# HIBT Lab! Malala Fund and Our Place: Shiza Shahid

- Show: [How I Built This](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this)
- Published: 2022-09-08
- Length: 45m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2022-09-08-hibt-lab-malala-fund-and-our-place-shiza-shahid

## Summary

Shiza Shahid, who co-founded the Malala Fund and later the cookware company Our Place, explains her journey from a Stanford student organizing a summer camp for Malala Yousafzai to launching a profitable for-profit business. She details the design philosophy behind Our Place’s flagship product, the Always Pan, which uses lightweight cast aluminum and ceramic nonstick to simplify cooking for home cooks. Shahid discusses overcoming supply chain complexities by leveraging her co-founder’s manufacturing background and using storytelling to build a brand that celebrates diverse cultural traditions.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2022-09-08-hibt-lab-malala-fund-and-our-place-shiza-shahid#t=0) Introduction: Shiza Shahid and the Malala Fund
- [2:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2022-09-08-hibt-lab-malala-fund-and-our-place-shiza-shahid#t=131) Early Activism and the 2005 Earthquake
- [8:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2022-09-08-hibt-lab-malala-fund-and-our-place-shiza-shahid#t=481) Stanford, Anxiety, and Meeting Malala
- [19:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2022-09-08-hibt-lab-malala-fund-and-our-place-shiza-shahid#t=1145) Founding the Malala Fund After the Shooting
- [30:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2022-09-08-hibt-lab-malala-fund-and-our-place-shiza-shahid#t=1841) Pivoting to For-Profit and Now Ventures
- [35:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2022-09-08-hibt-lab-malala-fund-and-our-place-shiza-shahid#t=2107) Designing the Always Pan and Supply Chain
- [44:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2022-09-08-hibt-lab-malala-fund-and-our-place-shiza-shahid#t=2658) Impact of For-Profit vs. Nonprofit

## Topics

- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Malala Fund (company)
- Our Place (company)
- Always Pan (product)
- McKinsey (company)
- Now Ventures (company)
- Stanford University (other)

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