{"podcast":{"title":"START","slug":"start-7171926","podcast_index_feed_id":7171926,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/startup-growth-podcast","website_url":"https://www.tryfondo.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_piHi4M4ohHZpDkziNHWWksxxbatgWrUdPwb5S4zcyo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NzVj/MDEzNjkxNjU1N2Uy/NDFhMDQ3M2ZhNWI3/NWY0MS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Fondo","episode_count":97,"summary":"Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. Get your books closed, taxes filed, and cash back from the IRS.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:21:07.655766+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/start-7171926"},"episode":{"title":"START Nasrat Khalid - Founder & CEO, Aseel “Connecting artisans to global markets and enabling transparent aid”","slug":"start-nasrat-khalid-founder-ceo-aseel-connecting-artisans-to-global-markets-and-enabling-transparent-aid","published_at":"2026-07-31T17:51:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/start-7171926/start-nasrat-khalid-founder-ceo-aseel-connecting-artisans-to-global-markets-and-enabling-transparent-aid","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/start-7171926","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/d4c68e72","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/d4c68e72/77c94bc0.mp3","summary":"You can track a burrito from the restaurant to your door in real time You donate to a family in a crisis zone. Usually you get a thank-you email. That's where it ends. Nasrat Khalid couldn't understand why. We expect complete visibility when we order dinner. Why not when we're helping another human being? So he built Aseel. A platform for \"everything do good\" You buy a food package. You see exactly who receives it. You can ask for a photo of the delivery. You can exchange messages with the recipients, if they choose to participate. Instead of donating into a system and hoping, you know the aid reached the person who needed it. That's the whole idea. No plane ticket. No project. No abstraction. \"Award-winning US-based platform connecting artisans to global markets and enabling transparent aid\" ‍ 🎙️ Nasrat Khalid , Founder & CEO, Aseel on Fondo START ‍ 00:45 The platform for everything do good 02:25 The first 16 years, as a refugee 02:55 Why he left institutional aid to build Aseel 03:40 Leaving Afghanistan at 16 days old 04:05 No ID means no school, no bank account 04:35 Why identity comes before food 05:15 Seven years inside the World Bank 05:58 What happened to aid in Afghanistan after 2021 07:00 AidOS, for institutions 07:40 The Uber Eats insight 08:20 The $30 package you can trace to a family 09:35 Why he joined the residency 12:30 How to get started ‍ Check out aseelapp.com","meta_description":"You can track a burrito from the restaurant to your door in real time You donate to a family in a crisis zone. Usually you get a thank-you email. That's w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":720,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/start-7171926/episodes/start-nasrat-khalid-founder-ceo-aseel-connecting-artisans-to-global-markets-and-enabling-transparent-aid/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/start-7171926/start-nasrat-khalid-founder-ceo-aseel-connecting-artisans-to-global-markets-and-enabling-transparent-aid.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}