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This workshop is designed for anyone who wanted to learn but was afraid to ask. An expert will define these terms in an easy-to-understand terminology and you will walk away feeling that now you can participate all such conversation and feel confident. We will even talk about how to start even if you have $1000 to invest or perhaps $100K. One of the topics is how to use option trading and what is considered 100% risk free investing (yes there is such a thing!).

Naeem Zafar is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow and a member of the faculty at the University of California Berkeley, and Professor of the Practice at Brown University. He teaches courses in Entrepreneurship, Technology Strategy, Innovation and New Venture Finance at Brown and Berkeley. Naeem is the co-founder and CEO of TeleSense, and has authored five books on entrepreneurship.

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Two female finance and technology executives have created a unique non-profit organization aimed directly at women who want to learn, understand, and navigate the traditionally male dominated landscape of personal financial management and investing. Meet Rabiya Ather & Zabreen Khan

Rabiya Ather

Rabiya is responsible for systematic trading strategies and investor products structuring at Goldman Sachs. In her current role, she focuses on the design and distribution of systematic strategies for large institutional clients and asset allocators in North America. Outside of her passion for the markets, Rabiya cares deeply about social impact ranging from healthcare and education to financial literacy and inclusion. Previously, Rabiya conducted Health Policy and Systems Research at the World Health Organization in Geneva as well as fieldwork for the Polio Eradication Initiative in Pakistan. Starting her journey with a focus on women’s education and vocational training almost 10 years ago, she continues to mentor and support various social impact projects globally. Rabiya graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Applied Mathematics, Economics and Computer Science.

Zabreen Khan

Zabreen is currently an investor at Lead Edge Capital, a venture capital and growth equity firm based in New York. She focuses on software and internet investments and hopes to fund more female founders. Prior to Lead Edge, Zabreen worked at Facebook, Andreessen Horowitz, and Disney. Zabreen discovered her love for technology while at Stanford University where she studied Science, Technology & Society and Creative Writing. Zabreen graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Honors and Distinction and received the Robert McGinn Award as Valedictorian in her department. She has been a longtime proponent of female empowerment, starting in her hometown of Lahore, Pakistan where she worked to promote women’s education. Zabreen was a speaker for the 2015 TEDx Women’s movement and continues to be involved in female focused organizations.

Many people are intimated about the stock market and various terms seem mysterious. Mutual funds or ETF ? and what exactly do they mean. What about the index funds? How to get started and how to learn to research and invest. Should I just get a financial advisor?. Many struggle with these concepts and have many questions.

This workshop is designed for anyone who wanted to learn but was afraid to ask. An expert will define these terms in an easy-to-understand terminology and you will walk away feeling that now you can participate all such conversation and feel confident. We will even talk about how to start even if you have $1000 to invest or perhaps $100K. One of the topics is how to use option trading and what is considered 100% risk free investing (yes there is such a thing!).

Naeem Zafar is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow and a member of the faculty at the University of California Berkeley, and Professor of the Practice at Brown University. He teaches courses in Entrepreneurship, Technology Strategy, Innovation and New Venture Finance at Brown and Berkeley. Naeem is the co-founder and CEO of TeleSense, and has authored five books on entrepreneurship.