FAIL FORWARD: Monthly Business Live Podcast
EPISODE 1: Muddassar Ahmed & Mahmud Shahnawaz
Behind every success story is a trail of setbacks, challenges, and lessons learned the hard way. Fail Forward is a brand-new monthly live podcast series where influential entrepreneurs and changemakers share the failures and hardships that shaped their journeys - not just the highlights.
In a world where success is celebrated but struggle is often hidden, Fail Forward opens up a space for honesty, vulnerability, and resilience. You’ll hear how leaders overcame obstacles, rebuilt after failure, and turned challenges into opportunities - offering real-life lessons you can apply to your own career, business, or community work.
This series isn’t about glossy success stories. It’s about truth, motivation, connection, and inspiration. You’ll walk away with new insights, meaningful connections, and the courage to fail forward in your own journey.
We begin our series with the remarkable journey behind Kismet Café, told by its co-founders Muddassar Ahmed and Mahmud Shahnawaz.
Together, Mahmud and Muddassar will share how they built Kismet Café while balancing multiple ventures, navigating failures, and finding resilience in the face of setbacks. Expect raw honesty, powerful stories, and insights into leadership, faith, and persistence.
Hosted by: Nudzejma Softic, PhD
Your host, Nudzejma Softic, is a PhD researcher in Business Management, specialising in leadership and networking strategies. She is also a community leader, event organiser, co-founder of Ramadan Space and general manager in Kismet Café.
Known for asking bold and thought-provoking questions, Nudzejma will guide the conversation to uncover the most vulnerable and transformative moments of her guests’ journeys - giving you not just their polished success, but the real stories behind it.
*No refunds.
