PakistanA New Silicon Valley

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Actual Silicon Valley …

Bahawalpur …

In Pakistan …

Yes, we have a system …

Yes, we have a system …

Yes, we have a system …

Yes, we have a system …

Yes, we have a system …

In Pakistan …

And yet 1 Million Freelancers

Let’s go to Sans Francisco(Silicon Valley)

The Homeland of IT Ecosphere

Some Big Software Companies

• Sun Microsystem• Apple• Microsoft• Adobe• Oracle• Linux• Unix

And Hardware companies

• Apple

• IBM

• Dell

• HP

• Cisco

And Modern Development

Key People (Entrepreneurs)

Let’s go to Pakistan(New Silicon Valley)

Over 500 Software Houses

As well as Software Houses etc.

Like …

Yet Another …

And Another

Key People (Entrepreneurs)

Umar SaifChairman PITB, Vice Chancellor ITU

Jehan AraPresident P@SHA

Salim GhauriCEO Netsol

Farhan MasoodFounder, CEO SoloTech

Dilawer SyedCEO Yonja Media Group, FreshDesk

ex-CTO YAHOO

Kalsoom LakhaniFounder i2i

Nabeel Qadeer Executive Director Plan9

Hafsa Shorish Executive Director PlanX

Zia ImranCEO Zaheen Machine

And finally, Syed Basit AliFounder Eccentrica Technologies

co-founder pepper.pk

Nurturing this Ecosystem

Incubators

IncubatorsA place of nurturing new born Startups

Plan9

Innovation Center

Accelerator

TechHub

Workspace …

Others are …

LUMS’ take …

Jumpstart you Startup …

Finally, i2i

A glimpse into some Startups

Look here …

Also …

e.g.

Savaree (Carpool)

Founder Team

Now Funded by

Get Tickets online

Got Funded by

$4 million earned in a prize

Musical Venture

Just Beta, yet Awesome …

Scope of IT in Pakistan

Let’s have some

Quick Stats

Population Internet Facebook 3G User SmartPhones0

20406080

100120140160180200

no. of People interested in Technology (in million)

Facts & Figures

• Over 1 Million self-employed Freelancers• 66 Startups launched under Plan9• 5-6 Startups accelerated at PlanX• 16 Startups launched at LCE• Nest I/O and i2i has entered into second

round …

Startups

• Over 300 startups are successfully working in market

• More than 10 incubators are promoting Entrepreneurship

• A lot of Hackathons, Innovation Labs, training sessions are stimulating IT empowerment

Freelancers

• 3rd largest Freelancing army on Freelancer.com• 4th largest Freelancing army on Elance.com• Likely, a big army on UpWork.com(formerly

oDesk.com)• Managed to attract over $ 3.14 Billion in

Pakistan, thus supporting Pakistan’s economy

Web Ventures

Many Companies are working in private sector E.g. Rocket Internet Company have following

ventures:• Jovago• CarMudi• LaMudi• FoodPanda• Kaymu & daraz• clickBus & Easy Taxi

Annual GrowthAccording to Jehan Ara ( from P@SHA), comparing to other fields, Pakistani IT exports and industry is growing by over 25%.Now, What top notch Techies says ???

What Tribune Says

Future Horizons …• 20,000+ undergrads annually• Highly demanding Market• Keen and Crazy Entrepreneurs ;-)• Freelancing Army of 1 Million IT professionals• Best IT market supporting Economy …

Finally …

Q/A Session

References

• Google Image Search• www.pitb.gov.pk• Facebook image searches