Women Leadership Forum 2012 Writeup – Keynote Speaker: Julie Hanna, Kiva Board
Contributed by Kimberly Badtke “Be the entrepreneur of your life,” encouraged Julie Hanna, Chair of the Board at Kiva and keynote speaker for OPEN Silicon Valley: 4th Annual Women Leadership Forum....
View ArticleCommunity Response to OPEN FORUM 2012
It was a pleasure to participate in this excellent OPEN Forum 2012. Sharon Vosmek was a great speaker to start things off with. Shahab Riazi did a nice job moderating our panel which was balanced and...
View ArticleOPEN FORUM 2012 Writeup – Salman Khan Keynote Building a Movement of Brilliance
Thuy Vu Co-Host CBS Eye on the Bay (Three-time Emmy award winner) with Salman Khan, CEO Khan Academy & Salman Khan Hundreds of Pakistanis and Silicon Valley community members joined the 9th Annual...
View ArticlePLUMgrid raises $10.7M in Series A Funding to Build SDN Company
PLUMgrid Raises $10.7 Million in Series A Funding From US Venture Partners and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Pioneering Network Infrastructure Experts Unveil Differentiated SDN Technology Company...
View ArticleBlog: Upwardly Mobile Pakistan on 66th Independence Day
Pakistan has continued to offer much greater upward economic and social mobility to its citizens than neighboring India over the last two decades. Since 1990, Pakistan’s middle class had expanded by...
View ArticleSecretary Clinton Announces Launch of the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council
STATE DEPT., WASHINGTON DC, SEPTEMBER 24 2012: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the launch of the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council today on the margins of the UN General Assembly, in the...
View ArticleStartups From Pakistan Pick Up 4 Silvers at APICTA in Brunai
7 products were nominated from Pakistan this year. Of these 4 came away with Silver Awards. Of those 4, we had the amazing Dr. Shoab Khan, CEO of CARE, with their product Secure High Data Rate Wideband...
View ArticleAn Entrepreneurs Journey: Corporate America to Startup!
In early 2008, Atif Sarwari left his cushy job at Micron Technology to pursue an entrepreneurship venture. “Everyone in the Valley is constantly scouting for ways of getting some more financial...
View ArticleOPEN SV Charter Members Win 2 Out of 5 VC Deals – Time to Join OPEN
CB Insights, a company that tracks VC and angel deals, notes that the first quarter is picking up after a slow-down in deals in Q4 2012. They are already seeing some good-sized deals in the venture...
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