From candy seller at eight to fifty-one ventures.
Born in Pakistan, a country of 200 million people, into an entrepreneurial family that taught me to be independent.
The short version
I retired at thirty-six to teach, over the internet, everything I know — mainly entrepreneurship.
I sold candies in my neighborhood at eight and stationery to classmates at ten. At thirteen I started my first company selling Commodore 64 games; at sixteen I was building modems and voice digitizers. Fifty-one ventures later, I turned the internet into my classroom.
With what my telecom company earns, I started a foundation that helps people find their dreams and fulfil them through entrepreneurship — and a school to teach a billion people basic literacy on a mobile phone.
- 8First sale. Candy, door to door.
- 13First company. Selling Commodore 64 games.
- 16First inventions. Modems and voice digitizers.
- 36Retired to teach. The internet became the classroom.
Everything we see around us — buildings, cities, even countries — was someone’s dream. Plant the seed, commit to it, and it will happen.
Rehan AllahwalaLet’s make a better place for everyone.
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