The purpose of the organization is to create a platform to help promote entrepreneurship and assist professionals in their careers and to mentor them to achieve their aspirations.
The founding team in consultation with its legal counsel came up with the plan to create a governing body that would ensure a streamlined growth of OPEN and its mission.
The first OPEN location was converted to the first chapter Boston, MA with New York, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., Houston, Dallas, and other, with Austin as a latest addition in 2022.
[1][2] Globally, at the end of 2020 OPEN has 14 chapters Atlanta, Boston/New England, Chicago, Houston, Austin, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, London, New York, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Southern California, Toronto and Washington DC.
[4] An OPEN chapters has at its core a Charter membership comprising Pakistanis in the areas of finance, technology, telecommunications, biotech and consulting in North America.
Since 2004, OPEN Annual Forum, hosted by Silicon Valley has had distinguished speakers including former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Political Figure & Cricket World Cup winner (and now the current Prime Minister) Imran Khan, venture capitalist from California, Mike Moritz and former Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean.