IBA Center for Entrepreneurial Development is hosting Chai Connections, a community networking meetup bringing together founders, entrepreneurs, alumni, and members of the IBA CED ecosystem on July 17, 2026, from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM at the 11th Floor of Aman Tower, IBA City Campus. The event is built around a simple but consistently underrated premise that the most consequential professional relationships are often formed in informal settings rather than structured programmes, and that a well-curated room of people with shared entrepreneurial interests and an IBA CED connection is precisely the kind of setting where those relationships can begin. Registration is open at forms.gle/T7NyTfkEkrJQX3cN6.
The Chai Connections format is deliberately low-key in structure and high in potential, designed around the kind of organic conversation that happens when the right people are in the same room without the pressure of a formal agenda imposing itself on every interaction. For founders who are looking for a co-founder, the meetup creates a space to meet potential partners in a setting where their personality and thinking are as visible as their credentials. For those seeking clients, the room offers access to fellow entrepreneurs and business builders who understand the value of working with people from within a trusted community. For those open to mentorship connections or investment conversations, the IBA CED network provides a shared institutional context that lowers the friction of a first introduction considerably compared to cold outreach.
IBA Center for Entrepreneurial Development has built one of Karachi’s most active and well-connected entrepreneurship communities through programmes including the Sindh Acceleration Program and a consistent calendar of events that keep the alumni and active member community engaged with each other between formal programme cycles. Chai Connections sits within that broader programming philosophy as a lighter-touch but no less intentional touchpoint, recognising that community cohesion is built through repeated informal contact as much as through structured programming, and that giving members a regular reason to gather in person produces a quality of connection that digital communication cannot replicate. For the IBA CED community in Karachi, the July 17 meetup offers exactly that, an hour and a half of purposeful but relaxed connection over chai that could lead anywhere from a new business relationship to a long-overdue catch-up with someone whose path has not crossed yours since your last programme together. Registration is available at forms.gle/T7NyTfkEkrJQX3cN6.
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