Right you're talking about Bilal Siddique I think. I hope he succeeds and paves the way for more of us. I keep an idea journal too. I am an optimist that someday I will get to do something on some of those ideas.
The Woot Tech founder, he’s a very good guy I meet him in 2016 during a business trip in Pakistan. But even he said he needs funding to expand and he’s been in talks with military establishment and working on joint projects for drones and their has been no solid nudge and interest. Their surviving on civilian application drones at the moment. Inside word is, he’s getting some good offers to wind up and come to Canada or UK and he might make the move and Pakistan will lose him soon.
It was this trip that made me lose heart in Pakistan on doing business. We sold a plastics factory the family owned and adjacent empty plots. We found out several of the plots can’t be sold as a gunda named Tolu from Gujranwala claimed them his real name is probably Shabbir Maher (not 100% confirmed either as police and court ain’t straight forward). It’s been six years and court is just giving new dates and not doing anything.