Archive for April, 2008

Death…

How will she come, the day death comes… One simple couplet by Faiz was my first poetic introduction to death somewhere in the early late 80′s, when I knew little about death or poetry. This was followed by Joeseph Heller’s Catch 22 that more or less rewired my brain. Catch 22 made irreverent fun of almost everything [...]

April 27, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

The death of Cyber Net

Two years down the road this company will be dead, sold out or infamous (possibly all three). You heard it here first. I have been a CyberNet customer for God knows how long. Maybe since 1996. I presume 12 years of loyal service gives me some bitching rights. When they launched DSL we dumped Habib [...]

April 25, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

One hour to go…

April 10, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Vickram Crishna on how to add meaning to your life…

Those of us who have heard, met and interacted with Vickram know that he is one cool dude. It is not the handlebar mustache, the wicked sense of humor or the genuine look of innocence Mr. Crishna can call upon at short notice, you have to meet him to realize that a technologist (geek) can [...]

April 7, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Is my time really worth this much?

I would understand if you were an insurance company or a bank looking for Basel II advisory but the list of ordinary mortals willing to spend one thousand dollars for a 2 hour lunch with me is quite short. But maybe I am looking at it the wrong way. It’s not me who is worth [...]

April 7, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

The art of how not to sound like a pompous gasbag…

Rule number one: Speak when spoken to Rule number two: Follow rule number one

April 5, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

The art of how to sound like a pompous gasbag…

Rule number one: Generalize Rule number two: Impose your opinion Rule number three: Use long words Rule number four: Pretend as if we should care Rule number five: Do the pseudo-intellect act Rule number six: Qualify your statements Rule number seven: Change your story Rule number eight: Blame others Rule number nine: Take credit Rule [...]

April 5, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Now reading…

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a slow, sweet, torturous tale of one man’s dream… Recommended reading for all dreamers.    

April 5, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Kill your ego…

When I first met Don Sexton, Mark Broadie, Ralph Biggadike and John Whitney at Columbia, a few things stood out at once. All four were very successful, well established and well respected professionals. They had touched professional peaks I couldn’t even dream about and had nothing left to prove. All four changed my life. 8 [...]

April 5, 2008   Posted in: Alchemy stuff, Columbia Business School, Desi Back to Desh, Desi Startup, Sales guys in suits, entrepreneurs, new ventures, small business  10 Comments

Narcissism Incorporated or “Here to looking at me, kid” or “Me on Sale”.

Of all the bad pictures of me out there in a suit, this baby probably takes the cake… Faisal Khan please down load and save for posterity Now for the real topic of this post… Adnan Haider at Lootmaar has finally pulled the ultimate stunt by putting me on sale. The deal includes lunch for [...]

April 4, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Speaking at SZABIST Today

7:00pm – 8:00pm today at the 100 Clifton Campus in the Entrepreneurship class. Bring your questions.

April 1, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

The Startup Insiders series returns to Isloo

This Friday, April fourth, the SI series returns to Isloo with Bright Spyre and NUST. More details on Jehan’s blog.

April 1, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments