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- Zain Jeewanjee
“Scale cannot be achieved without expanding your circle of responsibility”
- Zain Jeewanjee
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Bringing change through smart ideas innovative technologies and reforming business.
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Zain's Story
Shakers & Shapers
1962
“I was 8 years old, my skull cracked open and I was tied up to a bed for 90 days. I watched everyone going about their life while I could not move an inch. I missed out on many things but was granted the never-dying gratitude for the ability to move, to work, to create, to innovate.”
1966
Rebranded
“My birth name was Nasheen. I used to be shy, quiet and mellow. Then out of the blue, I rebranded myself and my personality changed, as always I was given something a little sooner, which was needed to for the next phase of my life.”
1981
“From Kenya to Pakistan to USA. At a very young age we migrated with our parents, settled in Karachi. Most of our relatives were business families and I studied with the likes of Former President of Pakistan and many other business leaders of today. Fell in love, got married and my second son was not well. I traveled on a jump seat, thanks to the Captain of Lufthansa Airlines who somehow managed to take us on his flight and I was able to make it to my son’s doctor’s appointment in United States.”
1983
“Foreign land, family and hospital bills – I had to earn. Worked 20+ hours at a gas station and other odd jobs and my son was in the hospital. I slept on the wheel and had a bad car accident, woke up in the hospital 2 days later and my wife told me that we lost our son. Every morning praying and conversing with God was what kept me sane. Life lesson: Surrender and it will all fall in place.”
1984
Hardwork & luck
“I was selling shirts and ties to a customer and he put me in insurance sales. Three months later I landed a multi-million dollar contract for that company which threw everyone into disbelief until the monies hit the account. This was purely a stroke of luck fueled with consistent efforts. Law of attraction, well may be.”
1985
“I incorporated Insure 123 with a vision to leverage on technology and bring innovation in the very old-fashioned insurance sector. This is when I seized contracts nationwide with a simple marketing formula, wow your customer. Always deliver value through speed, credibility and impeccable customer service.”
1995
“Internet and computers made way in our lives and we adopted emails and multichannel marketing. We innovated processes to quote faster than anyone else. We were on dot com when my industry peers were busy discussing about the future of internet. Business lesson: first mover advantage is a result of being the first to decide.”
"Clarity is the queen which makes customer a king."
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03.18.23
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A Friends & Family party at Terminal™, hosted by imma with DJ sets by Noah Dillon and Hank Korsan.
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TYO TO LA
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A Friends & Family party at Terminal™, hosted by imma with DJ sets by Noah Dillon and Hank Korsan.
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“Jugaar”
"My temp jobs, my businesses, my innovative ventures were all a "Jugaar", but my integrity and grit made it successful against all odds. I put my all in it consistently each time. "
- Zain Jeewanjee
“Jugaar” is a slang word in India/Pakistan which encompasses reverse innovation, on-the-spot thinking, quick fix-up to big mess ups, a shortcut which is a necessity in that moment and also an out of the box approach for survival. Interestingly it has both a negative and positive connotation, but in short, it is a concept which potentially compromises integrity and is hardly sustainable.
You really have to put yourself in the environment of a developing nation with over population, lack of resources and ruling bodies are not providing even the most basic of life’s necessities or opportunities to earn. Where there are no safety nets, no insurance policies and time and again, one finds himself in trouble, like you are free falling from a cliff. In that exact moment when it looks like the end is near and you are even beyond the ‘fight or flight’, all your faith, intelligence and perseverance combine forces and come up with ‘Jugaar’, so you can put all your energy to this fix that just came to you and live for another day.