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Month: February 2011

Finance Training Videos – The Online Quant Crash Course comes to town – Quantitative Training for the non-Quant.

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Jawwad

In the summer of 1987, Lotus Symphony was the category killer in the integrated spreadsheet market. It was also my first introduction to the animals called spreadsheets and financial models. While other 16 year olds were doing things that 16 year olds are supposed to do in the summer, yours truly was digging through Symphony…

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The Quant Crash Course: Finance Training Course introduces the Quant Crash Course online video training series

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Jawwad

It took two students, over a hundred training engagements in 6 markets and a life working with risk and finance to change my mind. 2007 was a good year in many ways. It was also the year when Abbas Qureshi at SP Jain, Dubai and Adnan Iqbal at Deloitte Consulting, DC asked me the same…

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Startup and Reboot Chat – PMI Karachi Chapter Event

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Jawwad

Come and see me at the PMI Karachi Chapter monthly event where I will give my reboot chat later this evening at 6:30 pm at the Regent Plaza Hotel. Please see event brochure or the PMI site for more details.

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