The Reboot presentation at TIECON, Karachi – Revisited
The TIECON 2009, Karachi, 4th November 2009, Reboot presentation was the first time I was able to shrink the story in under 20 minutes. Spent three days putting the presentation together but it will be a while before I am able to get to an editor that will run the presentation and the video [...]
November 27, 2009
Tags: Failure, Jawwad Farid, Karachi, Pakistan, Reboot, Startup, TIE, TIECON Posted in: Columbia Business School, Desi Back to Desh, Desi Startup, Education, Failure, Pakistan, Startup, TIE, computer science, entrepreneurs, new ventures, small business 
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The Society of Actuaries interview
Sam Philips interview for the Actuary was the first published review received by BSOD/Reboot. Though a little dated, it is still relevant. Sam also talks about the book in a sidebar
September 19, 2009
Tags: BSOD, Failure, Reboot, Review, small business, Startup Posted in: Blue Screen, Desi Back to Desh, Desi Startup, Education, Failure, entrepreneurs No Comments
The original Blue Screen of Death Launch post
A walk down memory lane, old backup drives and fossilized emails produced this mail shot from early 2006. How’s that for perspective?
At the business school orientation for new arrivals, a fellow student asked me why I was at Columbia. My response drew a look of confusion – “I always wanted to write a [...]
September 19, 2009
Tags: Columbia Business School, Columbia University, entrepreneurs, Failure, New York, Reboot, Southern California, Startup, Technology Business Posted in: Alchemy stuff No Comments
Reboot on ITLOW and CIO WebStudio
Jehan does a very flattering post (all of it is true) and a great interview on the CIO webstudio covering the book. More pictures of the book (for you Mohtashim) and moa.
September 7, 2009
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Reboot. Advice from a failure
Hunting the great white shark deep in the barrier reef, bare handed, is not a common hobby. It is just as common as starting up organically, bootstrapping, working for yourself, and taking crazy risks not just with your life but with your entire family’s future.
Yet we all dream of it when fate brings [...]
September 7, 2009
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