Students Learn from Entrepreneurs’ Trials to Triumphs

Our Correspondent

Lahore: The Government College University (GCU) Lahore invited top entrepreneurs and chief executive officers to their campus to share their experiences with students with the aim of making the youth more resilient and empowered.

The successful entrepreneurs shared their failures and successes with the GCU students and told them to never fear failures in life. They added that the prerequisite for success is passion, Junoon“, for the work.

GCU Vice-Chancellor Dr Asghar Zaidi opened the TEDx-style talks which were followed by addresses of top entrepreneurs of Pakistan.

The entrepreneurial talks titled Junoon Talks x GCU were also recorded for larger audiences on social media under the auspices of the university’s Business Incubation Centre.

Salim Ghauri, the founder and CEO NetSol Technologies, Nabeel Qadir, the founder of Dir Action; Fatima Asad Said, the CEO of Abacus Global, and many other eminent and successful entrepreneurs addressed the students in the first session and inspired them to come up with innovative ideas.

Dr Zaidi said our youth is disoriented due to limited job opportunities in the market, and in this situation, the guidance of top entrepreneurs would act as a lamppost to guide them to start their own startups.

He said Allama Iqbal compared youth with “Shaheen” because the Shaheen is farsighted, fearless, and moving forward, and Allama Iqbal wanted to see these attributes in the Muslim youth.

He said there are three very basic principles on which human life flourishes, i.e., diversity, curiosity, and creativity, but unfortunately, they are contradicted by a culture of education that is currently prevalent in our country.

In his address, Salim Ghauri, the CEO of NetSol Technologies, told students that the world has become a global village, and there is large number of opportunities available for youth in the digital space. They just need the right skills and guidance to tap into these opportunities.

He said they don’t see grades while recruiting young graduates, and what matters to them is passion, i.e., “Junoon“. He shared his success journey, saying that “never fear failures.”

Nabeen Qadeer said that there are many failures behind every success, but they often remain in the shadows. “People see our success, but our failures matter most because we learned from them,” he added.

He stressed that it is important to talk about these failures so that our youth can understand the process of success.

Fatima Asad said that the journey of leadership starts at home and highlighted the importance of family values.