Startup Grind Tirana is thrilled to host Arbër Kadia, the Co-Founder and CEO of Patoko, Albania’s pioneering super app that has transformed the way thousands of people move, book services, and navigate their daily lives. Arbër’s journey spans international education, cultural heritage leadership, media, development work, and finally, technology entrepreneurship. In just a short time, Patoko has grown from a simple idea into one of Albania’s most recognized digital products, serving over 250,000 users and scaling rapidly across multiple cities.

In this fireside conversation, we’ll uncover:

• how Patoko was built from zero into a multi-service platform,

• what it takes to identify opportunity in a crowded market,

• the mindset behind rapid product iteration and early traction,

• the challenges of raising funds and earning investor trust,

• and the realities of building a startup in Albania today.

This is a session for founders, builders, dreamers, and anyone who wants to understand what entrepreneurship looks like behind the scenes, the risks, the pivots, the failures, and the breakthroughs.