Fireside Chat with Waqas Khan

Jul 16, 2018, 10:00 – 11:00 AM (UTC)

Peshawar

National Incubation Center, PTCL Training Center, Near BISE Peshawar, Peshawar, 25000

We at Startup Grind call upon entrepreneurs and leaders that are role models, as guest speakers and have a candid Fireside Chat with them which not only acknowledges their journey but inspires many others. This July, Startup Grind Peshawar brings Waqas Khan founder Half Fried Games to the hot-seat on Monday 16th July, 2018 for Fireside Chat with Waqas Khan at National Incubation Center Peshawar.

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About this event

Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting more than 1,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 365 cities. Powered by Google for Entrepreneurs we have been active in Peshawar since March 18.

We at Startup Grind call upon entrepreneurs and leaders that are role models, as guest speakers and have a candid Fireside Chat with them which not only acknowledges their journey but inspires many others.

This July, Startup Grind Peshawar brings Waqas Khan from Half Fried Games to the hot-seat!

Waqas is a GIKI graduate, an entrepreneur and a software development consultant. He has also worked both in leadership and consultancy roles for international startups. He currently works with Chess.com serving over 20 million users.

Prior to joining Chess.com, Waqas worked as co-founder and engineer at IQFriends, a brain training startup, which got incubated in Startup Brasil and China Accelerator and raised funding from Microsoft AppCampus and LAUNCHub Ventures.

Waqas also founded Half Fried Games, a game studio based out of Peshawar, which worked on bestselling games that were featured worldwide by Google Play And Apple Appstore.

As a mentor at Peshawar 2.0, and Durshal, Waqas helps in cultivating a culture of startups and entrepreneurship in KP. Waqas has mentored startups at Startup Weekend Peshawar, Startup Cup, and he has been ranked 4th most outstanding individual in the world at WebSummit, Ireland.

Meet Waqas this Monday in Fireside Chat with Waqas Khan on Monday 16th of July, 2018 in Fireside Chat with Waqas Khan at National Incubation Center Pershawar

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Waqas Khan

    Half Fried Games

    Founder

When

When

Monday, July 16, 2018
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (UTC)

Agenda

Fireside Chat

Host

  • Kayenaat hameed

    Impact Dynamics

    Creative Writing Wizard

Organizers

  • Umar Farooq Gul

    Youth International Conclave / Techsol Labs

    President / CEO

  • Armghan Ahmed

    Director Events

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