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It’s No Silicon Valley, but Pakistan is Building Its Own Startup Scene
For tech entrepreneurs, there is no better Goldilocks zone for startups than Silicon Valley. With angel investors galore and an entire local culture celebrating the importance of startups, there is no easier place for bright-eyed techies to join the race.
But how do startups get off the ground and thrive in less-than-optimal environments of the developing world, where jargons like disrupt and scale have yet to crack the mainstream?
In the past five years, Pakistan’s startup ecosystem has grown from a announced their plans to launch a national incubation program—copying what the Punjabi provincial government has been doing for its Lahore startups for years. “Government’s support for the tech startups in Pakistan has come a bit later than desired,” says Ali Khan. “But I believe these measures will encourage the startup culture in Pakistan.”
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