Mashal Waqar is a writer by heart, an entrepreneur by experience, and a techie by education. She's currently an EIR at MyLily and a Sr. Consultant at Telescopic Ventures. She was previously the co-founder and COO of The Tempest, a global media company reaching millions of readers around the world. She was also a co-founder at 60 Day Startups, a business accelerator supporting women entrepreneurs in growing from early-stage to revenue in 60 days. Mashal has been recognized for her work by the Pakistan Foreign Minister for the Achieving Overseas Pakistanis list, 2019 Forbes Middle East 30 Under 30 list, 2019 Entrepreneur Middle East's Achieving Women of the year, and 2020 Women in Marketing Changemaker of the Year. She's an advisor at Brulee Beauty, Polinate, and NOMAD (a project by Al-Ahli Holding Group). She has previously co-authored a research paper on challenges faced by female entrepreneurs and is a co-author of the Possibilities Project. Mashal is passionate about women empowerment, startups, and media and is a frequent speaker on these topics; she has given two TEDx talks and has been a speaker at Stanford University and Harvard University conferences. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computing Security from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Dubai.