{"id":3866,"date":"2018-05-15T22:18:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T22:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=3866"},"modified":"2020-08-17T19:32:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:32:12","slug":"jostling-the-crowds-by-staying-on-top-of-the-start-up-game-the-wining-of-preston-university-startup-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/jostling-the-crowds-by-staying-on-top-of-the-start-up-game-the-wining-of-preston-university-startup-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of Preston University Startup Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the years <a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/\">Daastan <\/a>has had the honor of being the recipient of<strong> many different awards<\/strong>. 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Each accomplishment brought with itself <em>resources <\/em>or <em>opportunitie<\/em>s that laid bare the way to the next, and so the list of trophies kept on increasing. The latest one being <strong>Preston University Cup!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>The Preston University Cup:<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the May of 2018, Preston University Islamabad organized its 6<sup>th<\/sup> successive national Inter University business plan competition called<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prestonentrepreneurialchallenge.com\/\"> \u201cPreston Entrepreneurial Challenge\u201d<\/a><\/em>. They opened gates to<strong> almost a hundred students <\/strong>from all across Pakistan to bring their innovative idea to the forefront. The teams that applied for the prestigious award included <em>private university students<\/em>, as well as<em> public universities, <\/em>to ensure fair chance to exhibit their product or idea. Out of <strong>237 entries, only 31 were selected <\/strong>for the grand finale. Selected teams were invited to the university. The event had various challenges so that <strong>one clear winner <\/strong>could rise to the top. <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\">Daastan <\/a><\/em><\/strong>stood singular among all, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prestonchallenge\/photos\/a.1414786678777709\/2061286627461041\/?type=3&amp;theater\">was awarded Preston University\u2019s first ever Startup Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Syed-Ommer-Amer-Preston.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Syed-Ommer-Amer-Preston.jpg 540w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Syed-Ommer-Amer-Preston-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption> Daastan&#8217;s Founder Mr. Syed Ommer Amer, holding the Preston Startup Cup <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Daastan Stands Tall<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of this event was to <em>provide a platform<\/em> to the rising entrepreneurs of our country.  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Sign Up with us at <a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/\">Daastan<\/a> and become a part of our journey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daastan wins the very first Start Up Cup by Preston Entrepreneurial Challenge, and sets itself apart in more than 31 entries that competed for the spot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[23,22,59,70,54,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-3866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-our-story","8":"tag-daastan","9":"tag-pakistan","10":"tag-qissa","11":"tag-self-publishing","12":"tag-startup","13":"tag-startupcup"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Winners of Preston University Startup Cup - Daastan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In May 2018, Preston University Islamabad organized its 6th successive Inter University business plan competition - 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