Awais Haq

I started my entrepreneurial journey in 2018, before the world had any idea what was coming. At the time, online tutoring was still a niche concept. I launched a single-member tutoring service and quietly built it while most people were still skeptical about remote education. When COVID hit, I was already operational. While others scrambled to adapt, I had parents across the GCC trusting my service with their children's learning. I used that momentum to expand the team and formally incorporate the business in the United States in December 2023. By 2024, the company had grown from zero to $3 million in revenue. I sold it to a close friend and investor and moved on. My next chapter was in EdTech more broadly. It turned out to be the wrong call. Post-COVID demand was falling sharply every...