Muhammad Bilal
CEO in Connect Ventures, Pakistan
I work as CEO of Connect Ventures, helping startup companies and businesses through digital transformation and reducing their operational costs by staff augmentation and outsourcing online and backoffice parts of business activities.
I have helped over 250 Startups and SMEs in globally in last 18 years by building offshore teams, digital products & solutions, online presense and managing their backoffice as well as through support services.
Beside working at Connect Ventures, i utilized my knowledge and experience to help my community by creating opportunities for Startup Founders and aspiring Entrepreneurs. Some of my career highlights are as given below.
HIGHLIGHTS OF CAREER
1- Winner of MIT Enterprise Forum Pakistan BAP (Business Acceleration Program) 2013
2- Mentor of Discover NUST Business Plan Competition 2014-15
3- Trained 350+ Individuals and Startups through various programs
4- Organizer of Pakathon 2014 in Faisalabad in Collaboration with Pakathon Global
5- Organized 3 Days Training workshop "Entrepreneurship 101" in Faisalabad.
6- Founded "WordPress Faisalabad" Community
7- Worked as a Mentor with MIT Enterprise Forum of Pakistan during BAP15 (Business Acceleration Program 2015)
8- Organized Pakistan Startup Cup in 2016, 2017, and 2018 in Faisalabad
9- Participated in Startup Grind Global Conference 2018 and 2019 at Silicon Valley, USA
10- Participated as Panelist in World Youth Forum 2018 at Egypt
11- Organized 1st TechStars Startup Weekend in Faisalabad in 2019
12- Launched "Startup Grind Faisalabad" Community as Chapter Director in 2017
13- Joined Fiverr as Chapter Host (2020)
14- Became 1st Amazon AWS Scout to promote Amazon Web Services for Startups in Faisalabad (2020)
15- Founded 1st Private Incubator and co-working space in Faisalabad
16- Founded 1st local IT community Fund for Startups and ideas
17- Founded Faisalabad Software Houses - Community Meetup Group
18- Helped to Establish 1st Techno Park at FCCI building - 2020
19- Helped to Establish 1st IT park in Faisalabad by Sitara Group and PSEB - 2021