CGI is Innovation Consulting: with a design thinking mindset of IDEO, and the business capability of McKinsey, all of that combined with the entrepreneurial spirit of the best startups. Highlights of July for CGI are: ✔ Startup Cohort 1 continues at NUML, Islamabad ✔ Startup Cohort 1 continues at LCWU, Lahore

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CGI is successfully rolling out it’s Social & Creative Incubation
Program at NUML Islamabad & LCWU Lahore.
During the month of July 2019,
▪ Six Modules were conducted in NUML Islamabad
▪ Industrial Meet up Gala was organized for startups in NUML
▪ Four Modules were conducted in LCWU
In this issue:
PG. 2 & 3
DICE Cohort-1 at National University of
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PG. 4
DICE Cohort-1 at Lahore College for
Women University
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Design & Innovation
Digital Transformation
Global Strategy
Startup Gateway
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Innovate | Disrupt | Lead

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Marketing and Sales
Session on Marketing & Sales was held on July 10,
2019, at the NUML. This session was delivered by
Mr. Noshad Minhas, senior banker and corporate
Trainer. Mr. Noshad Minhas explained standard
approaches for a company & how consumer
analysis, & differentiation of products can help in
increasing sales. Furthermore, Mr. Noshad also
emphasized on the vital importance of correct body
postuer, presentation skills, negation power, way of
talking, enthusiasm must be there for selling a
product.
Banking and legal
An important aspect of the successful business
development of a business is to anticipate and tackle
legal issues. The focus of this module was to
indoctrinate legal and banking aspect for a successful
startup. The above module explained the complete range
of legal issues like company registration, licensing,
patents, sharing equity, business ethics, taxation laws
for business, harassment laws, etc. From this module,
incubates were enabled to understand the applicable
laws. The module was facilitated by Mr. Rafi Siddqui
from MPLA
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Admin and Finance
Startup growth brings new challenges for the Co-
Founders. Co-Founders are generally not prepared
to manage the day-to-day operations of a startup,
from recruiting new talent to bookkeeping and to
financial planning. The module focused on bringing
financial discipline in-order to provide a clear
visibility on burn-rate and available run-way to
startup. The module was delivered by Mr. Mustafa
Minhas, Chairman CGI. Mr. Ahad Nazir from SDPI
was also present during the module.
Go to Market Strategy:
In this module, incubates were enlightened about the
tools to understand customers' needs and preferences.
Furthermore, this session help incubates to understand
how they can acquire 1st Customer to 100 customers &
then 500 customers, so on & so forth. This session was
delivered by Mr. Imran Jattala, Disruptive Innovation
Leader & Cofounder of Center for Global Innovators.

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Growth Hacking
Session on Growth hacking & Blitzscaling was
delivered by Mr. Imran Jataala, Disruptive
Innovation Leader. In this session incubates were
inculcated how to transform business by using out
of the box marketing experiments. A growth hacker
with combine unconventional marketing strategies
can acquire more customers, increase revenue and
as a result is in a better competitive position.
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Business Process Automation
Startup growth brings new challenges for the
Automation of business is essential so it can
streamline a business for simplicity, achieve digital
transformation, increase service quality, improve
service delivery or contain costs. This Module was
delivered by Miss Maryum Arshad, Founder &
Managing Director at Impact Dynamics. In this
session the incubates were inculcated about the
automation of business by using different tools.
HR & Talent
Session on HR & Talent by Mr. Tariq Mehmood senior
manager Human resources at TEO International. The
purpose of this session was to define the core purpose &
value of the organization. Moreover, what are the right
recruiting strategies for startups & when do startups
need to hire an employee and who should hire? The
activity session was also included to help startups
understand better.
Industrial Meet up Gala
On 19th July 2019, the Center for Global Innovators
organized an Industrial Meetup Gala where Social &
Creative Incubation Program Cohort-1 startups had an
opportunity to have a one-to-one meetup with Industry
leaders / Experts / Mentors / Innovation Gurus
including Shahzad Gul (Kamyab Jawan ), Imtiaz
Rastgar (Rastagae Group of Industries),M Ahmed
(Former CEO Ignite ),Shahid Mahmood (Planning
Development & Reform Ministry ), Khurram Ghori
(Prudential Solutions ),Sayyad Ahmad Masud (Changing
Mechanics Pvt Ltd ),Syed Taimoor Hassan (Foundation
University) Tariq Mehmood (TEO).

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Go to Market Strategy
This module was organized and delivered with the
motive to enable the incubates to determine the
market opportunity, decide upon the beachhead
target for the initial market penetration, understand
the buying process. Identify the decision-makers,
approvers, recommenders, influencers & snipers to
understand the decision-makers & develop a value
proposition that resonates with them.. This session
was delivered by MR. Adnan Us Sadiq, Manager
Operations & Strategic Planning, PBIT & Mr. Rana
Waqas, Additional director at Punjab Board of
investment.
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Business Process Automation
Business Process Automation is the automation of
the business through technology by allowing the
business to cut costs and increase productivity.
Business process automation focuses on automating
processes and workflows. It is an organizational
transformation that aims to drive efficiency, provide
transparency & facilities. Through this module
incubates were trained on how to implement
business process automation in their businesses for
transparency, automation, reduction in repetitive
processes.
Growth Hacking & Blitzscaling
Growth hacking has been around for a few years, but
now it's catching fire to achieve exponential growth.
Every startup is looking for growth hackers. A growth
hacker is different from a marketer & is a person whose
true north is growth. For a growth hacker, every single
tactic, imitative or strategy, is endeavored in the
anticipation of growth. This session was delivered by
Mr. Rana Waqas & Mr. Adnan Us Sadiq from Punjab
Board of Investment.
HR & Talent
This course inculcated the incubatees on how to define
the mission, vision, and aim of the organization.
Building a culture for success, planning and recruiting
people and keeping them motivated. Furthermore,
framing clear job description, setting up job competency
models in each department of the company & collection
of data that is concerned with transactions, cost, and
staffing, management styles, values & culture of an
organization. This session was delivered by MR. Adnan
Us Sadiq, Manager Operations & Strategic Planning,
PBIT & Mr. Rana Waqas, Additional director at Punjab
Board of investment.