Dhaka’s technology scene is home to a variety of communities that meet regularly to share their technology interests. This event in partnership with BASIS hosted a number of these communities in one session on Sunday, September 8 so we can all learn what the communities are doing.

1. Dhaka’s Tech
Communities
18th GBG Dhaka Meet-up
Saturday, September 7, 2013
BASIS Auditorium, Dhaka, Bangladesh
&
present

2. Welcome Note (5 min)
GBG Managers – Nash Islam, Riyad Husain & Salman Hossain
Tech Communities & BASIS (10 min)
Shameem Ahsan, President of BASIS & CEO of Akhoni.com
Google’s Outreach Programs Globally (15 min)
Hadi Othman, Outreach & Communities Manager, Southeast Asia, Google
Recap of Recent Google Initiatives in Dhaka (5 min)
Kazi Monirul Kabir, Bangladesh Country Consultant, Google
Mobile Mondays (10 min)
Mashrur Hannan, Organizer, Mobile Mondays Dhaka
BD Tech Social (10 min)
Samad Miraly, Community Manager, BD Tech Social & Executive Director, Olympic
Industries
Shetu.org (10 min)
Humayan Kabir Olive, Shetu.org
Startup Dhaka (10 min)
Mustafizur Khan, Founder, Startup Dhaka
Closing Note & Next Steps
TODAY’SAGENDA

3. Welcome Note
GBG Managers:
Nash Islam
Riyad Husain
Salman Hossain

4. Our Objectives
Increase
adop%on
of
internet
technologies
amongst
Bangladeshi
organiza3ons.
Plan
events
that
appeal
to
a
wide
variety
of
key
audience
segments
–
e-­‐commerce,
marketers,
students,
women,
mappers
&
more
Build
a
community
that
gets
to
know
each
other
by
hos3ng
atleast
1
live
event
per
month

5. Our Team
GBG
Managers
Advisor
Head
Intern

6. Google’s Objective with GBG
Build
a
non-­‐technical
community
run
by
local
volunteers
to
share
knowledge
and
best
prac3ces
for
Google
web
technologies.
The
GBG
is
an
experimental
ini3a3ve
started
in
2012,
and
is
based
on
the
success
of
the
Google
Developer
Groups
worldwide,
where
developers
meet
to
discuss
building
applica3ons
with
Google
products.
See
detailed
informa3on
on
GBG
on
Google’s
official
GBG
page

7. GBGs Worldwide
90+
GBGs
worldwide
20+ GBGs in
South & Southeast Asia
Nearby GBGs include Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia,
Vietnam & Philippines

8. Our Events
See
pictures
and
presenta3ons
on
our
Blog,
Google+
&
Facebook
page.
We’ve organized 15 successful events so far, reaching more
than 1000 local digital professionals, entrepreneurs &
changemakers. We are a community of technology thought
leaders

9. GBG Dhaka 2013 Event Roadmap
• Jan
6
–
E-­‐Commerce
Hour
&
Startup
Weekend
Mini
Bootcamp
• Feb
1
–
Building
Brands
with
Digital
• Feb
16
–
Educa3on
&
Collabora3on
Online
• Mar
29
–
Mapping
Bangladesh
• April
25
–
GBG
@
PMO
Innova3on
Adda
• May
10
–
Mapping
Experts
Meetup
• May
21
–
Empowering
Project
Management
with
Web
Tools
• June
1
–
Women
on
the
Web
Workshop
#1
• June
30
–
Student
Leaders
Workshop

10. GBG Dhaka 2013 Event Roadmap
• Sep
7
–
Mapping
Banani
#1
• Sep
8
–
Dhaka’s
Tech
Communi3es
• Sep
14
–
Mapping
Banani
#2
• AND
LOTS
MORE!
Share
YOUR
IDEAS
for
events
with
us!

11. 17th GBG Dhaka Meet-up
Map Banani
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Event Partner:

12. Biz Info Form
- FRONT
Fill
out
as
much
as
info
as
you
can
If
certain
info
is
unavailable,
skip
it!
Please
write
clearly
&
legibly
A!
1!
Meena Bazaar!
Grocery Store!
House 76/A, 1st Floor !
+88 02-8835864!
+88 01841-700709!
M!
www.meenabazaar.com.bd!
10am – 8pm, Sun - Sat!
Yes!
Img_20130907_5567, !
Img_20130907_5568 !
23* 47’ 24.3594!
90* 24’ 37.5732!

13. Biz Info Form
- BACK
Mark
the
exact
loca3on
of
the
business
on
both
the
Digital
Map
&
Satellite
views
Make
sure
to
pay
aden3on
to
the
buildings
on
the
satellite
view
A!
1!

14. Zone 1 Banani
Bridge
to
Cream
&
Fudge
(road
12)

15. The Teams
2-­‐person
teams:
• Member
#1:
writes
down
biz
info
and
marks
loca%on
on
map
image
• Member
#2:
takes
pictures
and
records
GPS
loca%on
with
smartphone
– If
any
issues
arise
with
GPS
recording,
skip
it!
– Aher
taking
a
pic,
view
photo
details
and
write
down
image
3tle
on
biz
info
form
(note:
doesn’t
work
for
iPhones)

16. Team Assignments

17. 3 Steps to MAPPING a Business!
INTRODUCE
• Knock on door/ring bell/ask the guard or introduce yourself to the reception
• State your purpose of visit and clarify why do you need the information (which
you're going to ask) from them.
INTERACT
• Write in the business info/details of the POI. (make sure the person giving the
information is NOT giving his personal details i.e. phone number, email, address
etc.
• While taking info, ask permission to take photos. Don’t forget to smile! J
INSPIRE
• Ask permission to paste the sticker on their door or any convenient place with
good visibility (AND make sure to inform them that they are now officially on
GOOGLE MAP)! Try to leave them with a happy smile and excited, so that they
feel like telling everyone about them being MAPPED!
• In case they wish to take a photo with your team, don't forget to smile at it! J

18. HOW
TO
ADD
POI
Adding
business
Place

19. HOW
TO
ADD
POI
Adding
business
Place

20. HOW
TO
ADD
POI
Adding
business
Place

25. Tech Communities & BASIS
Shameem Ahsan
President, BASIS
CEO, Akhoni.com

26.
Presented By:
Shameem Ahsan
President,
BASIS

27. Google’s Outreach Progams
Hadi Othman
Outreach & Communities Manager
Southeast Asia
Google

28. Recap of Recent Google
Initiatives in Dhaka
Kazi Monirul Kabir
Bangladesh Country Consultant
Google

29. Mobile Mondays
Mashrur Hannan
Organizer, Mobile Mondays

30. Mobile
Mondays
@
BASIS
MoMo
Dhaka
Chapter
(proposed)
…
FYI:
GBG
Dhaka
:)

31. How
it
all
started!
The
following
text
message
from
BASIS
secretariat
on
July
24,
2013
to
BASIS
members:
A
Meeting
of
Mobile
Apps
Development
Companies
will
be
held
today
at
4:30
pm
at
BASIS
Office.
Only
Mobile
Apps
Dev.
Companies
are
requested
to
attend.
-­‐BASIS

32. First
meeting/
meet
up
Just
imagine
around
35-­‐40
ICT
folks
here!

33. The
Energy
…
1
Million
MADs…
Source:
MobileMonday.net

34. Start
of
Mobile
Monday
Dhaka
Chapter
(proposed)
Mitul
bhai
(CEO,
Business
Automation
Limited)
Fokhruz
Zaman
bhai
(iPaholics,
Beshto,
A2I,
BCC)

35. Mobile
Monday
…
http://www.mobilemonday.net/about

36. Quick
info
on
Mobile
Monday
• Originating
in
Helsinki
in
2000
• Chapters
in
over
140
cities
•
Have
run
thousands
of
events
to-­‐date

37. MoMo
goals
and
objectives
• Foster
an
open
and
independent
innovation
platform
within
the
mobile
sector
• Facilitate
industry
networking
between
small
and
large
companies
and
individuals
• Bridge
partnership
exchanges
between
domestic
and
international
organizations
• To
present
innovative
visions,
trends,
studies
and
forecasts
from
the
mobile
marketplace
http://www.mobilemonday.net/about

38. First
meeting/
meet
up
…
Continued

39. The
MoMo
MADs
..
to
name
a
few:
• MAD
(Mobile
App
Developer)
Entrepreneurs
• Local
App
Stores
(Alo
Ashbei,
EATLApps)
• Windows,
Symphony,
Grameen
Phone
• Govt,
Regulators:
A2I,
BTRC
…
• MAD
wanna-­‐bes
:D
…
• Actual
MADs
still
missing!

40. Session
Format
…
• First
Monday
of
Every
Month
• Discuss
2
topics
(presentation
of
20
mins)
• App
Launch
pad
for
2
kick-­‐ass
local
apps
• Have
refreshments
:)

41. Session
Format
…
continued
• 20
minute
presentations
on
2
topics,
followed
by
quick
discussion/
QA
• Decision
on
Next
Session’s
topic,
and
Sponsor
• Sponsor
arranges
refreshments,
gets
5
min
slot
…
• Launch
pad
for
Apps
…

42. First
Session
-­‐
Aug
5,
2013
• Presentation
1:
User
Experience
Design
-­‐
by
Masrur
Hannan
&
Mr
Fokhruz
Zaman
(20
min)
Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/mhannan/mobile-­‐monday-­‐dhaka-­‐
chapter-­‐proposed-­‐first-­‐session-­‐
uxdiscussionaug52013mhannanfzaman
• Presentation
2:
How
to
migrate
from
regular
software
business
to
mobile
-­‐
by
Mr
Mohammad
Zaman
Apu
(20min)
Slideshare
URL:
N/A
yet!
• Sponsor:
TTBC
Wintel
(Alo
Ashbei)

43. Second
Session
-­‐
Sept
2,
2013
• Presentation
1:
Mobile
App
Monetisation
-­‐
by
Ashraf
Abir
and
Mr.
Mahboob
Zaman
(30
min)
Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/AshrafAbir/mobile-­‐
monday-­‐2ndseptember
• Presentation
2:
Mobile
App
Innovation
(cancelled)
-­‐
by
Kazi
Monirul
Kabir
…
(20min)
• Sponsor:
EATLApps

44. Third
Session
-­‐
Oct
7,
2013

45. Welcome
GBG

46. BD Tech Social
Samad Miraly
Community Manager, BD Tech Social
Executive Director, Olympic Industries

47. Investing in Imagination
Samad Miraly – samad@miraly.net
BD Tech Social

48. What do you do
to fall asleep
every night?

49. Dare to Disturb
the Universe

50. Please Do Disturb:
" Stand in front of a tank
" Blog
" Tell Ammu what you think

51. Just Imagine: Everyone’s doing it…
" Napoleon Hill – Think and Grow Rich
" Rhonda Byrne – The Secret
" Socrates, Plato, The Freemasons, The Illuminati
" Deepak Chopra, Dalai Lama, Ravi Shankar
" Vedas, Torah, Quran

52. Dreams to Transform BD
" Manifestations of different imaginations
" Startups, community
" Enabling of imagination
" Ecosystem, community groups
" BDTechSocial

53. Manifestation of Imagination
" Startups are dreams
" Dreams can come true
" COMMUNITY

54. Enabling Imagination
" BDTechSocial – networking, participation,
matchmaking
" Angel Investors – there to help, capital resources
" Mentors – intellectual resources, guides
" Technology is cyclical imagination engine
" As more dreams become reality, they pave the way for
other dreams to join in!

55. See Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNqs_S-zEBY

56. Thank you!
" Get involved, get engaged, start dreaming with
BDTechSocial
Contat me to get more info on how:
samad@miraly.net

57. Shetu.org
Humayan Olive Kabir

63. How
we
will
achieve?

69. Ways
to
Get
Involved.

76. Startup Dhaka
Mustafizur Khan
Founder, Startup Dhaka

77. See video here:
http://youtube.com/startupdhaka

78. About the film
A story about startups in Dhaka that uses the power of Internet to create new and exciting
businesses.
Why make the film
We decided to make this film for 3 reasons:
1. To tell the world that there are few amazing people working on some fantastic ideas right
here in Dhaka
2. Through this film we want to build a startup community
3. To tell all local startups that Startup Dhaka is here to help
This is Startup Dhaka, a story about possibilities.
Who is doing it:
Core team: Fayaz@bdtechsocial, Sajid@Shetu, Samad@empty ventures, Riyad@magnito
digital and myself, Mustafiz@StartupDhaka
by
Mustafiz

79. Crowd
funded
campaign
is
supported
by

81. Youtube
stats

82. Geo
loca3on
of
source

84. FB
stats

87. THANK YOU !!
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