How to submit your startup to Being Guru
TL;DR
Being Guru is a tech news and freelancing site from Pakistan, founded by freelancer Hisham Sarwar. Its Submit Your Idea form takes startup submissions with no fee shown, and paid publishing deals go through the contact page with no public price list. It suits founders who want readers in Pakistan and the Gulf, especially freelancers and online workers.
What is Being Guru?
Being Guru describes itself as Hisham Sarwar's platform for freelancing, AI skills and digital income, with daily tech news and practical guides for people building a career online from Pakistan and beyond. Sarwar is a well-known Pakistani freelancer who started with few resources two decades ago, and the site has run since 2016. Its menu covers freelancing, digital marketing, AI, jobs, scholarships, the UAE and GCC market, a Shandar Pakistan section and a Startups section.
The site publishes every day. On 30 October 2026 alone it posted stories on Fiverr's Q3 2026 results and Alphabet's quarter. The Startups section mixes global funding news, such as CodeRabbit's $143 million Series C in August 2026, with local profiles such as InnoCollab, a Pakistani startup ecosystem project covered on 20 October 2026. One correction to older listings: Being Guru is a Pakistani site, and it has no Indian startup focus.
Who should submit to Being Guru?
- Pakistani startups looking for a first write-up in English for a local tech audience.
- Freelance tools and marketplaces: payment apps, upskilling courses, AI tools for freelancers.
- Startups entering the UAE and GCC market that want readers from Pakistan's diaspora and remote workforce.
- Small consumer brands from Pakistan: the site has profiled local fragrance and footwear makers.
- Skip it if your buyers are in the US or Europe and you need coverage those readers trust.
How much does Being Guru cost?
The Submit Your Idea form shows no fee and no payment step. The page also gives no rules and no review time, so publication is up to the editors. The contact page asks you to get in touch for publishing and sales related inquiries, which means paid publishing exists, but Being Guru publishes no prices. If you choose a paid post, ask in writing how it will be labelled before you pay.
How do you share your startup on Being Guru?
- Open the Being Guru Submit Your Idea page.
- Fill in the seven fields: Startup Title, Startup Details, Startup Image, Full Name, Website, Email and Phone.
- Write the details as a ready-to-publish story: what the startup does, who founded it, where it operates, and one number such as users, revenue or funding.
- Upload a clean image, such as the founders or the product in use.
- For paid publishing or ads, use the Being Guru contact page. It says the team replies within 6 hours.
Tips to get more out of Being Guru
- Lead with the Pakistan or GCC angle. Local startup stories are the ones the Startups section runs as profiles.
- Tie your pitch to freelancing or AI skills, the two topics the site covers most.
- Keep the details factual and specific. Funding amounts, user counts and city names make the piece usable as news.
- Share the published post on LinkedIn and tag Being Guru, which runs a LinkedIn newsletter.
Our verdict
Being Guru is an active, daily site written for Pakistani freelancers and tech readers, with a simple free form for startups. It fits founders building for Pakistan or the Gulf, and it adds little for startups selling to Western markets.
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