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SUMMARY:Go - to - Marketing Strategies
DESCRIPTION:Outcome: \n\nDevelop a preliminary GTM plan for their business\, outlining target channels\, marketing tactics\, and launch timeline.\n\nParticipate in a case study analysis of a successful GTM strategy implemented by a comparable startup.\n\nTrainer:\nGrowth Marketer | Data Driven | People’s Person | Optimization Consultant | Creative Powerhouse | Brand Specialist \nBusiness savvy\, accomplished marketing leader with 14+ years of experience in developing & deploying result driven marketing strategies for Pakistan’s top brands across multiple categories and media. Exceptional interpersonal skills dedicated and adaptive collaborator with analytical\, creative problem-solving and leadership skills to work effectively across all levels of an organization including C-Suite and Board. Thrives in diverse\, deadline-driven\, fast paced environments while pushing creative limits and achieving company goals and objectives. Proven professional with extensive experience in sales\, product development\, brand management\, performance marketing\, customer value & lifecycle management and the use of analytics to drive sales and conversions \nRegister Now
URL:https://nickarachi.com/event/go-to-marketing-strategies/
LOCATION:NIC Karachi\, Pakistan
CATEGORIES:Primary Track
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SUMMARY:Startup Business Models and Pricing
DESCRIPTION:Outcome: \n\nDevelop a detailed revenue model outline\, including pricing strategy and financial forecast for their business.\n\nParticipate in a case study analysis\, dissecting the revenue model and pricing strategy of a successful company in their industry.\n\nProduct Pricing Strategies for Founders\n\nTrainer:\nHamza Abdul Rauf is a passionate entrepreneur with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Business Administration from Pakistan’s Top Business School (IBA). He co-founded his entrepreneurial venture Telemart at the age of 20 during his sophomore year. His vision behind Telemart is to transform\, disrupt and digitize the landscape of retailing and e-commerce in Pakistan by working towards a customer centric business approach based on an omni-channel retail model. \nHamza’s fields of interests are Marketing\, Retail & Brand building. He is the brains behind Telemart’s aggressive and unconventional marketing and formation of successful strategic alliances with massive brands\, banks and Telcos. Hamza Abdul Rauf is a staunch believer in the phrase “co-operation over competition”. Hamza has also designed Telemart’s one of it’s kind and transformational Franchise Program based on a “Phygital Retail Model” which has now expanded to 24 stores spread across 17 cities of Pakistan. He loves to take challenges and is supremely dedicated to innovate for the future. As an individual and an entrepreneur\, Hamza believes in serving and giving back to society as an obligation of a responsible citizen and an entrepreneur. \nHamza Abdul Rauf won the award for “Young Digital Entrepreneur” at Pakistan’s 1st Digital Awards “Pakistan Digi Awards 2017”. He has also won an international award for CEO of the year (2018) by CEO World Awards (SVUS Awards) and he was also recently featured in “100 Best Best Performing CEOs of Pakistan 2020” by CEO Club Pakistan which made him one of the youngest Pakistanis to achieve this feat. \nRegister Now
URL:https://nickarachi.com/event/startup-business-models-and-pricing-2/
LOCATION:NIC Karachi\, Pakistan
CATEGORIES:Primary Track
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SUMMARY:Design Thinking - Building Products Users Want
DESCRIPTION:Outcome: \n\nComplete a design thinking empathy map template of your startup.\n\nDevelop and present a validated solution prototype based on identified user needs and challenges.\n\nTrainer:\nA passionate advocate for driving innovation and enabling digital transformation\, with a strong foundation in design thinking and a proven track record in manufacturing\, commercial\, and supply chain excellence. Currently contributing to impactful initiatives at Engro Polymer & Chemicals Ltd\, leveraging expertise in Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) to optimize operations and foster growth. An alumnus of NED University of Engineering and Technology\, based in Karachi\, Pakistan.\n \nRegister Now
URL:https://nickarachi.com/event/design-thinking-building-products-users-want/
LOCATION:NIC Karachi\, Pakistan
CATEGORIES:Primary Track
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SUMMARY:Branding and Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Outcome: \n\nDevelop a clear understanding of how branding and storytelling can be leveraged to achieve your startup’s goals.\n\nCreate a strong brand identity that differentiates your startup from competitors.\n\nCraft a compelling brand story that resonates with your target audience and effectively communicates your value proposition.\n\nDevelop the skills to utilize storytelling effectively across various communication channels to engage your audience and build brand loyalty.\n\nGain the confidence to present your startup and its vision in a clear\, concise\, and impactful way.\n\nTrainer:\nSadaf Mahmood is a social entrepreneur\, communications specialist\, strategist\, writer and editor. Currently she is the Director of Xiphios Global Private Limited\, a UK-based consultancy and impact audit firm that works on merging ideas\, methodologies\, and frameworks across various countries and sectors for social change. \nPrior to this\, she was the Chief Operating Officer at Nutshell Communications\, a sister concern of Nutshell Group. She also served as Head of Strategy & Partnerships for Programs and World Culture Summit at the Arts Council of Pakistan. Previously\, she has been a Partner and Lead Strategist at SEED Ventures – an investment firm and a Social Entrepreneurship & Equity Development organization\, and has worked extensively with MSMEs\, startups and social enterprises. \nSadaf was the Country Program Manager for Enterprise Challenge Pakistan – a Prince’s Trust Initiative. She brought Social Enterprise Academy to Pakistan with SEA International and launched the Scottish Government Fund ‘Impact Link’ for social enterprises. She was the Founder of Reimagining Karachi\, a social enterprise for heritage preservation. \nSadaf is also a Writer and Editor\, currently in the process of finishing the first draft of a business management book for a client and embarking upon producing another manuscript on investment and financial market. \nShe has appeared weekly on FM 107\, and periodically on other radio and television channels to talk about entrepreneurship\, culture\, heritage\, social and environmental issues\, and women empowerment. \nSadaf is the recipient of a Fellowship\, How Women Lead’s ‘Women Leaders for the World’ program\, a transformational leadership program to propel disrupters and changemakers forward. She was also one of the 15 global women business leaders selected by the US State Department for IVLP – International Visitor Leadership Program in 2014. \nSadaf was appointed Board Member and Treasurer for I AM KARACHI\, a city-wide social cultural movement to bring civil society together and was also on the Advisory Board of Frontier Innovators\, an initiative of the Australian Government for innovative businesses in the Asia-Pacific. \nShe is an alumna of SEALA – Southeast Asia Leadership Academy\, a sister concern of SIBF – Society of International Business Fellows\, a US based think tank; and was later a facilitator at the 2015 SEALA program. She was also part of the special delegation headed by Governor Sind\, to the United States for Pakistan Investment Conference 2019 by JS Global to put Pakistan on the global investors’ radar. \nRegister Now
URL:https://nickarachi.com/event/branding-and-storytelling/
LOCATION:NIC Karachi\, Pakistan
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