Read on Twitter
1/ Ok. So we hired our other Tom (MI) Cruise to go grab the script from @jehan_ara opening note this morning at #021Disrupt2020
For everyone who asked, here is the personal note section of her speech. Not completely there, but about 90%.
Here you go @ishaheen10
For everyone who asked, here is the personal note section of her speech. Not completely there, but about 90%.
Here you go @ishaheen10
2/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
This, what you see around you today and will continue to see for the next two days, has been a very personal journey for all of us at the Nest I/O.
And when I say us at the Nest I/O, I mean all of us at the Nest I/O.
This, what you see around you today and will continue to see for the next two days, has been a very personal journey for all of us at the Nest I/O.
And when I say us at the Nest I/O, I mean all of us at the Nest I/O.
3/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
The core team, support staff, our founders, our startups, our mentors, our friends, volunteers, our well-wishers, and the extended ecosystem.
Why do this, we are often asked? Why does it matter? Why is it important?
The core team, support staff, our founders, our startups, our mentors, our friends, volunteers, our well-wishers, and the extended ecosystem.
Why do this, we are often asked? Why does it matter? Why is it important?
4/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
I remember being a young founder. Yes I was young once.
I remember being lost. I remember strangers lending a helping hand, mentors opening doors, offering guidance, showing me how the world worked, asking nothing in return.
I remember being a young founder. Yes I was young once.
I remember being lost. I remember strangers lending a helping hand, mentors opening doors, offering guidance, showing me how the world worked, asking nothing in return.
5/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
I remember the difference those connections and their selflessness made in my life. How lucky and blessed I felt.
For young men and women with dreams, making connections is hard. Specially ones that can help make dreams real.
I remember the difference those connections and their selflessness made in my life. How lucky and blessed I felt.
For young men and women with dreams, making connections is hard. Specially ones that can help make dreams real.
6/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
Starting conversations is hard. Opening doors is hard. Asking questions is hard.
And sometimes continue believing in dreams you have believed in is the hardest thing you can do. More so in a year like 2020.
Starting conversations is hard. Opening doors is hard. Asking questions is hard.
And sometimes continue believing in dreams you have believed in is the hardest thing you can do. More so in a year like 2020.
7/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
But do you know what helps? What makes is possible for many of us to cross that bridge? What makes it easier?
When someone we don’t know comes and stands by us and says, I believe in you and your dreams.
But do you know what helps? What makes is possible for many of us to cross that bridge? What makes it easier?
When someone we don’t know comes and stands by us and says, I believe in you and your dreams.
8/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
I will stand by you through your journey. I will hold your hand and shine a light on your path.
Or a fellow traveler steps up and joins you on your journey. Different destinations, similar paths but good company. Shared burdens.
I will stand by you through your journey. I will hold your hand and shine a light on your path.
Or a fellow traveler steps up and joins you on your journey. Different destinations, similar paths but good company. Shared burdens.
9/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
Not all dreams become real. Some end in heart break. Some are lost causes.
Once again, the kindness of fellow founders and often strangers, lends a healing touch.
Not all dreams become real. Some end in heart break. Some are lost causes.
Once again, the kindness of fellow founders and often strangers, lends a healing touch.
10 / Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
People who have walked in the same shoes, with the same stitches and cracks in their soul know what it takes to come back from the depth of darkness.
People who have walked in the same shoes, with the same stitches and cracks in their soul know what it takes to come back from the depth of darkness.
11/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
I said this was deeply personal for all of us. There is a reason for that.
We have all seen how dark the abyss is. We have witnessed the heart breaks, the tears, the helplessness firsthand.
I said this was deeply personal for all of us. There is a reason for that.
We have all seen how dark the abyss is. We have witnessed the heart breaks, the tears, the helplessness firsthand.
12/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
But we have also seen how high teams can soar when planets align, when the universe comes together to make it possible for them to rise higher.
When one of us soars, we all rise with that team.
But we have also seen how high teams can soar when planets align, when the universe comes together to make it possible for them to rise higher.
When one of us soars, we all rise with that team.
13/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
Our collective ability to dream and make them real is the most important thing in our lives at the Nest I/O. It is what gives our lives meaning. It is what we live for.
Because when one of us wins, we all win.
Our collective ability to dream and make them real is the most important thing in our lives at the Nest I/O. It is what gives our lives meaning. It is what we live for.
Because when one of us wins, we all win.
14/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
Finding people who believe in the dreams of strangers is also hard.
We have been fortunate that we have been able to do it consistently for 4 years.
Finding people who believe in the dreams of strangers is also hard.
We have been fortunate that we have been able to do it consistently for 4 years.
15/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
This year too before the main conference ends 300+ office hours will be conducted between founders, investors, and mentors.
While the event remains online, sidebar conversations will continue for the next few weeks, in some instances, months.
This year too before the main conference ends 300+ office hours will be conducted between founders, investors, and mentors.
While the event remains online, sidebar conversations will continue for the next few weeks, in some instances, months.
16/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
One would think doing it online would make things easier. Not with 7,000 registered participants, 77 speakers and 46 sessions.
If you ask the team and army of volunteers responsible for all this, they will tell you they are working much harder.
One would think doing it online would make things easier. Not with 7,000 registered participants, 77 speakers and 46 sessions.
If you ask the team and army of volunteers responsible for all this, they will tell you they are working much harder.
17/Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
Why? You ask?
Yeats said it so much better than I ever can:
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Why? You ask?
Yeats said it so much better than I ever can:
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
18/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
We need dreamers to change our world. To value dreamers, we need to learn to respect dreams and the individuals who dream of them.
Bringing people together is how dreams and ideas become real.
We need dreamers to change our world. To value dreamers, we need to learn to respect dreams and the individuals who dream of them.
Bringing people together is how dreams and ideas become real.
19/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
Doing that during a global pandemic is a challenge. I am once again grateful to everyone who helped, who contributed, who said yes to make these 5 days possible.
Doing that during a global pandemic is a challenge. I am once again grateful to everyone who helped, who contributed, who said yes to make these 5 days possible.
20/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
The primary purpose of 021Disrupt is to make connections, start conversations, build relationships & help dreams become real in the ecosystem.
Bring strangers together who believe in dreams of other strangers. The hard work is done.
The primary purpose of 021Disrupt is to make connections, start conversations, build relationships & help dreams become real in the ecosystem.
Bring strangers together who believe in dreams of other strangers. The hard work is done.
21/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
We are all here now. We have two days. Go on and make the most of these conversations. Don’t be shy. Look them up. Reach out. Follow up. Don’t take no for an answer.
We are all here now. We have two days. Go on and make the most of these conversations. Don’t be shy. Look them up. Reach out. Follow up. Don’t take no for an answer.
22/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
Don’t worry everyone here has read Yeats and those who hadn’t have heard him now.
I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Remember we need dreamers to build a better world.
Don’t worry everyone here has read Yeats and those who hadn’t have heard him now.
I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Remember we need dreamers to build a better world.
23/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
Respect dreams. Respect dreamers. If you don’t have your own, adopt someone else’s dream.
If you can hold a hand, hold a hand. If you can help, help.
Respect dreams. Respect dreamers. If you don’t have your own, adopt someone else’s dream.
If you can hold a hand, hold a hand. If you can help, help.
24/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
I have always been a dreamer. I am fortunate and blessed that many of my dreams, including this, what you see around you, have been realized.
But let me let you in on a secret.
I have always been a dreamer. I am fortunate and blessed that many of my dreams, including this, what you see around you, have been realized.
But let me let you in on a secret.
25/ #021Disrupt2020
There is no greater joy, no greater rush, in the world than to help, to see someone else’s dream become real.
And the most powerful words, words with the power to change the present, the future, words that will shape our history, when history is written.
There is no greater joy, no greater rush, in the world than to help, to see someone else’s dream become real.
And the most powerful words, words with the power to change the present, the future, words that will shape our history, when history is written.
26/ Opening Note #021Disrupt2020
How can I help?
Memorize them, make use of them. Say them, with me.
How can I help?
Now say it on your own.
How can I help?
Now practice for the next two days. Enjoy the show.
Thank you.
How can I help?
Memorize them, make use of them. Say them, with me.
How can I help?
Now say it on your own.
How can I help?
Now practice for the next two days. Enjoy the show.
Thank you.
27/ You rocked @jehan_ara. Thank you for such a lovely memory #021Disrupt2020
@Sameerpeace
@TheNestiO
@SaharHGhazi
@RahmaMian
@worqas
@AribaShahid
@laalshah
@babushka99
@faisalkapadia
@Sameerpeace
@TheNestiO
@SaharHGhazi
@RahmaMian
@worqas
@AribaShahid
@laalshah
@babushka99
@faisalkapadia
