OPEN is a voluntary, non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurship and leadership in the Pakistani-American business and professional community. Established in Boston, OPEN has chapters in Boston, Houston, New York, Chicago, Silicon Valley, and Washington DC.
Saqib-ul-Islam covered OPENs activities in DC and Silicon Valley chapters and talked to the organizers and community members about the productivity and future of professional Pakistanis in the United States.
OPEN Chapter Profiles:
The Washington DC chapter of OPEN is the most recent chapter of the organization and is working with 3rd largest area of Pakistani population in USA. OPEN is helping Pakistani business owners in tapping into the strong and diverse Washington business community where large financial companies like Fannie Mae, Capital One, Freddie Mac, Sallie Mae,World Bank as well as federal government agencies present a large variety of business opportunities.
Silicon Valley is home to thousands of hi-tech companies, notable among which are Intel, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Adobe, Apple, Silicon Graphics, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Yahoo, and Google. OPEN Silicon Valley promotes entrepreneurship through regular mentorship and networking initiatives in the more than 20 thousand Pakistani Community in Silicon Valley area.
Saqib Ul islam
Urdu VOA News
Washington DC & Silicon Valley
@RareViewFilms and you have hatred in your heart. not surprised that your indian and full of anti pakistani remarks. i suggest you get an education and stop acting like a spolit child.
TheIronMan987 7 months ago
English is also official language of Pakistan :) So it doesnot matters a lot !
Atleast they are doing some thing for Pakistani Community
ahaseebawan 1 year ago
How can you progress when you cannot speak a single sentence without using English words? Ironically, you cannot even speak English. This reflects poorly on your culture, your credibility and your level of sophistication.
RareViewFilms 1 year ago
excelent work OPEN
landwarrior82 1 year ago