For Pakistan's Startups, Challenges Line The Road Ahead
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* When fresh college graduate Nabeel Siddiqui launched a startup in Karachi in January 2017 with two of his friends to build low-cost, portable housing, his parents thought he was just "experimenting," and assumed he would turn to a 9-to-5 job sooner or later. Nine months later, he has belied those expectations. His firm, Modulus Tech, is collaborating with nonprofits and multinationals to set up houses that can be bought for $2,400. But finding investors on time remains tough for startups, says Yaseen Khalid, a co-founder of the firm. The Modulus Tech team: from left – Nabeel Siddiqui, Yaseen Khalid and Muhammed Saquib. Photo courtesy of: Modulus Tech That's one in a set of concerns a growing band of young Pakistanis are grappling with, as they use a burgeonipakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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