FAST-NU Alumni Association (FAANA) Webinar series: Session 01: An Entrepreneur's Journey Please join us at the first FAANA webinar on Sunday March 31st at 12 pm Eastern Time (9 pm Pakistan Time). Our guest speaker is Fahad Aziz , a graduate of FAST Lahore, 97 batch. Fahad is the co-Founder of a healthcare startup: CareMerge. It is named one of the 2018 Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in US and has raised over $20m in funding from major healthcare investors. Fahad mentors startups at UC Berkeley and is a guest lecturer at NYU on entrepreneurship. In this webinar, Fahad will share his story of how he transitioned from corporate to entrepreneurship, with no experience in startups. He will also share key learnings from: - Taking Ideas to MVP - Selecting a co-founder and building the first team - Raising funds (from angel investors to venture capitalists) - Branding and Marketing - Creating and leveraging your network You will also learn about how to build network using platforms available in the US and Pakistan.
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Dear FAST-NU Alumni: Asalaam o Alaikum,
We are kicking off the 2018 annual fundraising drive to support scholarships for deserving students. Our target is $40K, which represents a 25% increase from last year. We are expanding our support to the Peshawar and Chiniot-Faisalabad campuses for the first time, a cause that we are certain you are proud of. And guess what? FAANA has already received $15K in recurring donations. On behalf of FAANA, we would like to personally thank those of you who have supporting in the past. You have empowered deserving students to attain quality education in computing and become productive citizens of society as is the case of the following scholarship receiver via FAANA's effort with local alumni association(s): "When I took admission in FAST, my family gave out everything they had to pay the fee and we had only a minor amount left at home...Until OSAF came along as a blessing for me and my family. That day I made a vow that I will pay it all back and contribute afterwards. Now I make gradual contributions. My message to all my fellow alumni is to contribute as easily as you could, and please don't delay." --Anonymous scholarship receiver, FAST-NU Lahore Most importantly, we would appreciate your grassroots help to enlist your FAST-NU friends and colleagues to believe in your cause. While we appreciate larger donations, the most sustainable contributions are smaller, recurring denominations such as $50/month. You can set this up through our online website http://www.faana.org/donate.html through your company’s donation match program (Benevity, YourCause etc). While we are primarily funding scholarships for students, we are also allocating ~10% of the donations toward research & innovation as these efforts will help us land broader impact. Thank you again for your valuable support. As always, we welcome your feedback and input. Sincerely, Board of Directors - FAST Alumni Association - North America Sheeba Malik, Umer Farooq, Syed Adnan Ahmed, & Ahmad Malik
American chapter of FAST Alumni Association has elected its new body for the next two years. Alumni who got elected to represent FAST Alumni Association North American chapter are:
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