The Founder Institute, the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, announced today that it is exploring a new semester launch in Karachi this Autumn 2014.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 7,500 companies, which have created over 30,000 new jobs. The company's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
If you'd like to help bring a semester to Karachi, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by Sunday, November 2nd 2014, then the Founder Institute will formally launch a program in Karachi.
The Founder Institute is a part-time, four-month program where promising entrepreneurs can "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses and expert feedback from business mentors. Plus, you are not required to quit your day job to participate, so you can begin building a business around your ideas without putting your livelihood at risk.
In order to test demand for a Karachi program, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events;
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Leading the Founder Institute’s efforts in Pakistan are two leaders of the local entrepreneurship scene, Sumaan Azmi, and Hassan Qureshi. Sumaan is a creative workoholic by day, analytics wizard by night, and a value creation entrepreneur by heart – continuously finding ways to fill the gaps of our technology needs. Hassan Qureshi is the Founder of Carimson Commerce (a technology startup enterprise). Hassan has worked in transportation & logistics sector for over 20 years and is passionate about startups & entrepreneurship.
Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Karachi Founder Institute program include:
- Aaqib Sayed: Head of Growth, TPL Maps
- Abdul Sami: Founder CEO, Core3
- Abid Beli: Founder & CEO , iSmartFilms
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Adil Moosajee: Owner, ego
- Adnan Masood: Founder & CEO, Get2Gist.com
- Adnan Fasih: Co-Founder & CEO, Cleanry
- Adnan Syed
- Afaque Riaz Ahmed: Founder and Chairman (BoG), Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship (KITE)
- Ahmed Ayub: Co-Founder, Airlift
- Ahmed Uzair: Partner, AUC | LAW
- Ahsan Mateen: Managing Director, foodpanda.pk
- Ahsan Mashkoor: Director & Founder, C Square Consulting
- Ahsan Shami Ahsan@Barelyaverage.Com: Founder, Barely Average Design
- Aijaz Ather: Founder, The Right Careers
- Aleena Alavi
- Ali Dossa: Founder and C.E.O , TSF
- Ali Kabir Shah: Partner, Ali & Associates
- Altaf Qureshi: CEO, Co Founder and Barrister, Wukla and Paksign
- Amir Haleem Syed: CEO, Kueball Digital
- Ammar Jangbarwala: Co-founder & CEO, MyWater
- Andeel Ali: Head of Planning and Development , National Incubation Center - Karachi
- Anum Kamran: CEO, Buyon.pk
- Ashaar Saeed: Chief People Officer, Lucky Motor Corporation (KIA)
- Asif Jafri: Founder & CEO, Verifapp
- Asma Khalil
- Azhar Rizvi: Member, Global Advisory Board, Global MIT Enterprise Forum
- Badar Khushnood: Co Founder, Fishry.com E-commerce & Bramerz
- Darakhshan Sheikh Vohra: Co-CEO & Managing Partner, Zambeel Partners & Zambeel Legal
- Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed: President & CEO, eHealth Services
- Ehsan Saya: Managing Director, Daraz (Alibaba Group)
- Eram Abbasi
- Fahad Tanveer: Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Edkasa Private Limited
- Faizan Laghari: Chief Futurist, Flagship Pvt Ltd
- Faraz Bandukda: CEO , Al-Hilal Securities Advisors (Pvt.) Ltd. & Al Hilal Shariah Advisors (Pvt.) Limited
- Faraz Ali: Head of Growth & Monetization, Noon Academy
- Farhan Tufail: CEO, Invictus Solutions Pvt. Ltd
- Fariha Salahuddin: GM HR, ICI Pakisan
- Farzal Dojki: Founder & CEO, Next Generation Innovation
- Fatima Mazhar: COO, COLABS
- Furqan Ahmed
- Glen Hellman: Glen Hellman - CRO & Business Development, CXO Elevate and University of Maryland
- Habibullah Khan: Founder, penumbra
- Hamza Abdul Rauf: Co-Founder & Director, Telemart
- Hasan Habib: Founder, Designist
- Hasnain Akhtar: Founder & CEO , Aerocar (Pvt.) Ltd and ExactMED
- Hassan Bin Rizwan: Co-founder / CEO, SABAQ
- Hendrik Chasse: Head of Sellers, Kaymu.pk
- Hira Saeed: Founder, CaterpillHERs | Digital Doers
- Huma Hamid
- Imran Amin: CEO
- Imran Azhar: Founder & CEO, AzCorp Entertainment
- Imtiaz Noor Mohammad: Mr., OrangeFox
- Javaid Iqbal: CEO, TransformX
- Jawwad Farid: Founder & CEO, FinanceTrainingCourse.com, Alchemy Technologies
- Jeffrey Paine: Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore
- Junaid Mansoor Sootwala: CEO, TAJMAC Global FZE
- Khalid Awan: Co-Founder and Chairman, TCS
- Khurram Zafar: Executive Director, 47 Ventures Ltd
- Khursheed Kotwal: Chief Executive Officer , Aasman International
- Mahmood Mirza: Country Lead PK | Product Head, High Output Ventures
- Misbah Naqvi: GP, I2I Ventures
- Moazzam Ali Khan: General Manager, Loreal Pakistan
- Mubariz Siddiqui: Legal Advisor & General Counsel, Sarmayacar
- Muhammad Raza Saeed: Founder & CEO, PakWheels, Confiz Solutions
- Muhammad Anas Niaz: CEO, Bioniks
- Muhammad Usman Javed: Event Manager, National Incubation Center Karachi
- Najeeha Farooqi: Co-Founder & CEO, Roshni Rides
- Nauman Sikandar Mirza: CEO, EatOye.pk
- Nauman Lakhani: Country Manager , Dun & Bradstreet Pakistan
- Naveed Iftikhar: Public Sector & Academia
- Neil Ashman: Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, N2
- Omar Abedin: Project Director, NIC Karachi
- Owais Zaidi: Serial Entrepreneur, CreditPer
- Owais Hassan Shaikh: National IP Expert , WIPO
- Rai Umair: CTO, EatOye.pk
- Reza Samad: Founder & CEO, Vurke.com
- Rizwan Khan: Global Private Equity, Sasi Group
- Rumman Ahmad: CEO
- Saad Amanullah Khan: Founder & CEO, Alamut
- Saad Amanullah Khan: CEO & Co-Founder, Alamut Consulting
- Saif Ali: General Manager, Marketing & PR, Dastgyr
- Saim Siddiqui: Founder & CEO, ProCheck
- Salman Sarwar Butt: CEO, Green Peak International
- Salman Abedin: Co-Founder, GamedotPlay
- Salman Sattar: Co-Founder & CEO, Bagallery
- Samar Hasan: Co Founder, Epiphany Games
- Sarfraz Hussain: CEO, YPay Financial Services Pvt. LTD
- Saroosh Zahid: Brand Manager, Rapid
- Shaikh Danial: Co - Founder and Creative Consultant, Social Junction Pvt. Ltd
- Shaikh Ayaz Ali: COO, Cooperative Computing
- Sheeraz Ahmed: Managing Director, Sharp Telecom
- Shehryar Hydri: Managing Partner, Deosai Ventures
- Syed Naseh: CEO, Diya Interactive
- Syed Imran Moinuddin: Founder & CEO, NexDegree
- Taimur Malik: Partner, Clyde & Co
- Talha Ansari: Managing Director, Foodpanda
- Tara Uzra Dawood: President & CEO, Dawood Global Foundation, Dawood Capital Management Limited
- Touseef Ikram: Associate Director - Product Management, IMM - Jang Media Group
- Umair Aziz: Tech Entrepreneur, Venture Advisor & Investor, Creative Chaos
- Umair R. Vadria: CORPORATE PARTNER, Hussain & Haider
- Usman Latif: CEO, Marcom Works
- Uzair Gadit: Co-Founder and Director, PureVpn.com
- Uzair Mukadam: CEO, Maritz Consulting Group
- Veqar Islam: CEO, Jaffer Business Systems
- Wahaj Ahmed: Co-Founder, Retailo Technologies
- Yousuf Ali Mehmood: CEO, GEMS International Trading
- Zartaj Ahmed: Chief Executive Officer, Qriosity Inc.
- Zeeshan Abbasi: CEO, mParsec
- Zeeshan Aftab: Co-founder & Managing Director, TenPearls Pvt Ltd
- Zia Imran: CEO
- Zohaib Ali: Co-Founder, Dastgyr Technologies
- Zoya Imam: Investment Head, TPL e-Ventures
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring the Founder Institute to Karachi and fill out an Interest Form today.
About The Founder Institute
The Founder Institute (www.FI.co) is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, helping aspiring founders across the globe build enduring technology companies. In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses, practical business-building assignments, and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, aspiring founders are not required to quit their day job to participate, so they can begin building a business around their ideas without putting their livelihood at risk.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 7,500 companies, which have created over 30,000 new jobs. The company's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
The Founder Institute was founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur Adeo Ressi.
