“Naeem has been instrumental in taking my company from a straggly startup to a significant revenue generating company with good global prospects. Whenever I faced a dilemma or needed help with negotiations, I knew I could count on Naeem’s pithy mentorship."

“I have known Naeem Zafar for more than six years. As an entrepreneur and a mentor, Naeem has guided me through the rough tides. His out of the box thinking and strategies has helped me crystallized my own vision and thinking".

"Naeem Zafar's advice helped my business class group tremendously in re-evaluating every part of our business plan. I personally learned more about business development from Mr. Zafar than I have from most of my classes at Berkeley."

"Few people have impressed me in my life and Naeem is one of them. I am proud to acknowledge that Mr. Naeem is a true mentor, who has shown me the light and most importantly provided me the needed business direction, which has lead my organization to expand from 20 colleagues to more than 80 within 2 years. All of this pronominal growth is a true testament to Naeem’s clarity of mind and heart."

Sajjad H. Rizvi
Group Director
Rizvi and Company - Since 1975
www.rizvico.com

"Naeem went far beyond the role of mentor as he advised me on my new business idea. Not only did he provide timely advice and strategic direction, but he also connected my team to key investors. Naeem is also a sincere person who genuinely wants to see others succeed. "

"Naeem evaluated my business plan at regular intervals. He provided candid and useful feedback on its various components. I also learnt from him how to think about organization structure and financing rounds for a start up. Finally, he helped me hone my VC pitch. I am very thankful for his mentoring. "

Deepak Goel
Software Design Engineer
Microsoft Corporation

"'Naeem Zafar is an extremely experienced, knowledgeable, energetic and well-connected resource, who has really helped to re-shape my UC Berkeley Entrepreneur Team's business ideas and business plan. His insight into the industry trends, and expertise in creating and managing start-ups helped me tremendously. I will always view him as a mentor in whatever venture I plan to take on. "

"Naeem’s been a both a mentor and Sherpa for us in helping us build our business; with Naeem you get instant gratification – you need a contact and he picks up his phone and calls him or her right then and there. It’s that kind of responsiveness that makes all the difference in the world. "

"While my team certainly found Naeem's experience and insight to be extremely valuable, we found his passion for our wine bar concept to be incredibly inspiring, and as a result, that much more rewarding. He made our entrepreneurial venture seem possible, giving us the confidence we needed to forge ahead. "

"Naeem Zafar is an instrumental force in helping entrepeneurs build their companies from the ground up. Not only is he an invaluable mentor, he also brings to the table an incredible insight in developed and emerging markets. His guidance, generosity with time and feedback to entrepeneurs as a mentor or investor is applaudable. "

Fahd Bangash
Chairman & CEO
amaana

"Naeem has an uncanny ability to cut to the heart of the issues and help the entrepreneur to define and refine the mission. I want Naeem to be in my foxhole from the start of the first skirmish . "

Martin Hart
CEO, Mirror Semiconductor
Irvine, CA