If you have recently attended PakLaunch’s inaugural conference on startups online and were amazed by the potential Pakistani startups hold, I can tell you with certainty that the event looked ‘rigged’ to make few names from Pakistani startups shine above others and one investor, in particular, made look bigger.
Because there was so much amiss, which I discuss below, the event failed to live up to many people’s expectations. I attended Nest I/O’s 021Disrupt last year and it did a phenomenal job in highlighting Pakistan’s tech scene from various angles, was more inclusive, and, therefore, gives a standard to compare with and call out when and where it goes below.
This year, PakLaunch, which is a community of successful Pakistani entrepreneurs, worked on the idea of showcasing the Pakistani startup industry. These entrepreneurs have the noble intentions of now wanting to give it back to Pakistan and they are doing it by helping to strengthen the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Wednesday’s conference was the inaugural virtual event by PakLaunch to showcase Pakistani startups to the global community, with a particular focus on international investors to reinforce their confidence in Pakistan. The conference was titled “Why Pakistani startups are the next big thing”.
The conference included a welcome note by the president, panel discussions, investors who have presented in Pakistan and their experience with Pakistani startups, and heads of Ministry of Science and...
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