• 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
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