Career Services Office (CSO) is organising an Information Session on Khareed as per the following schedule:
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Time: 7:00 pm Sharp
Venue: Sayeed Saigol (SS) Auditorium, Academic Block
Khareed, a startup engaged in providing B2B trade services, offers guidance to upcoming graduates and aspiring entrepreneurs, on how to think about entrepreneurship and impact in context of commercial viability.
The startup ecosystem in Pakistan has grown dramatically in recent years, with individual elements of the value chain exhibiting increasing levels of maturity. A number of incubators and accelerators have firmly cemented their reputations, helping to shepherd numerous startups in their early stages.
Local angel investors and seed financiers are engaging with young entrepreneurs, providing much needed growth capital, and venture capitalists, both domestic and international, have started plowing in secondary rounds of financing. Khareed team will also be sharing their experience with students on possible hurdles and benefits of working in a startup.
Mr. Haroon Sethi, CEO of Khareed will also be discussing about how to systematically identify opportunities to disrupt industries, markets, and common practices in a manner that is commercially viable, profitable, and scalable.
About the Speaker
Haroon Sethi, CEO of Khareed previously worked with McKinsey and Company from 2007-2015 and before that he worked in Sethiboard (Pvt.) Limited and Citigroup Investment Bank from 2003-2007. He completed his studies from Yale University (BSc Hons Mechanical Engineering & BSc Economics).
