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July 6-7, 2010

Naeem will be conducting a bootcamp in London about the Seven Steps to a Successful startup.  Click here for more details. 

August 25, 2010

Naeem will be giving a keynote speech in Hanoi Vietnam on the Frost and Sullivan conference on August 25th.

The title "Creating & Implementing the Customer Experience Vision"

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Affiliations

University of California Berkeley

  • Naeem teaches entrepreneurship at the University of California, Berkeley. This link provides a more detailed bio: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/zafar.html

Advise & Mentorship: Concordia Ventures

  • Naeem advises entrepreneurs about starting a company, raising money and growing their business. This work is reflected with his advisory firm Concordia Ventures. http://www.ConcordiaVentures.com

Institute for Service Organization Excellence (ISOE)

  • ISOE provides management consulting and business education/training for companies wanting to improve customer satisfaction, organizational productivity and business outcomes. ISOE offers a range of certification programs and specializes in soft skills training for customer facing employees. For more information please look at: http://www.ISOE.com

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) - Silicon Valley Chapter

  • Naeem is a charter member of TiE: the world's largest non-profit dedicated to mentoring entrepreneurs, with over 12,000 members and 45 chapters worldwide. http://www.TiE.org

Lahore University of Management Sciences

  • Naeem has lectured at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan where he serves as an advisor to the Entrepreneurship & Small & Medium Enterprise Center (ESMEC). http://www.LUMS.edu.pk

Bay Area Regional Council - Brown University

  • Naeem was elected president of the Bay Area Regional Council (BARC) for the Brown University Entrepreneurship Program (http://www.brownep.org). His term starts July 1st 2008, for a two-year period.
  • Naeem is also a charter member of OPEN (Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America) where he currently serves on the executive committee as the general secretary of the Silicon Valley chapter. Their website can be found at http://www.OPENSiliconValley.org
  • CREA is helping women entrepreneurs fight poverty through knowledge, capital and new business channels. For more information visit http://believeincrea.org/
  • http://www.ruralasiaservices.com provides financial services to non-banked farmers in rural Pakistan.

 

In the News!

Investor's Business Daily Article

 Enhance Your Business With Key Business Mentors
By Morey Stettner

To build a business, yo uneed to listen to your gut, defy conventional wisdom and chart your own path.  It's often a lonely road.

 Top entrepreneurs know they won't have all the answers along the way.  That's why they seek advice from more seasoned, knowledgeable advisers. 

 Once you find a good mentor, pave the way for a productive sharing of ideas and concerns.  Create mutual trust to maximize the relationship, says Naeem Zafar, a lecturer on entrepreneurship at the Hass School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. 

To read more view the article on Investor's Business Daily