Supporting Entrepreneurs

Supporting Entrepreneurial Gems Across the World

Our leadership have always believed in giving back to the community. While our core focus is providing Custom Software Development Services to startups to help them build their MVPs, we also feel it obligatory to share our entrepreneurial experiences with the young entrepreneurs who are just stepping into the market. Our team of experts try to reduce the learning curve of these entrepreneurs and catalyze their product launch.

How We Help Entrepreneurs

Business Planning

Financial Modelling

Product Roadmap and Vision Alignment

Product Development

Meet our Leadership and see their Footprint in Entrepreneurship

Ali Syed – President

Development of Soft-Landing Platform

Ali worked at Capital Factory (Austin, Texas) popularly known as the Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs. He was responsible for developing and implementing a soft-landing platform for international companies to enter the US market. 

Consultancy

He has provided consultancy to numerous international companies through their launch in the US market including customer outreach, investor outreach, and hiring the US team. 

 

Entrepreneurial Exchange Program

Ali ran a US State Department funded entrepreneurship exchange program called ATX+PAK Launch in collaboration with the City of Austin and Capital Factory. Through this program, he hosted more than 5 delegations from Pakistan in Austin Texas, and ran them through a bootcamp at Capital Factory.

Chris Gillan – CRO

Advisor

Chris has been a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs for over 15 years and has managed offshore development on four continents. 

Consulting and Financing

Over the course of many years, Chris being a serial entrepreneur and angel investor shared his knowledge and provided finance to startups through his fund across the world. 

Faizan Mahmood – CEO

Training and Consultancy

Faizan headed Plan9 – Pakistan’s 1st Tech Incubator and mentored, trained, and provided consultancy to over 100 startups during his tenure. 

Entrepreneurial Exchange Programs

Faizan managed 3 entrepreneurial exchange programs with the City of Austin (ATX+PAK Entrepreneurship Program), the City of Detroit (D2Pak), and the University of Oklahoma. The core focus of these programs was to expose startups in Pakistan to advance technology and mentors in the US. 

Startup Conferences

Faizan has been a speaker at various Entrepreneurship Conferences including but not limited to South by Southwest (SXSW), Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) and has mentored startups in the US, Malaysia, Turkey, and Russia. 

contact@emerald-labs.com

+1 512-277-2770

+92-332-3637253 (EMERALD)

Headquarters

Austin, Texas 815 Brazos St.Ste A#555, Austin, TX, 78701

Offshore Office

Lahore, Pakistan 160/2, Second Floor, Sector H, DHA Phase 1, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 54000.