The Founder Institute (www.fi.co), the world’s largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, announced today that it is officially launching a new chapter in Karachi, Pakistan. Although the Founder Institute operates across over 70 cities and six continents, the Karachi chapter will be the program’s first in Pakistan.
Anybody who is interested can apply to the Karachi Founder Institute at http://fi.co/apply/karachi. The Final Application Deadline is on Sunday, January 11th.
The Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute decided to officially launch in Karachi after a successful trial period in September and October that attracted over 100 potential applicants. In order to celebrate the launch, the Karachi Founder Institute will host a “Pre-Curriculum” of free startup events for the general public. To see the full list of upcoming events, visit http://fi.co/curriculum/karachi.
Karachi is a city with a ton of potential, especially with its high concentration of technical and financial talent, and population of over 20 million people. The Founder Institute’s comprehensive, step-by-step company launch program can help unleash the city’s talented workforce for the purposes of entrepreneurship”
- Adeo Ressi, Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute
Through the Founder Institute’s four-month program, promising entrepreneurs “learn by doing” and launch a company with structured training, expert feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs. Since the program is part-time, it is also a great opportunity for full-time professionals to test and build their ideas before making “the leap” from employee to entrepreneur and quitting their jobs. Founder Institute Graduate companies include fast-rising startups across 6 continents like Udemy, Realty Mogul, iCarsClub, Itembase, goplaceit, Appota, and many more.
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 technology leaders who have signed on to mentor the courses include some impressive entrepreneurs from Pakistan and beyond;
- Aaqib Gadit: Co-Founder and Director, Cloudways.com
- Adeo Ressi: Founder/CEO, Founder Institute
- Afaque Riaz Ahmed: Founder and Chairman (BoG), Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship (KITE)
- Azra Maqsood: CEO, INJAZ Pakistan
- Badar Khushnood: Google Country Consultant, Pakistan
- Farzal Dojki: Founder & CEO, Next Generation Innovation
- Jawwad Farid: Founder & CEO, FinanceTrainingCourse.com, Alchemy Technologies
- Jeffrey Paine: Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures
- Khalid Awan: Co-Founder and Chairman, TCS
- Muhammad Jehanzaib: Co-Founder & CTO, iKnowl, Sponsify, Artsly
- Naseem Javed: Founder & CEO, ABC Namebank
- Nauman Sikandar Mirza: CEO, EatOye.pk
- Noman Ali: CEO & Co-Founder, Peanut Labs
- Rai Umair: CTO, EatOye.pk
- Reza Samad: Founder & CEO, Vurke.com
- Saad Amanullah Khan: Founder & CEO, Alamut
- Shehryar Hydri: Director, Marketing and Operations, Convo
- Umair Aziz: Tech Entrepreneur, Venture Advisor & Investor, Creative Chaos
- Uzair Gadit: Co-Founder and Director, PureVpn.com
- And many more to be announced.
