Eureka Pakistan: Our Longest Seminar Ever On Entrepreneurship!

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on EntrepreneurshipOn 13th August, STCnetwork was invited for a motivational session at Eureka Institute which is a renown institute that offers certificates in English Learning and IT programs. I was invited by Abrar Khan who is the operations manager at Eureka. I had to speak on the topic: "I chose Plan B and became an Entrepreneur".  I am not sure whether it was the excitement of independence month or something else, but this seminar turned out to be the most longest and yet memorable event of my life ever! I spoke for over 3.5 hours and this post will share important highlights of the event. This seminar also had one unexpected visitor that I will disclose later :)

Few days before the event I received a surprise visit of a very close friend, named Hussain Kango who works at Mobilink Telecom firm. Hussain is an IBA graduate and has great experience of working in a corporate firm so I requested him to accompany me in this seminar to present his take on whether one should go for jobs or setup their own business. He was kind enough to say: "Sure lets do it!".

Seminar Venue and Timings

Standee For Seminar

Seminar Certificate

Eureka certificate of participation

Important Highlights Of The Seminar

This seminar was not conducted inside a large hall or auditorium nor was it attended by a crowd of hundreds unlike our previous events because it was not meant for general crowd. Our aim was to motivate developers and youngsters who need proper direction to launch an online business. It was organized inside a small class with no more than 50 participants. Most of these attendees were students enrolled in web development courses at Eureka. But there was something different about it, that made me speak for hours and yet not feel tired at all. This happened thanks to a passionate and actively responding crowd. The crowd kept on asking questions during the seminar and I loved responding them. This is how a formal presentation transformed into a friendly discussion.

This time I shared things on more practical and technical grounds. Following is a bird view:

  • Shared some of my ecommerce projects that I am working on,
  • Shared marketing strategy of a product that I aim to launch inshAllah, (koti.pk)
  • Discussed the basic difference between Assets and Liabilities
  • Discussed the difference between victims of PlanA and PlanB.
  • Shared example of a French Fries seller to emphasize on "Uniqueness In Business"
  • Explained importance of old friends and mentors - Social Interaction
  • Shared story of a Blind PHP developer who visited us - "If he can do it then why can't you?"
  • Shared basics of setting up an Ecommerce business by sharing examples of sites I optimized.
  • Shared how I earned up to $2000 Alhamdulillah within a month by writing just 3 reviews.
  • Explained "Search Engine Optimization" in layman terms.
  • Shared how to do SEO auditing of any website - Taking Eureka's site as test case.
  • Played the SEO Game!

Hussain shared his corporate experience and how to build your own empire through startup businesses. His presentation was really unique and yet engaging. Unfortunately he just had an hour to speak because I had already swallowed much of the time! ;)

I picked Hussain from Central Jail Karachi and it was my first experience going inside the city's most highly secured jail full of top-notch criminals. This is where he actually lives along with his family. His father is a senior Govt. officer, can't disclose the designation for security reasons.

Hussain Kango and Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

Hussian is also a talented Photographer and Short film maker, so I shared one of his videos with the crowd that you can watch below:

Mud Volcanoes near Kund Malir Beach Balochistan

The seminar was attended by several outsiders which included Mohammad Abid (ACupOfBlog), Mohammad Ibrahim and Abdul Samad Essani (BornBlogger). Meeting Abdul Samad was surely a proud moment to see someone who waited for 4 years just to meet a small man like me. I honestly have no proper words to thank him for his love and respect. Therefore as a thanksgiving I wont share in detail the A-Z of what discussion took place that day and instead I will share Samad's blog post to give you a complete experience of the seminar from an attendee's point of view.

Eureka Seminar Photos

Some random photos from the seminar.

Hussain Kango

Hussain Kango

Mohammad Mustafa and Hussain Kango

We are professional bloggers!

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

Hussain Kango at Eureka

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

Mohammad and Hussain Kango

Questioning audience at Eureka

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

Eureka Feedback Form

Eureka Pakistan Institute Feedback Form

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

Eureka Seminar Refreshments

Abrar Khan Eureka Pakistan

Hussain Kango at Eureka Learning Center

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

What is your aim in life?

My Online Earning Strategy

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

Muhammad Abbas Naqvi at Eureka Seminar

Distributing Gift Hampers!

I asked three questions and distributed three gift hampers.

The first gift was given to a participant for describing the difference between Assets and Liabilities. I don't have his clear photo unfortunately.

The second gift was given to Abdul Samad for correctly pin-pointing up to four SEO mistakes live within 5 minutes in Eureka's official website. Three Contestants tried but only he could spot the knot correctly.

Abdul Samad receiving gift hamper

The third gift was given to Mohammad Abid for describing the key marketing strategy for bringing more sales to one of our ecommerce site. He received the most precious gift ever as shown in the video below:

Mohammad Abid at Eureka Pakistan

Best Gift Ever - National Flag of Pakistan

An Unexpected Visitor!

During the presentation, I saw someone sitting at the back row. Upon a close look I happen to discover that it was my childhood friend and best classmate buddy, Muhammad Abbas Naqvi. I was really shocked to see him and yet amazed with this pleasant surprise. I called him on stage, introduced him and hugged him for such a beautiful gift. He works at Habib Bank and is ACCA certified but he came all the way to attend the seminar because he sincerely wanted to hear this little man's success story.

Than you buddy for taking out time and attending the seminar. This surprise will be glorified forever!

M Abbas Naqvi at Eureka Pakistan

He did not choose to sit at front but rather choose to sit quietly at back row. Such is Abbas's humbleness. Love you bro!

Eureka Pakistan Seminar on Entrepreneurship by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai

M Abbas Naqvi

Shields & Certificates Distribution

Every attendee was given a certificate of participation by Eureka management. Speakers were given shields and were served with hospitality not once but thrice something that I loved the most.

Hussain Kango receiving Shield

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Abrar khan giving certificates at Eureka

Special Thanks

Thank you Abrar Khan for inviting us and for the wonderful hospitality. Thank you for the refreshments, perfect arrangements, that beautiful standee gift and that punjabi Palao. It was surely not possible without you.

Follow him at @Abrar Khan

Abrar khan Eureka Pakistan

Your Feedback

I will share our experience of the Country Inn conference in my next post where I happen to meet several TV news anchors, journalists and social activists.

Do share your feedback about this recent seminar that took place at Eureka. I wish the best of luck to all of you. You guys have a brilliant future and abundance of natural skills. It is time to just start using them without fearing failure as I said several times in the seminar: "In business there is either success or experience but never failure!"

If you have any queries, please feel free to post them below. I would love to answer them all. God bless you all buddies! =)

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  1. Please Arrange Such type of event in Islambad :)

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    1. InshAllah when I visit Islamabad I will surely try to organize a seminar

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  2. How Awesome Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai Bhai!
    Love you Mustafa bhai!
    Thanks a lot for appreciation and the backlinks.
    This backlink is valuable than wikipedia, Google, faceboook or any big company in this world!
    See you soon Insha'Allah!
    Allah bless you more than this world.Ameen! 💙
    Your words amaze me everytime I listen to your words really!
    You motivated me to do more and more blogging.
    You're my inspiration brother:)
    More power to you ahead!

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    1. You deserved it buddy! Thank you for attending the seminar and also the NED one and thank you for all the respect always. You are a great human being yourself because it can easily be evident from your respectful gesture for your mentors. God bless you always. Thank you for considering me worth such words. :)

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  3. MA SHA ALLAH Awesome post and experience you shared with us Mustafa bhi! Your speech,words and style totally charge us to set new goals in online world. Thanks and stay blessed always.

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    1. I am humbled by those words. Thank you for being the driving force behind our endeavors. You all deserve a future far better and inshAllah with hard work and consistency, you will all reach your goals in life.

      Several pleasant surprises awaits you! :)

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  4. I wanted to attend Eureka Seminar but couldn't make it ,thanks for sharing "Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai" brother . May Allah bless you

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    1. Life is too short and world is too small, several such seminars will come and we will surely meet one day :)

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  5. MA SHA ALLAH very Awesome!
    inshaALLAH onetime i'll come to Pakistan specifically to attend your seminars.

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    1. I will make sure to host you first as a guest at my home! :)

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  6. Awesome, can we get the video of the seminar?

    Thanks.

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    1. These seminars are often too long and often involves random discussions. Recording such lengthy seminars and uploading them online require professional recording resources which at present we are working to manage.

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  7. Bhai

    It was awesome and motivational.. Keep going

    Wish you all the best

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    1. Thank you Jothis for always being there and for sharing your kind feedback bro! :)

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  8. Loved it brother! <3 Amazing event :) May we see tons and tons of such productive sessions all around the country InshaAllah!

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    1. I want to do one such seminar with you buddy at Islamabad this time when I come inshAllah. Thank you for those kind words. Truly appreciate that! :)

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  9. Please upload the video of this seminar :)

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    1. If we had recorded it, it would have been a video of 4 hours which currently neither youtube nor facebook would allow! :)

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  10. Awesome and inspiring. I will like to have your slides. *smiles*
    This is an inspiration as I'm writing an article about the blessings of "2nd choice" in life

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