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KhurramZafar

Khurram Zafar is currently the Executive Director of the LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship. Prior roles include CIO at Lahore Stock Exchange and founding board member of Plan9 and innovation fellow at the Pakistan Innovation Foundation.

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Promising Pakistani Startups

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The most promising Pakistani startups are gaining a global footprint in terms of funding and customers.     Appography is transforming the way customers interact with call...
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Technology Business Valuations – A Hurdle to VC Deals in Developing Markets of Asia

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Ask prospective investors in Pakistan or Bangladesh for a $200K investment at $800K pre-money valuation and see the jaws drop. Most investors will question...
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The Next Startup Nation: Pakistan?

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Recently dubbed ‘the next big thing’ in Asia with restored investor confidence, favourable conditions for private sector growth and a plethora of talented engineers,...
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Can Capitalism Really Be Reimagined?

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A proposal by the Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment organization created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, “Our call to reimagine capitalism in America” (pdf) outlines a...
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How I Used Machine Learning to Predict Football Games for 24 Months Straight

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