Comments on: The Prime Minister directs HEC to fund TIE’s initiatives for entrepreneurship support

By: ujmi

ujmi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:49 +0000

hmmm – one of the very good news I have come across in recent times!

By: Kamran

Kamran — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:59:28 +0000

Adil,

Adil, you can talk to the MITCEF People (www.businessplan.pk).

They mostly fund IT related businesses, but also have a mentoring program in place. They might be able to provide some support.

Also check out http://www.asf.org.pk , if your Project has anything to do with Agribusiness.

By: Riaz Haq

Riaz Haq — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:09:39 +0000

TIE Silicon Valley is involved heavily in entrepreneur education via its TIE Institute. They hold frequent class-room style events where experts present on topics of interest such as intellectual property law, latest tech trends, evolving new technologies and market opportunities, negotiating with investors, hiring/training people, setting up corporations etc. I think supporting TIE institutes in major Pak cities would be the appropriate role for HEC.

By: Adil

Adil — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:20:12 +0000

I’ve a complete product concept & design. And I want to launch it commercially.

But I don’t have the initial capital to develop a product ( which is approx. 2million Rs. ).

The product is related to industrial mixing.

Please advise, what’s the way to go ?

By: UTP

UTP — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:14:59 +0000

umm…whats TIE again?

By: Kamran

Kamran — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:15:25 +0000

Well, TIE has been playing an active role in other Countries. Lets see, what kind of support do they get from GoP and how well do they utilize it for the benefit of the Entrepreneurs.

As far as HEC is concerned, they have this University Industry Linkages program. But as far as I know (the info is old), the program has not taken off. HEC pays up to 80% of the Project Cost, but they hadn’t approved that many projects.