Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community in the world. We host monthly events to help educate, inspire and connect over 1 million entrepreneurs in more than 500 cities across the globe. This month we are hosting a fireside chat with the amazing Umer Hussain, CEO, The Sweet Tooth Group which is the fastest growing restaurant in Pakistan.
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Umer Hussain is the Founder of Sweet Tooth, by using networking skills, an entrepreneurial spark, and something one is passionate about, a person can not only turn their passion into a business, they can use it as a platform to give back to society in many ways. A baker, an Ice-cream guy, Pundit, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Adventurer and a Designer; Everything Umer is passionate about, he…
Umer Hussain is the Founder of Sweet Tooth, by using networking skills, an entrepreneurial spark, and something one is passionate about, a person can not only turn their passion into a business, they can use it as a platform to give back to society in many ways. A baker, an Ice-cream guy, Pundit, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Adventurer and a Designer; Everything Umer is passionate about, he links It up with food. His vision is to positively influence all those places that show up on a Google search of the word Pakistan. He uses food as a means to do what he loves; from hiring transgender and disabled people in his restaurants in order to give them a source of earning, and giving away free Ice-cream on his pop-up rickshaws to spread smiles, to empowering women by training them vocational skills, he has done it all. His journey is what made him who he is today.
Before Sweet tooth he launched Clothing Brand named Revolt and also the CEO of Umer Textile. Umer is a drop out from Lahore School of Economics.
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Iftikhar Hussain is an ecosystem builder, consultant, and entrepreneur. He has closely worked with private and public institutions promoting the use of social media to further causes like entrepreneurship, gender rights, women's economic empowerment, and violence against women.
He was the Founder/ VP Business & Strategy at TEC, which is a leading conference management firm in Pakistan, launched DIGIMARK, Pakistan's most premium conference on Digital, and founder of DIGITALK, a monthly digital forum to strengthen the digital ecosystem in Pakistan.
Iftikhar holds a graduate degree in Computer Sciences from University of Central Punjab. He is an IVLP (International Visitor Leadership Program) Alumnus, which is US Department of State’s premier professional exchange program on the theme Social Media Activism. Mr. Hussain is a certified trainer as well as a facilitator from British Council. His signature program "Turning Contacts into References” is one of the most vibrant sessions in universities and incubators throughout the country.
He is the founder of Transforming Hub aiming to bridge the industry-academia gap in a unique way through industry problems paving the way for entrepreneurship. Iftikhar has 14 years of work experience and worked with Ufone, UBL, CodeWeek Magazine, Punjab Commission on the Status of Women, Women Development Department & Niu Media Productions.
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