ones I've seen doing this work stand out vividly in my memory as examples of peopl
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by sidraqasim1 11y ago
We started Markhor with a small group of craftsmen in our village. At that time (early 2012) they were making just men handcrafted shoes. So it was natural to start with just men shoes and master that before we add new products. In addition
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by sidraqasim1 11y ago
I personally would love women (or anyone) to work if they want to. Unfortunately, exploitative situations are common in the shoe industry in developing countries and some of the most vulnerable people end up working for too little, doing wo
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by sidraqasim1 11y ago
Right now this is in beta and we are testing this with 10 customers every week, where we make a new pair for them. In future we want to have this information available for ready to wear shoes as well and for everyone. Some people want to ha
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by sidraqasim1 11y ago
Making a handcrafted shoe is a physically intensive job so we are being careful towards this. Perhaps at some point, as the company grows we would be able to invest more in this area and see if it needs to be changed for some women.
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by sidraqasim1 11y ago
Depending on the order size a craftsman make $400-800/month. Unfortunately right now our order size is not as big as we/craftsmen would like it to be, so they also have to work for other folks (middle men). Monthly average salary
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by sidraqasim1 11y ago
Our derbies use the welt and we practice blake-stitching method of shoemaking.
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by sidraqasim1 11y ago
Hi HN, I’m the co-founder of Markhor. Our goal is to connect the customer directly with the craftsmen, who are making your products regardless of in which part of the world they're being made. Internet has enabled us to do so especiall