Alongside his earlier session on business strategy and technology, Shoaib Rehman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Virtuosoft.pk, sat down for one-on-one sessions with NIC Hyderabad startups, diving deeper into their individual challenges, business strategies, and technology needs. These focused conversations gave founders the chance to get practical, tailored insights they could take straight back to their businesses, moving beyond the more general guidance offered in his earlier group session.
The shift from a broader group discussion into individual, one-on-one conversations reflects a more personalised approach to mentorship, allowing Rehman to address the specific circumstances and challenges each startup faces rather than covering general principles applicable to a wider audience. This kind of tailored engagement often proves more immediately actionable for founders, since it directly addresses the particular technology and strategic decisions relevant to their own venture.
By combining a public session with individual follow up conversations, NIC Hyderabad appears to have structured Rehman’s visit to maximise both breadth and depth of impact, using the group session to introduce foundational concepts around aligning technology with business strategy before giving founders the opportunity to apply those concepts directly to their own specific situations through one-on-one discussion.
The one-on-one format allowed startups to explore their individual technology needs in more detail, potentially addressing specific technical decisions, platform choices, or implementation challenges that would not have been practical to cover during a shared session with the entire cohort. This kind of direct problem solving reflects the value experienced founders and consultants such as Rehman can bring when given the opportunity to engage with ventures individually rather than only at a group level.
The engagement was supported by Ministry Of IT and Telecommunication, Ignite National Technology Fund, PTCL, LMKT, and Tech Destination Pakistan, reflecting the institutional network tied to NIC Hyderabad’s ongoing programming. Rehman’s combination of group and individual sessions adds to NIC Hyderabad’s continued effort to give founders access to practical, actionable guidance from experienced technology and business leaders, extending beyond conventional workshop formats into more personalised consulting style engagement.
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