Pakistani Village Girl Launches VC-Funded Tech Startup in America
From the Blog riazhaqVida, a San Francisco technology startup co-founded by Umaimah Mendhro from Akri village in Sindh, Pakistan, has received $1.3 million funding from Google Ventures, Universal Music Group and others, according to Tech Crunch. The startup bills itself as "socially responsible" with the objective of using technology to provide a way for designers, artists and other creatives anywhere in the world to make a viable living through their work. Vida CEO Umaima Mendhro joins a growing list of successful Pakistani-American women that includes Shama Zehra in finance, Shaan Kandawalla in technology, Shazia Sikandar in the Arts and Fatima Ali in fine cuisine. "I am from a very small town in Pakistan and was home-schooled much of my life because we didn't have proper schools around. I taughpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
TV Talk: "Mann ke moti" – is there any issue left ?
From the Blog periodicreflectionsWhy are all possible social issues crammed into one drama "Mann ke moti " telecast from GEO? The issues to date raised are 1. Illegal immigration 2. Mazloom bahu 3. Second marriage of the wife whose husband illegally migrated and … Continue reading →pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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