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What is ?
Career Launchpad bridges the skills-gap in the job
market by training graduating university students &
young professionals (1-3 years experience) through our
flagship 3 month hybrid program where we help them
pivot their careers or exceed in their current roles
through a series of:
⦿ Mentoring Sessions
⦿ Practical Learning
⦿ Skill-building Workshops
⦿ Employability Workshops
⦿ Mock Interviews
⦿ Networking Events
WE FOCUS ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
THROUGH MULTIDISCIPLINARY INDUSTRY
PROJECTS
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Networking
Workshops
Learning
LEARN FROM & NETWORK
FiresideChats
WITH PROFESSIONALS
WORKING AT
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Why ?
Access To 100+ Employability
Mentors Networking Events
Fireside Employability
Chats Workshops
Connect With Access To Job Markets
Key in the UK, US and
Executives Middle East
Career Development
Opportunity To Work On
Workshops From
Multidisciplinary
Leading Corporations
Projects
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HERE’S A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT OUR
FELLOWS HAVE BEEN UP TO
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Fellows In Digital Marketing
In Just 2 Months Our Fellows Have Been
+200% +350% Phenomenal! We gave our fellows in digital marketing
the opportunity to build and run the Career Launchpad
Growth In 30 Days Growth In 30 Days
social media from scratch.
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Fellows In Product Design
After going through a Product Design 101 workshop our fellows were able to use the prototyping
software Marvel to provide a wireframe design for a mental health app and a proposed redesign
for a banking app for a particular client.
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Feedback From Our Fellows So Far
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Feedback From Our Fellows So Far
The (not so) hidden truth about job seeking is showcasing value - both
to yourself and the people you connect with. Career Launchpad has
helped polish that aspect greatly!
Humza Khan
Digital Marketing Fellow
Exactly what the name states! Improving employability through
invaluable skill development, project-based experience and an
opportunity to network with desired employers, mentors and the startup
ecosystem! The first of its kind and highly recommended!
Amna Jan Khattak
Analytics Fellow
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Why should University Students Teamup?
YOU GET ACCESS TO
⦿Curriculum Sessions
⦿Workshops from Industry Leaders
⦿Mentorship Hours
⦿Career Counselling
⦿Ideation Labs
⦿Sales Labs
⦿Marketing Labs
⦿Legal Clinics
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The Teamup X Factor
ACCESS TO
⦿100+ Mentors Globally
⦿NIC Startup Community
⦿Investor Summits
⦿Government
⦿Sessions with CXOs
⦿Industry Linkages
⦿European & UK Market
⦿Middle Eastern Market
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Some of Our Mentors & Advisors
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Some Of Our Mentors & Advisors
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Monday Tuesd Wednesday Thursday Friday
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3 Month Week 1 Orientation Project Presentation Skil Excel for Drafting
Program 1 ls 101 Business Proposals
Week 2 Mentor - Effective Power of Google Digital
Monday Research Marketing
Week 3 Mentor Project Unlocking Teamup Talks Acing Job
Monday 2 LinkedIn Interviews
Week 4 Mentor - Storytelling -
Program
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Week 5 Mentor Project Mock interview Teamup Talks
Monday 3 with NIC
Week 6 Mentor - Mock interview Mock Interview
Overview
Monday
Week 7 Mentor Project Mock Interview Teamup Talks
Monday 4
Week 8 Mentor - Mock Interview Mock Interview
Monday
Week 9 Mentor Project Mock Interview Teamup Talks
Monday 5
Week Mentor - Mock Interview -
10 Monday
Week 14 Project 7
Week Mentor Project - Teamup Talks
Week 16 Project 8
11 Monday 6
Week 18 Project 9 Week Mentor - - - -
Week 20 Project 10 12 Monday
Week 22 Project 11 Endorsements
Graduation
Recommendations
Week 24 Project 12 Ceremony!
Placements
Week 26 Project 13
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Course Fee and Application Process
Career Launchpad Program Fee:
Rs 3000*/per month
Apart from the Career Launchpad curriculum itself, this fee covers:
• Access to mentors at the NIC
• Access to the NIC working space
• Access to sessions for startups at the NIC
• Access to any events held at the NIC during the course of the program
TO APPLY FOR COHORT 2 FILL OUT THE FORM HERE
*This fee is subject to the early application discount and is valid till the 15 th of February; any applicants after the 15th
of February will have to pay a fee of Rs 10,000 per month.
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About
Teamup
Teamup in the IMPACT
Startup Ecosystem Founded largest and most successful NIC
$5 MILLION Funding - Since 2016
Government Policy Formulation
PKR 3 Billion+ Revenue Generated
PKR 2 Billion+ Investment Raised
10,000+ Jobs Created
5000+ Hours of Mentoring
Teamup is an incubation and acceleration platform
5000+ Pitches Evaluated
working with young entrepreneurs and startups.
Teamup conceived, built and manages Pakistan's
premiere National Incubation Centre since 2016 in 2500+ Hours Curriculum Delivered
partnership with the Government of Pakistan and Jazz
1000+ Startup Events Judged
Mentored & Coached 750+ Founders
Supported 250+ Startups 17
Global Representation
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The National Incubation Center
The NIC’s Vision?
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About the NIC
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Teamup’s Network
FAUJI FOUNDATION
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Meet Our
Team
The Founders
Zouhair Khaliq Parvez Abbasi
Managing Partner Teamup Advisory Project Director NIC
Cofounder Teamup Co-founder Teamup
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Zouhair is an international business executive with 36 years of global experience in telecom, Parvez Abbasi is currently serving as the Project Director at The National Incubation Center, Co-
technology, operations and Board Governance. He is the Co Founder and Partner at Teamup Group. founder & Partner at the Teamup, the service delivery partner to the NIC.
TeamUp, aside from being the service delivery partner at the National Incubation Centre which incubates
and trains technology entrepreneurs in building successful businesses, also runs Teamup Advisory which He is also a Managing Partner at the Teamup Advisory. Over 30 years practical high caliber professional
advises companies in digital and organisational transformation. He is a Member of the Prime Minister's with diversified experience stretching across Europe, the Middle East and Asia from startup and
Task Force on IT & Telecom. greenfield to established market leaders. His experience includes tier one companies such as BT, Nokia,
Motorola, Orascom, Telenor, Etisalat, Millicom, C&W, Samsung and many more.
He started his corporate career at ICI PLC Pakistan. Later at Mobilink he was a key member of the
founding team that set up the company. He then moved to the UK as Senior Director of Operations, As Chief Commercial Officer at Jazz, Parvez was responsible for all commercial objectives from strategy
Motorola, Europe Middle East and Africa where he led the development of mobile operations in Jordan, to operational execution in line with board mandate and budgetary compliance. He developed a high
Egypt, Pakistan and Lithuania. As Chief Executive Officer of Mobilink he led the growth of the Company caliber team of sales, marketing and customer care personnel who created innovative and iconic brands
from 1m to 31m customers, growing revenues from US$ 80 million to US$ 1.3 billion, making it one of the such as Jazz and the Mobilink franchise distribution network adding over 50+ million subscribers.
5 fastest growing companies in the Asia Pacific Region and the largest private sector company in
Pakistan. As Managing Director, Mobile for Development, GSM Association, in the UK he managed a Parvez also started MobileZone from scratch after identifying a gap in the GSM distribution channel
technology fund investing globally in startups in FinTech, e-health, agri-tech and e-learning innovation. between sim card and handset. The concept, simple but innovative at the time was a "one stop shop" for
As COO of Orascom Telecom he led the launch of mobile operations in Algeria, Tunisia and Iraq. both sim card and handset available at one location. MobileZone started off from one shop in Karachi
and became the largest distributor across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the UAE and the
Zouhair has been an early stage investor, advisor and mentor for many technology companies, including recipient of many regional awards from leading brands such as Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson etc.
Coda Payments which provides access to world-class digital entertainment. In 2019 Coda payments was
valued at US$70m, 10 times its original valuation. He served on the Advisory Board of ding.com, a Parvez specializes in identifying gaps within board level strategic objectives and its operational
mobile top-up company in Ireland, the Advisory Board of Boloro, a mobile money platform in the US, the management team’s execution, as well as identifying gaps within organizational HR and coaching
Advisory Board of Voltaire Capital, a Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange trading platform in the UK and department teams for improved internal processes optimization and communication.
currently also on the Advisory Board of Field Force, an end-to-end platform to help accelerate mobile
infrastructure deployment and operations in the US. He is known to be a chief thinking officer who helps translate board room strategy and aligns into
operational execution within budgetary and time constraints leading to be the success of the future.
He is a member of the Board of Regents of Harris Manchester College, Oxford University since 2009, In short, bringing out the best in people by showing them a new side to thinking and acting as
Non-Executive Director on the Board of Friesland Campina Engro Foods and a Non Executive Director entrepreneurs rather than being simply managers or employees for an organization.
on Pakistan Television Corporation and Pakistan Radio Corporation. He is a member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Pakistan and an Alumni of INSEAD, France.
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The Team
Danyaal Khaliq Syed Farhan Mahmood Merai Syed
Business Development & Ops Senior Consultant Senior Technology Advisor
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Suffiyan Malik Asra Masood
Ibraheem Ahmed Business Analysis Comms &Research
HR and Training
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The Team
Kashif Joseph Humza Khan Ahad Wazir
Facility and IT Digital Advertising Fellow Partnerships & Investments
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Mohammad Mustafa Hassan Khalique Zaman Maryam Fizza
Associate and Program Management Fellow Legal Advisor Graphic Designer
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CONTACT US
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