SUCCESS STORIES OF FIVE ENTERPRENEURS IN PAKISTAN
► Corruption cautions the investors ► Usually they dream of becoming rich quickly ► Women are looked as the “food-makers” rather than the “food-earners.” Entrepreneurship In Pakistan
ATIQA ODHO
MESSAGE: The market is still abundant in opportunities for new entrants and that she likes healthy competition
Product line ► 35 Lipstick colors ► 20 Loose Eye-shadow colors ► 25 Pressed Eye- shadow colors ► 10 Blush-on colors 8 Cake Face Powders colors ► 8 Eyeliner colors, and Mascara.
SUCCESS STORY ► Stepped into her working life as a make- up artist ► Training in England. ► Beauty parlor and appropriately named it “Cuts and cappuccino” ► Launched own cosmetics line.
REASON FOR BECOMING ENTERPRENEUR ► Belief that a woman understands another woman’s needs ► Tired of what was available in the marketplace. ► Tired of what was available in the marketplace.
Monis Rahman (chairperson of naseeb networks and founder of rozee.com)
HIS VISION ► “Pakistan has a huge perception challenge ► Individual ability to raise capital ► “It was my life obsession and dream to work at Intel,” ► “It was my life obsession and dream to work at Intel,” ► Started thinking about a life beyond Intel
SUCCESS STORY ► In 2005, he launched Web platform, this time through his own funding, a job-search site, Rozee.pk ► Over 30,000 employers, including U.S.-based firms such as McDonald’s and Coc a-Cola, advertise on Rozee.pk.
CHALLENGES AND EFFORTS ► Needed more capital ► In 2007,Pakistan’s situation was very uncertain on all grounds ► Two firms in California's Bay Area, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and EPlanet Ventures, backed not so much Rozee.pk, but Monis Rahman. ► Organized TiECon 2010 Pakistan ► Organized TiECon 2010 Pakistan
IFFAT RAZA ► Company profile:Ideal Star ► Business type:Plastic recycling MESSAGE MESSAGE “Never say sky is the limit,the moon has foot prints “
SUCCESS STORY ► Driven by courageous patience ► At 45, single parent of four children ► She had to chose her own destiny ► 2005, pet bottles crushing unit has her own enterprise in district Lahore ► One of the few women in this business type
CHALLENGES AND EFFORTS ► Manufacturing of decorative plastic material out of plastic waste. ► Manages income out of this being economical and frugal ► Funding was a problem ► Now successfully running her own enterprise ► Almost 15 employees for picking, crushing, drawing and packing processes.
Problems she faced ► Marketing challenge ► Removal of middle man ► No idea of documentation
► Attended a lot of seminars on women business development centre ► Training in business development ► Company linkage with trade development authority of Pakistan
Rehan Ahmed Allahwalla Rehan Ahmed Allahwalla
► Started a firm call Pakistan computers ► First ever off-line service to the people of Karachi by the name of Brain Net. ► Pakistan Computers started countless number of new services including to fax Internet Phones ► Today,a Successful Business Man and own over 200 companies in different parts of the world. ► Major stake is in the Super Technologies Inc. Pensacola USA and DIDx.org. SUCCESS STORY
► Nominated by over 3000 for winning the 2010 Mashable Entrepreneur Award. ► An entrepreneur from Karachi and runs & own Super Technologies Inc and many other companies. ► Involved in small science projects ► Innovative ideas
Qurat -ul -Ain
► Company profile: institute of hotel and tourism management (IHTM) ► Business type: Professional education MESSAGE “Whenever you see a successful entrepreneur, one once made a courageous decision”
SUCCESS STORY ► Inspired from the growing hospitality industry ► Established a professional education institute in 2005 which running very successfully
► Confidence boosted when her institute got affiliated with TDCP (Tourism corporation development of Pakistan) ► This institute was even acknowledged internationally ICHRIE
Challenges and efforts ► Financial support ► Issue of recognition of institute ► She had a lot of trainings like from EDEW ► For running enterprise you are the boss yourself