Comments on: Business Acceleration Program Launched In Pakistan

By: State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan » Winners Of MITCEF Business Acceleration Program Pakistan

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:42:36 +0000

[...] started a few months ago the ICT industry in Pakistan is movingÂ ahead, despite the odds. I hadÂ written aboutÂ the launch of Business Acceleration Program inÂ Aug 2007. This month MITCEF of PakistanÂ has [...]

By: MITCEF BAP - Winning without winning, and Alchemy in final round : Green & White

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:37:10 +0000

[...] of doors, opportunities and business insights for its participants over the past several months. Announced back in August, companies in Pakistan had been asked to participate in a series of presentations under guidance [...]

By: Desi Back to desh » Alchemy in the MIT Final Five

Desi Back to desh » Alchemy in the MIT Final Five — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:32:24 +0000

[...] Enterprise Forum’s Business Acceleration Plan (BAP for short) has been doing the rounds since late July this year. From 25 companies we came down to [...]

By: G.ho.st - a WebOS developed in Pakistan : Green & White

G.ho.st - a WebOS developed in Pakistan : Green & White — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:22:56 +0000

[...] I was impressed to learn though, that GeniTeam in Lahore has been developing the G.ho.st web OS for one of their clients. GeniTeam is an offshore “development partner” company that is focused on the web 2.0 vertical, and have an interesting set of expertese under their belt. They were also shortlisted for the MITCEF BAF program. [...]

By: TiE Launches "Khudee" Business Plan Competition : Green & White

TiE Launches "Khudee" Business Plan Competition : Green & White — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:31:51 +0000

[...] Babar reported the MIT Business Acceleration Program, There were a lot of us who lamented on the fact that the conditions set were not applicable to [...]

By: Ali Raza Shaikh

Ali Raza Shaikh — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:56:23 +0000

@Babar – Yes, i have seen that, it says “Final Year Student of HEC Recognized Universities”

@Zahir – It is good news for us, i have seen many videos of the TieCon 2007 held in india and it is a great idea to tie innovators and investors.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=TieCon&search=Search

By: zahirsyed

zahirsyed — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:22:09 +0000

Please note that there is a major Business Plan Competition planned by TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) around December 2007 in Pakistan. This competition will target Start-ups and fresh graduates. MITCEF-OPEN decided not to compete with this activity thus offered a complimentary program. This ensures that both fresh graduates/start-up and existing companies who are struck at one level are helped to accelerate to the next level. Please note that for the industry in Pakistan to grow and prosper, we need organizations of all sizes from a few people shops to organizations that employ thousands of people. We have broken the 200 employees’ barrier and now need to break 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 employees’ barriers.

It is my firm belief that we all need help and mentoring whether we are at US $ 20K, US$ 2M, US$ 20 M or more and there are people out there who can provide help. If this was not the case then Consulting firms like Earnest & Young, Peat Marwick, etc. would not be so successful.

By: Babar Bhatti

Babar Bhatti — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:29:16 +0000

Have you seen the PTA competition for students?
http://greenwhite.org/2007/08/20/pta-gold-medals-for-outstanding-research-projects-in-it-telecom-for-students/

By: Ali Raza Shaikh

Ali Raza Shaikh — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:59:09 +0000

@Anonymous – i totally agree, at-least they can offer a parallel track for fresh graduates.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:02:26 +0000

I was reading the requirements to participate and the funniest thing was “At least three years of existence and annual revenues of more than $0.2M” If someone has sustained a business for over 3 years with annual revenues exceeding 0.2M in Pakistan, i dont really think they need mentoring, the should be a part of the mentoring team.

This should be directed towards fresh graduates with fresh ideas and no experience.