Development of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Pakistan

31/05/2016

Event : Meetup
Topic: Pakistani Entrepreneurs in Dubai - Meetup Session 1
Location: DEEP : UAE Chapter
http://www.meetup.com/Dubai-Business-Ideas-Meetup-DEEP/events/231116024/

If you need direction mainly as you'd been flailing on your own for months\years and had no idea how to set up a business or how to develop your professional persona! ....If you were lacking in c

22/05/2016

Event : Meetup
Topic: Wannabe Entrepreneurs - Session 1
Location: DEEP : UAE Chapter

http://www.meetup.com/Dubai-Business-Ideas-Meetup-DEEP/events/231115390/

You are invited in the meetup to learn how to have the confidence to just get started with it. You'll love the energy in the room, the mix of speakers, the range of other wannabes (age/gender etc

29/02/2016

“Its contribution could be in danger as companies that have moved to Dubai have little compulsion to hire a Pakistani, they can hire an Indian or Sri Lankan for the same job,” Syed said. “We are moving our capital to Dubai and employment to India.”

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1028708/it-companies-relocating-as-pakistan-gets-tax-hungry/

Private company official says additional tax measures hurting services sector

22/02/2016

Born in Karachi, Usman Riaz is a multi-talented artist, guitarist and a senior TEDGlobal follow. Known for his incredible performance in a TED Talk titled “Usman Riaz + Preston Reed: A young guitarist meets his hero” back in 2012, many Pakistanis would better know him as the guy who was also featured on Coke Studio Season 7, dazzling music fans with his splendid performance.
www.techjuice.pk/pakistani-born-artist-to-show-off-his-ipad-drawings-at-apple-store-event-in-boston/

The 25-year old Pakistani-born artist has been picked by Apple to show off his skills as an animator and a read more

15/02/2016

She recently started her Game Development Academy, since Pakistan doesn’t have any educational or training institutes particularly for the development of video games, so it’s very difficult for anyone and especially women to learn everything on their own.

http://women.igda.org/just-keep-moving-wig-sig-profiles-pakistani-developer-sadia-bashir/

08/02/2016

A mentor or adviser is someone who advises, invests, or makes introductions for the startup. An adviser doesn’t have to do all the things but a good one usually does all.
www.techjuice.pk/startup-advisers-and-why-you-need-them/

It is usually said that entrepreneurship is jumping off a cliff and building a parachute to survive the fall. If read more

01/02/2016

Pakistan attracts a lot more foreign venture capital than the Middle East.

Vostok sees Pakistan as on the verge of high growth when it comes to access to decent internet, like 3G. In a 2015 quarterly report they stated that “the launch of 3G in India proved to be the tipping point for a much broader set of people accessing the internet through smartphones and the 3G network.

www.wamda.com/2016/01/pakistans-eye-on-mena

A country of 185 million that is increasingly connected. (Image via Propakistani.pk) Pakistan is as misrepresented in the media as the Middle East and…

27/01/2016

The problems for nationwide implementation of e-governance facilities in Pakistan can be overcome only by sheer willpower of the federal government leadership.

http://pakwired.com/assessing-future-of-egov-in-pak/

A look into past trends in e-Governance and what the future for Pakistan might hold.

23/01/2016

So how do you avoid sending your jeans to the cleaners and save water? By making them stink and stain proof, of course.

http://propakistani.pk/2016/01/01/this-pakistani-startup-promises-to-produce-self-cleaning-jeans-and-tees/

ODO, a self cleaning denim startup from Pakistan, is aiming to produce jeans and shirts that will auto clean and will never be require a wash. It has cross

18/01/2016

With variety of broadband technologies available in Pakistan, it was only FY 2014-15 that saw the real growth in broadband sector after the auction of 3G/4G licenses.

propakistani.pk/2016/01/01/2015-in-review-broadband-industry-of-pakistan/

Basic email and internet services (through dial-up) were introduced in Pakistan during early 1990s but it was only 2001 when Micronet introduced broadband

13/01/2016

innovative Pakistani minds are increasingly making inroads into technologically advanced ways, resultantly, life is going to get a whole lot easier.
www.dawn.com/news/1222661

These innovative ideas are literally reshaping the way we work and play; life is going to get a whole lot easier.

08/01/2016

The internet has the power to provide a level of transparency unmatched by any other medium; a fact that businesses, founders, and users have internalized to a great extent.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1013203/7-pakistani-startups-to-look-out-for-in-2016/