We met Wilson Tan on a trade trip across China. In just over a week, thirty technology companies from the Asia Pacific region covered 3 cities and one hundred Chinese partners, trying to understand the opportunity that was China. Wilson was the President of the organizing body, (the outgoing President of Mercury interactive and on…
Author: Jawwad
Funding for dummies…two
It’s not that money is not available. Or that you can’t raise it. Or that it’s a fairytale that come true for only a select few. Truth is a lot less absolute; there is no black and white, only shades of grey. Let’s take a look at how and why a 37 year old, father…
Funding for dummies…one
You dream, you write, you pitch. If you put your heart in it and have an idea with merit you collect, build, sell, retire and live happily ever after. You never have to ask, borrow or steal another dime since the millions of dollars you have put aside as a result of your efforts are…
Luddite, galore
Three years of computer science education, 16 years of technology experience and I feel fulfilled when I can incorporate a youtube video on my word press blog without causing the end of the world. How the mighty have fallen.
Danny Elfman, Kingdom, Finale
Very few scores have moved me as much as the last minutes of Dany Elfman’s Kingdom’s finale. It’s even more powerful if you have seen the movie and remember the ending scenes. And if you haven’t, you should.
Mr. Shim.
So tonight, at the stroke of the bewitching hour, Mohtashim, Mariam and Anoushe, took a Cathy flight to colder pastures. For the last two years we have shared a room, sales calls, pitches, proposals and dreams. Tomorrow morning when I walk in, I will miss the sms (“be there in ten minutes”), the joint bitching…
Finally some good news…
One under-reported item that slid by everyone. It’s a piece of news that all of us have been waiting for on the economic front for the last few months. As per the latest numbers released by FBS, Pakistani exports were stable on a month to month basis (November and October) as well as stable on…
Little wonders…
For the team I work with every day at Alchemy… Let it go,Let it roll right off your shoulderDon’t you knowThe hardest part is overLet it in,Let your clarity define youIn the endWe will only just remember how it feels Our lives are madeIn these small hoursThese little wonders,These twists & turns of fateTime falls…
Things to do in a down market when you are not dead…
We were lucky that the downturn hit us early. In July 2008 we lost two of our largest clients; within a week of each other and on a week’s notice… It made for interesting internal conversations and a scramble to conserve cash. We were luckier still that between attrition (top heavy), expense management (read: extended…
Red light zones in Dubai…
Red lights at two am, late night, on Thursay (weekend night), in front of the convention center. Red lights at eight am in the morning on Friday, on way to the airport on Shaikh Zayed road. Things I have to do to get traffic on this page.