GrowthX/ academy
01About GrowthX

Built by operators. For operators.

GrowthX exists because Pakistan has a generation of talented earners and almost no schools that teach the actual job. We are trying to fix that — one cohort at a time.

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Students collaborating around laptops
GXCohort 14 · Karachi

A small classroom of operators, not a lecture hall of theorists.

02Mission · Vision

Mission

Make world-class digital marketing, freelancing, and AI automation skills accessible to the next generation of Pakistani earners — and the wider South Asian diaspora.

Vision · 2030

By 2030, ten thousand GrowthX graduates earning in USD from anywhere — closing the gap between Pakistani talent and global opportunity.

03Founder’s note

Raja Nouman Masood

Founder & CEO

I built GrowthX because I watched too many talented Pakistani students burn money on courses that don't teach the actual job. The curriculum is what I wish I had when I started.

In 2017 I quit a comfortable Karachi agency job to freelance on Upwork. Six months in, broke and over-leveraged, I almost gave up.

What turned it around wasn't another course — it was three working operators who took me seriously and answered my questions. That's the experience GrowthX is engineered to reproduce, at scale, for anyone with internet and intent.

Today we run cohorts of 80–120 students across Pakistan, the Gulf, and the South Asian diaspora. Every instructor still earns from the skill they teach. That's the line we won't cross.

04The road so far
  1. 2022

    First cohort

    32 students, 1 instructor, 1 WhatsApp group.

  2. 2023

    Diploma program launched

    Six-month performance marketing track. Cohort size doubled.

  3. 2024

    AI curriculum

    First Pakistani academy to ship a full AI-automation specialty.

  4. 2025

    Mastery program

    Twelve-month agency operations program. First students hit $10k MRR.

  5. 2026

    Cohort 14

    12,400+ students. $1.8M earned by graduates. Expanding to UAE & Riyadh.

05The team
  • Raja Nouman Masood

    Founder & CEO

    Ex-Upwork Top Rated Plus. Built and sold two niche agencies.

  • Asad Mehmood

    Head of Curriculum

    Ex-agency lead, $2M+ ad spend managed across MENA and US clients.

  • Sara Iqbal

    Head of SEO

    Built and exited a $180k affiliate site. Teaches entity-first SEO.

  • Hassan Raza

    Head of AI

    60+ AI agents shipped for SMB clients. n8n / OpenAI / Claude.

  • Komal Yousaf

    Head of Freelancing

    Top-rated Plus on Upwork since 2021. $400k+ lifetime earnings.

  • Hira Khan

    Head of Community

    Cohort 2 alumni. Runs our 8,000-person student WhatsApp network.

06Certifications & partners
  • Meta Blueprint
  • Google Skillshop
  • GoHighLevel Partner
  • Shopify Partner
  • Klaviyo Partner
  • HubSpot Academy
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic