Maria makes it to Forbes ‘Next 1000 List’
Mariam Nusrat, a Pakistani woman, has made it to the “Forbes Next 1000 List,” which celebrates start-ups and businesses with less than $10 million in sales and limitless potential to inspire.
The defeat is a natural part of the process, but what distinguished contractors from the Forbes Next 1000 list are their resilience against adverse events, the leading US magazine said Friday in a statement. “The journey of an entrepreneur is not a linear journey—it is full of a series of twists and turns.
Mariam, founding GRID, is now resident in Virginia, the United States and possesses a Master’s Degree in economics from both LUMS and George Washington University.
Mariam is on Forbes’ Next 1000 list and has employers who redefine what it means to develop and operate a company in the middle of the new normal.
Forbes honours the courageous and inspirational entrepreneurs of this first-of-kind project, who redefine what running a business now means. Forbes’ editors with a panel of leading corporate thinkers and entrepreneurial superstars recognized Mariam’s efforts.
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Over time, Mariam has celebrated her distinguished entrepreneurial work on many platforms, starting in 2015 when she founded the GRID – Gaming Revolution for Inspiring Development (Non-Profit Arm).
For the last 6 years, Mariam has led a team of developers and designers of Pakistan games to produce cost-effective mobile games that influence behavior.
Eight portfolio games were developed in four languages, covering issues of reproductive health, climate change, pandemics, the welfare of animals, STEM learning, and structural racism.
For this effort, Mariam has won numerous accolades including the Clinton International Alum Initiative Award, DC Inno 50 on Fire Award, Andrew Rice, the GWU Best Social Venture Award, and UN PeaceApp Award. In addition, Mariam has won the Clinton Global Initiative Alum Awards.
Since its inception GRID’s TV appearances on ABC News and WUSA9 and pieces on Huffington Post, World Voices, Washington Business Journal, Today’s Yahoo News, and other international news channels have garnered considerable media coverage.
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In the course of many high-level forums, Mariam also presented GRID, which includes two sessions led to CGIU by former President Clinton and two Tedx events.
Content development through video games on their Breshna platform is the emphasis of the team today. People are able to communicate interactively with Breshna. Whether it’s a history teacher, a non-profit leader who produces a booklet on animal compassion, or the founder who produces a pitch deck, Breshna can all use it to make entertaining and interactive video games for your audience. ‘The team has raised $75,000 from 11 Tribes VC in pre-seed and starts on July 16th with a Game Jam.’
By 2024, the team is planning to size 2 million users and 200 000 customers and an ARR of $105 million with their pre-launch traction and positioning as innovators in the meaningful gaming sector.
Mariam works as an education specialist at the World Bank if he doesn’t release the potential of video games for social change.
