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The Vision
A sustainable, not-for-profit project committed to creating a community space for Pakistan’s enterprising youth that:
▪ Provides a vibrant environment for entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts to gather and exchange ideas,
▪ Is a hot bed for technology innovation
▪ Offers a platform (forum) that encourages collaboration, enables networking and creates employment opportunities
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“Entrepreneurship spurs economic growth, but how do you spur entrepreneurship?”
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Addressing physical, mental and spiritual needs
Co-working space• Zero Capital Expense, ready to use facility• PAYG model for short and long term engagements• Events & hangout spaces
Mentoring & Networking• Access to multiple serial entrepreneurs under same roof• Help in team & co-founder search via community
engagement events
Investments & Connections• Community Hub, meet the connectors & mavens• Central facility for the entrepreneurial eco-system
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Current Gap
Graduating Students
Young Professionals
Entrepreneurs
Corporate Intrapreneurs
Diaspora & Visiting Experts
▪ Bridging the gap between ‘Business Plan Competitions’ & Real World
▪ Limited access to infrastructure, entrepreneurs, mentorship & talent
▪ Finding co-founders is very difficult due to lack of social spaces
▪ Private space for after-work brain storming, hacking & engaging community
▪ Potential mentors, but lacking organized access to students and professionals
▪ Engaging with other successful entrepreneurs outside of their own domain
▪ Typical ‘innovators dilemma’ – existing team is not thinking disruptive
▪ No avenue for finding innovative, entrepreneurial ‘partners’ for organic growth
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5▪ Experts from Silicon Valley – assisting local talent, or hunting for their new
ideas, people and teams
▪ Looking to setup in Pakistan, but facing infrastructure challenges
Investors6▪ Access to smart people, team
▪ Access to innovative ideas at early stage & participate in them
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Atif Azim
▪ Founder of Perfigo, a technology startup in Silicon Valley. Acquired by Cisco Systems
Farzal Dojki
▪ Pakistan start-up expert – early employee in 3 start-ups
▪ Founder of 2 start-ups
▪ 5+ P@SHA ICT Awards
Imran Moinuddin
▪ Founder & CEO, NexDegree
▪ Catalyzing growth for 4 socially conscious tech startups
▪ Founder NX Products Fund
Co-founders▪ Co-Founder: Mixit ,Inc. & RealFS, Inc.
▪ Founding Board Member, OPEN Karachi chapter
▪ Former Chairman, P@SHA
▪ i2i angel at Invest 2 Innovate
Yusuf Jan
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Crowd sourced Funding
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Founding Members;
100000; 63%Grants; 18500; 12%
Memberships; 3000; 2%
Donations; 12000; 8%
Interest Free Loans; 25000;
16%
How the funds were raised (US $ 160,000)
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August 05, 2013
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Atif AzimFarzal Dojki Imran Moinuddin
Who is running DotZero?
Yusuf Jan
Resident MentorsInterim CEOPresident
Mahwish (Misha)
Program Manager
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DotZero in numbers
Location
Ambiance
Neighborhood
Recreation
▪ 7,500 sq ft facility on the 14th floor of a modern office building
▪ 24x7 access to the building
▪ Panoramic views of the city
▪ Parking for 500 cars within 5 minute walking distance
▪ 125 feet of non-stop glass exterior, 270 degree view of Karachi
▪ Ambient light permeating the entire facility
▪ Minimalistic furniture patterned on international best practices
▪ Building hosts mostly technology outfits
▪ Within 10 minutes from National IT Parks, PSEB & P@SHA offices
▪ Proximity to leading Universities - KU, NED, IBA, MAJU, KSBL, FAST
▪ Easy accessibility to restaurants, shops
▪ Café area with self-service model
▪ Gaming stations; Foosball, Table Tennis
▪ Library with collection of 200+ books
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Services Details
Workspace
Business Services
Meeting Rooms
Events
Packages
▪ Seating for 110 people + café for 60
▪ Workspaces for plug & play users, Project “zones” for larger teams
▪ 3 seating types – “deadline serious”, “library whisper” & “casual café”
▪ High Speed Internet, Video Conferencing
▪ Printing and Scanning, Mail and delivery services
▪ Redundant Internet connectivity, back up power supply
▪ Conference rooms with projection capabilities
▪ Brainstorming rooms with whiteboards
▪ Mix of formal & casual seating
▪ Hosting of community events for up to 60 attendees
▪ Corporate events – Seminars, Investors, Trainings
▪ Networking Events – Hack-a-thons, Brown Bag Sessions
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5▪ Low barriers to entry – encourage memberships for casual hangout
▪ Student, Freelancer and Start Up plans
▪ Daily, Weekly and Monthly passes
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P@SHA
MIT-EF
i2i
PIF
OPEN
NEWG
TiE
Startup Grind
Counseling Pakistan
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DotZero Partners
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DotZero In NumberRunning 24x6
11 Companies
100+ Engineers
25% Female Members
DotZero Café
Per week - 2 events
Per week - 5 conference
20 Individual Members
10+ media coverage
Grant - Eisenhower Fellowship
Grant - Google Social Innovation
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2014, ++2014
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Your contributions
Mentors
Corporate Members
Fireside chats
Quality Applications
▪ Mentors for our companies
▪ Intra-preneurship - Innovations Teams
▪ Sponsorships & Branding relationships
▪ Visiting Experts from around the world
▪ 20 to 50 person chat sessions
▪ Need more innovators to make it exciting for us
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Roadmap
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Plug and Play Center
Networking Events
Startup Acceleration Program
Incubation
Investments 2013
2014
2015
Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem
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dotzero.pk
Facebook.com/thedotzero
Twitter.com/thedotzero