Qasim Sana Ramay

entrepreneur associated with Empowerers

Compiled from 1 recorded interview. Every statement below is drawn from the passage cited beside it.

Qasim Sana Ramay is the founder and CEO of Empowerers. Ramay did not take a job after graduating, because entrepreneurial ideas kept coming to him. He says James Allen's book As a Man Thinketh informed his philosophy at that time.

Early life and background

Ramay was born in Multan. His father was a banker who was transferred to Lahore. The family later returned to Multan, where he stayed. He says his parents encouraged him and never stopped him from doing what he wanted. [1]

He says he normally ranked first in his class. As a young person he describes himself as an introvert. He says he began to stammer at around nine or ten years old and has not yet identified the reason. He says he became much more extroverted after a later opportunity came his way. [1]

Education

Ramay attended private schools and, for a time, a madrasa. He describes himself as a Hafiz-e-Quran. He says he skipped from fifth class directly into ninth class. He studied at a government college in Multan. [1]

He completed ICS with strong marks and cleared the GIKI entry test. He says he also cleared the NUST entry test. He studied software engineering at the College of Signals, a NUST campus, and completed his graduation in four years. [1]

Career

Ramay did not take a job after graduating, because entrepreneurial ideas kept coming to him. He says James Allen's book As a Man Thinketh informed his philosophy at that time. He took from the book the idea that thoughts become things. He says that idea led him to set out to do something big. [1]

He worked with a network marketing company for three or four months. The company ran trainings and had him speak often. He says he gained a lot of control over his stammer, but it returned when he left that environment. [1]

Institute and software company

Ramay started an institute that taught success as a subject. The institute divided life into 12 areas and covered one area a month. He says he and a friend started it together, and he describes the friend as a medical doctor. He says the institute ran for about three years. [1]

He says he wanted to start the real entrepreneurial journey right from the roots. He set up a software company that made ERP software, and he says it sold software to clients at 15 lakh each. He says the value of enterprise software lies in its implementation. He ran the ERP software company for two years, then handed it to a functional partner. He says he wanted a simpler and more financially productive focus. [1]

Business in Multan

Ramay also had an IT hardware company. He says he wanted to create jobs in Multan and empower local people. He says it was perhaps a small mistake of his that he wanted to stay in Pakistan and in Multan. He says he received many offers to work abroad and did not pursue them. [1]

He says his company built its own e-commerce site and extended its operations across Pakistan. He says it carried out large projects under CPEC. He also says three or four of the large stores in Multan were his company's. [1]

Empowerers

Ramay says he started international e-commerce on Amazon in 2018. He says his company began on Amazon with the private label model, which he calls the hardest and most expensive. He says the company sourced its private label products from China. [1]

He says Empowerers started in 2020 and that he took part in starting activity under that name. He says its mission is to build an empowered Pakistan. He says paid courses at his company started. He says the company teaches for $297 what normally costs $1,800 in the market. [1]

He says his courses currently serve Pakistanis overseas and in Pakistan, and that there is strong pressure from the UK and US to offer courses in English. His training explains almost all eBay business models to students. He says Empowerers is pushing for Pakistani products to sell internationally on eBay. [1]

He says more than 15 agencies were created within a year, and that some of these agencies grew to seven to ten employees. He says sales by his students and group members reached over one billion rupees in 2021. He also says more than 30 manufacturers he knows began selling Pakistani products internationally after seeing Empowerers and eBay. [1]

He says his company has a cloud-based social media management tool that is offered to Pakistanis at 70% off. He says eBoss stands for Empowerers Business One-Stop Solution. He describes a plan to build 10,000 applications with clients worldwide within two years. He says his company is making considerable losses. [1]

Views

Ramay says eBay is the starting point for international e-commerce because of its versatile nature, and that sellers should move from eBay to Etsy next. He defines online arbitrage as sourcing an item from an online retailer and sending it to the customer. He says sellers on international marketplaces cannot operate without a customer-centric approach. He says flipping can be a good business if the seller serves customers well. [1]

He says the aim of his training is to build a business, not simple self-employment. He says students who work alongside the course usually start earning before they graduate. He describes the course fee as an investment in the student's own self. He says that without margin there is no mission. [1]

He describes a financial ladder whose first step is a job, with self-employment as the second step. He defines a business as something that runs with little or none of the owner's presence. He says the fourth step on his ladder is investing in other people, and that investors should back people rather than startups or ideas. [1]

He says Empowerers calls mediocre people "bechare", meaning poor souls, because they are not rich but try to look rich. He says communication skill means making yourself understood and understanding others. He says little work has been done on students' personal development and social skills. He also says some IT companies in South Punjab have more than 300 employees each. [1]

Ramay describes himself as an optimist. He says Pakistan is going to be a world power by 2030. By that he means Pakistan's voice would be heard and its decisions would be its own. [1]

Timeline

2018
Started international e-commerce on Amazon.[1]
2020
Empowerers started.[1]
2021
Sales by students and group members reached over one billion rupees.[1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2022-03-09 The eBay trainer building Pakistan's e-commerce future from Multan Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

What does Qasim Sana Ramay do?

Qasim Sana Ramay runs training that explains almost all eBay business models to students. He says his company teaches for $297 what normally costs $1,800 in the market. He says the aim of his training is to build a business, not simple self-employment.[1]

Where did Qasim Sana Ramay study?

Qasim Sana Ramay studied software engineering at the College of Signals, a NUST campus, and completed his graduation in four years. He also studied at a government college in Multan. He cleared the GIKI and NUST entry tests.[1]

Where is Qasim Sana Ramay from?

Qasim Sana Ramay was born in Multan. His father was a banker who was transferred to Lahore, and the family later returned to Multan. He says he wanted to stay in Pakistan and in Multan.[1]

What is Empowerers?

Qasim Sana Ramay says Empowerers started in 2020 and that its mission is to build an empowered Pakistan. He says his training explains almost all eBay business models, and that Empowerers pushes for Pakistani products to sell internationally on eBay. He says eBoss stands for Empowerers Business One-Stop Solution.[1]

What companies has Qasim Sana Ramay run?

Qasim Sana Ramay set up a software company that made ERP software and ran it for two years. He also had an IT hardware company. He says his company built its own e-commerce site, and that he started international e-commerce on Amazon in 2018.[1]

References

  1. The eBay trainer building Pakistan's e-commerce future from Multan . Thought Behind Things , 2022-03-09.
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  1. Qasim was born in Multan. Well, I was born in Multan, the city of saints, the oldest city.
  2. Qasim's father was a banker who was transferred to Lahore. mere father basically banker the, unka phir kehte hain transfer ho gaya Lahore
  3. The family later returned to Multan, where Qasim stayed. Jab dobara Multan aaye hain, uske baad bas phir kehte hain, wahin pe rahe.
  4. Qasim says his parents encouraged him and never stopped him from doing what he wanted. bahut zyada encouraging the aur jo cheez main karna chahta tha kabhi roka nahi unhone
  5. Qasim says he normally ranked first in his class. main apni class mein normally matlab first hi aata tha
  6. Qasim describes himself as an introvert as a young person. I was a kind of introvert guy, basically.
  7. Qasim says he began to stammer at around nine or ten years old. I was main stammerer yani ke meri zubaan mein luknat aayi, shayad I was nine or ten years old, I remember that.
  8. Qasim says he has not yet identified the reason for his stammer. Iski reason abhi tak mere saamne nahi hai. I couldn't identify abhi tak.
  9. Qasim says he became much more extroverted after a later opportunity came his way. bas phir Allah Ta'ala ne phir aage chal ke ek option diya jiske baad phir main bahut hi zyada extrovert ho gaya.
  10. Qasim attended private schools and, for a time, a madrasa. Private schools thi aur actually kehte hain main beech mein phir kuch arsa kehte hain madrasay mein bhi raha.
  11. Qasim describes himself as a Hafiz-e-Quran. I'm a Hafiz-e-Quran, basically.
  12. Qasim skipped from fifth class directly into ninth class. After fifth class, I directly jumped into ninth.
  13. Qasim studied at a government college in Multan. I'm a student of Government College Multan, basically.
  14. Qasim completed ICS with strong marks. actually maine kiya ICS, aur ICS ke andar mere bahut acche numbers the
  15. Qasim cleared the GIKI entry test. GIKI ka Serena mein hua, I cleared that.
  16. Qasim says he also cleared the NUST entry test. NUST ka hua tha Multan Cantt mein hi hua tha basically uska entry test, I remember, haan. Wo bhi Allah ka shukar hai kehte hain clear ho gaya.
  17. Qasim studied software engineering at university. Nahi, main software engineering ki thi.
  18. Qasim went on to study software engineering at the College of Signals, a NUST campus. software engineering, College of Signals hai, NUST ka campus hai
  19. Qasim completed his graduation in four years. Four years ke andar hi Alhamdulillah kehte hain ho gayi thi, graduation ho gayi thi.
  20. Qasim did not take a job after graduating, because entrepreneurial ideas kept coming to him. No, I didn't go for the job aur mujhe na basically yeh tha ke entrepreneurial thoughts aati rehti thi mujhe.
  21. Qasim says James Allen's book As a Man Thinketh informed his philosophy at that time. Meri philosophy un dino kya thi, James Allen ek sahab the, unki ek book thi 'As a Man Thinketh'.
  22. Qasim took from that book the idea that thoughts become things. Uske andar na ek sentence maine padha ke 'thoughts become things'.
  23. Qasim says that idea led him to set out to do something big. Bas wo mere zehn mein wo ek cheez aayi ke bhai kehte hain mujhe yani ke kuch bada karna hai, bas phir main uske andar lag gaya.
  24. Qasim worked with a network marketing company for three or four months. Toh us network marketing company ke sath maine koi teen ya char maah kaam kiya tha
  25. The network marketing company ran trainings and had Qasim speak often. aisi world class trainings karayi thin unhone ke aur mujhse itna bulwaya tha
  26. Qasim says he gained a lot of control over his stammer, but it returned when he left that environment. Aur usme phir yeh tha ke na maine iske upar kafi zyada kabu paa liya tha, lekin jab us environment se main bahar nikla toh phir dobara.
  27. Qasim started an institute. ek institute start kiya, that was New Horizons Institute of Success.
  28. The institute taught success as a subject. Yani ke humne success ko as a subject padhane ka socha.
  29. The institute divided life into 12 areas and covered one area a month. aap ki life ko 12 different areas ke andar humne divide kiya aur ek mahine ke andar ek area ke upar kehte hain hum kaam karte the
  30. Qasim says he and a friend started the institute together. Toh hum dono ne mil ke kehte hain start liya uska
  31. Qasim describes a friend of his as a medical doctor. mere ek dost hain bahut acche, main unka naam bhi mention karunga, Dr. Nadeem Abid, he was a medical doctor
  32. Qasim says the institute ran for about three years. us institute ko humne koi teen saal chalaya humne
  33. Qasim says he wanted to start the real entrepreneurial journey right from the roots. I want to start the real entrepreneurial journey and right from the roots
  34. Qasim set up a software company that made ERP software. Phir maine kehte hain apni uh yaani ke software company banayi. Uh woh basically ek ERP company thi, Enterprise Resource Planning softwares.
  35. Qasim says the ERP company sold software to clients at 15 lakh each. hum unhein matlab 15-15 lakh ka software bechte the hum unhein
  36. Qasim says the value of enterprise software lies in its implementation. Kyunki na uh software itself toh kuch nahi hai. Actual cheez hai uski woh implementation.
  37. Qasim ran the ERP software company for two years. Woh company maine chalayi uh do saal ke liye
  38. Qasim handed the company to a functional partner after two years. do saal ke baad phir maine uh yaani ke mere jo functional partner jo the, unhein phir maine woh wali company hand over ki
  39. Qasim wanted a simpler and more financially productive focus. Reason yeh thi ke main zara kuch zyada simple aur zyada financially productive side pe aana chah raha tha.
  40. Qasim also had an IT hardware company. meri ek uh yaani ke uh IT uh hardware ki basically kehte hain meri company thi
  41. Qasim says he wanted to create jobs in Multan and empower local people. maine yahan pe employment generate karni hai, maine yahan ke logon ko empower karna hai
  42. Qasim says it was perhaps a small mistake of his that he wanted to stay in Pakistan and in Multan. Yahan pe na main yeh samajhta hoon ke shayad meri ek choti si mistake thi. I wanted to stay in Pakistan, I wanted to stay in Multan.
  43. Qasim says he received many offers to work abroad and did not pursue them. bohot zyada offers raheen aur maine hamesha matlab main sunta hi nahi tha
  44. Qasim says his company built its own e-commerce site and extended its operations across Pakistan. Uh humne phir ek e-commerce site bhi apni bana li, phir hamare operations jo hain kehte hain saare Pakistan ke andar chale gaye.
  45. Qasim says his company carried out large projects under CPEC. CPEC pe humne uh alhamdulillah kaafi bade projects kiye humne.
  46. Qasim says three or four of the large stores in Multan were his company's. Uh woh IT equipments aur Daraz ke liye aap keh lein ke Multan ke jo bade stores the, teen chaar stores the, woh hamare hi the.
  47. Qasim says he started international e-commerce on Amazon in 2018. uske baad uh 2018 mein bas phir uh international jo e-commerce hai uh I started from Amazon basically.
  48. Qasim says his company began on Amazon with the private label model, which he calls the hardest and most expensive. Actually uh Amazon pe jab humne start liya na toh jo Amazon ka jo sabse mushkil aur mehengatareen model hai, that is Amazon Private Label.
  49. Qasim says his company sourced its private label products from China. Toh usme uh main jo hamari sourcing thi uh that was from China.
  50. Qasim says paid courses at his company started. Woh phir hamare kehte hain paid courses hamare start ho gaye usme.
  51. Qasim says his company teaches for $297 what normally costs $1,800 in the market. jo cheez hum yaani ke $297 ke andar uh sikhate hain toh wohi normally market ke andar $1800 ki
  52. Qasim says his courses currently serve Pakistanis overseas and in Pakistan. Haan ji, usme hai ke abhi sirf kehte hain Pakistanis hain uh overseas and the uh national.
  53. Qasim says there is strong pressure from the UK and US to offer courses in English. UK, US se bhi humein bohot shadeed kism ka pressure hai ke ji aap apne uh courses ko English mein bhi leke aayein
  54. Qasim says his company is making considerable losses. toh hum kehte hain uh kaafi zyada loss kar rahe hain
  55. Qasim says that without margin there is no mission. But we say uh without margin there is no mission.
  56. Qasim describes the course fee as an investment in the student's own self. this is basically an an investment on your own self.
  57. Qasim says his training explains almost all eBay business models to students. Yaani ke eBay ke andar jo bhi koi models hain na, hum uh takreeban sabhi ke baare mein unko samjhate hain, batate hain
  58. Qasim says eBay is the starting point for international e-commerce because of its versatile nature. your starting point in international e-commerce is eBay because of its versatile nature
  59. Qasim says sellers should move from eBay to Etsy next. your next step is the Etsy.
  60. Qasim defines online arbitrage as sourcing an item from an online retailer and sending it to the customer. aapne ek uh online retailer se hi uh yaani ke ek cheez source ki aur apne customer ko bhej di
  61. Qasim says sellers on international marketplaces cannot operate without a customer-centric approach. international marketplaces pe aap without customer-centric hue aap activity kar hi nahi sakte aap
  62. Qasim says flipping can be a good business if the seller serves customers well. Acha, uh flipping ek bohot acha business hai, ek bohot acha concept hai, provided ke aap uske us pe kaam acha kar rahe hain
  63. Qasim says the aim of his training is to build a business, not simple self-employment. You are not here uh to build uh a simple self-employment, no. You have to build the business, right?
  64. Qasim says students who work alongside the course usually start earning before they graduate. jo karne wale hain yaani ke jo kehte hain properly saath saath kar rahe hote hain toh aam taur pe pass out hone se pehle earning start kar dete hain
  65. Qasim says Empowerers' mission is to build an empowered Pakistan. hamara mission yeh hai ke ek empowered Pakistan humne banana hai
  66. Qasim says Empowerers calls mediocre people "bechare", meaning poor souls, because they are not rich but try to look rich. Mediocres ko hum log basically bolte hain bechare, kyunki they are not rich but they try to look like rich.
  67. Qasim describes a financial ladder whose first step is a job. To job is your first step of that financial ladder.
  68. Qasim says self-employment is the second step on his financial ladder. Accha, iska na second step hai, your self-employment.
  69. Qasim defines a business as something that runs with little or none of the owner's presence. Business hamari definition ke mutabiq woh cheez hoti hai ke jo aapke bahut kam time ya, uh, yani ke without your presence automatically chal raha ho.
  70. Qasim says the fourth step on his ladder is investing in other people. Accha, yeh jo aapka fourth step hai, is mein aap mukhtalif logon ke upar investment kar rahe hain
  71. Qasim says investors should back people rather than startups or ideas. you do not invest on the startups or the ideas, you basically invest on people.
  72. Qasim says more than 15 agencies were created within a year. woh ek saal ke andar koi more than 15 agencies alhamdulillah kehte hain, uh, create hui hain
  73. Qasim says some of these agencies grew to seven to ten employees. Agency se muraad yeh ke saat, aath, nau, das employees ho gaye
  74. Qasim says sales by his students and group members reached over one billion rupees in 2021. 2021 alone humne ek arab saat crore chhiyasi lakh rupay ki, uh, sales hamare students ne ya hamare jo group members hain
  75. Qasim says Empowerers started in 2020. Empowerers ke naam se jo basically humne activity start ki hai, yeh humne kehte hain 2020 ke andar ki hai start humne.
  76. Qasim says he took part in starting activity under the name Empowerers. Empowerers ke naam se jo basically humne activity start ki hai
  77. Qasim says Empowerers is pushing for Pakistani products to sell internationally on eBay. ab chunke hum iska kehte hain bahut zyada zor laga rahe hain ke jo Pakistani products hain, woh bhi eBay ke upar internationally sell honi shuru hon.
  78. Qasim says more than 30 manufacturers he knows began selling Pakistani products internationally after seeing Empowerers and eBay. 30 se zyada is waqt to woh manufacturers hain ke, uh, jinhein hum jaante hain jinho ne alhamdulillah jab Empowerers ka yeh dekha aur, aur eBay dekha to unho ne yahan se Pakistan se apni products internationally bhejni aur sell karni shuru kar di hain.
  79. Qasim says some IT companies in South Punjab have more than 300 employees each. South Punjab mein aisi aisi companies hain jo 300 se zyada employees ek ek company ke andar
  80. Qasim says communication skill means making yourself understood and understanding others. What I figured out ke aap agar apni baat samjha lete ho aur agle ki properly samajh lete ho, toh this is the communication skill.
  81. Qasim says little work has been done on students' personal development and social skills. Yani ke bacchon ki, students ki personal development ke upar, unki social skills ke upar bilkul bhi kehte hain kaam nahi hua hota
  82. Qasim describes himself as an optimist. main na basically ek bahut optimistic banda hoon
  83. Qasim says Pakistan is going to be a world power by 2030. To Pakistan is going to be the world power by 2030.
  84. Qasim says by world power he means Pakistan's voice would be heard and its decisions would be its own. hamari baat suni jayegi aur hamare mutabiq decisions bhi honge hamare mutabiq.
  85. Qasim says his company has a cloud-based social media management tool that is offered to Pakistanis at 70% off. hamari ek product hai, uh, contentstudio.io. Uh, jo yani ke Pakistanion ke liye 70% off pe hoti hai, contentstudio.io/pakistan aap agar likhein, uh, yeh basically ek aapki social media management, yeh tool hai, uh, cloud-based tool hai.
  86. Qasim says eBoss stands for Empowerers Business One-Stop Solution. iska naam hai eBoss, Empowerers Business One-Stop Solution, eBoss.
  87. Qasim describes a plan to build 10,000 applications with clients worldwide within two years. agle do saalon ke andar is tarah ki hum sirf 10,000 applications khadi karke, jiske clients all over the world honge