Digital Vanity with Imran Anwar
Imran Anwar and I sat down we talked and laughed about his journey; Imran is a Pakistani Muslim who grew up in the northeast of England in the 80’s. His family already had roots there from his grandfather’s time spent in England during the war, albeit an Asian community was non-existent at that time. Imran’s working-class family worked hard, and opened the traditional corner shop, which instilled the foundations for Imran’s business acumen that he fell back on after his dream of becoming an RAF pilot fell short after a rugby injury while representing the northeast of England while at school.Imran shared with us how he fell into design, how he came up with an innovative idea that would save the rail sector millions on product development and Alt Labs was born in 2017. Alt Labs is now 10+ team and growing as a Digital Product Studio, serving tier one clientele and picking up awards along the way, however Alt Labs success was not enough to keep Imran occupied as his love for cars and vans was always there & Haus of Vans was born in 2019. Haus of vans is a business that designs & makes bespoke custom vans, Haus of Vans kicked off its journey just as Covid had about hit us, and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect as staycations became the norm. Haus of vans is now a team of 3 full-time employees and have designed and to date have successfully built 26 custom bespoke premium vans. These days Imran spends his time split between the two-businesses trying to keep his growing roster of clients happy, it’s a good thing there newly acquired premises is home to both businesses, not leaving as much time as he would like to spend with his wife and kids. This is a great story of true grit determination and focus, and in typical Digital Hub fashion we have a laugh and a joke along the way.Sit back and enjoy, as we keep trying to inspire listeners and viewers young & old from all ethnic backgrounds with each episode. Thank you to all Digital Hub listeners and viewers for your continued support to Digital Hub.Ian Benjamin