In 2021, as thousands of Afghan refugees arrived in the U.S., Annandale High School’s Multilingual Education Department Chair, Meredith Hedrick, reached out to students Sosan Barakzai and Husna Basiri ...

CEO says ApplyBoard’s large cash reserves, “counter-cyclical” education market give startup room to grow. ApplyBoard co-founder and CEO Martin Basiri believes the Kitchener-Waterloo-based EdTech ...

Edtech unicorn ApplyBoard is on target to place over 60,000 students next year, according to the company’s CMO Meti Basiri. Basiri spoke with The PIE’s Amy Baker during a PIE Chat Live session about ...

Brothers Martin, Meti and Massi Basiri all left Iran to study abroad in Canada. After struggling with every aspect from the visa process to grade conversions, the brothers saw an opportunity to make ...

Iranian brothers Meti (left), Martin (middle) and Massi (right) Basiri came from their home country to study in Canada. The hundreds of hours they spent applying inspired them to cofound ApplyBoard to ...