PASHA Blog carries the video of the Business plus Interviews… Feedback Yes that really is Mr. Potato Head masquerading as Opti-MASH Prime in the foreground. It has always been important for me to remember to not take myself too seriously. I had to do something to balance out the suit. Yes I did speak about…
Author: Jawwad
Terror Alerts – from a friend in Europe
I know I am going to get flogged for posting this, but here’s to our global sense of humor. From a friend of a friend, source uncited: European Alert Status The British are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved”. Soon, though,…
Startup Insiders – Pixsense – 6:00 pm, Thursday, 17th January 2008
PASHA and Green and White host a two hour, free for all, ask what you want, insiders only session at Pix Sense on the how, why and where of starting your own technology venture in Pakistan. Bring yourself, your friends, your team members and your soul mates to show them the cool geeks you hang…
Sticky rice and mangoes or building relationships
Sticky rice with mangoes is an interesting Thai desert. Take rice steamed in starch (hence sticky), pour a few spoons of sweetened coconut cream, sprinkle with cracked peanuts, and serve on a banana leaf with sliced mangoes. It brings out a mix of interesting flavors – slightly salted rice, crunchy peanuts, sweetened cream and ripe…
Predictions for 2008
Building up on predictions for 2008 at Tech Lahore We will once again witness a broad based equities melt down on NASDAQ and NYSE, but with a limited fall out in emerging markets. Despite conditions back home, we will see an increase in the reverse brain gain into the country. 2008 will see…
The next 50 years or Student output – its extrapolation and impact on our future
In the course of my meandering search for Pakistani datasets, I came across the HEC website where I found to my surprise that: We produce about 150,000 students every year from our nationwide University system. The actual number was 118,000 in 2004 and projecting growth for 2005, 2006 and 2007 at the prior three year…
Light up the darkness
“It is better to light a candle than to rant about the darkness” (Chinese proverb) I have done my bit for today, go on and light a candle, before you go to sleep tonight…
Baan Deva Montra, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Finally, vacation time… On 22nd December, the six members of the combined Farid and Salahuddin families packed up their bags and trucked all the way down to Karachi airport to catch a plane to Thailand. Despite an empty flight and Thai’s silky smooth service, the flight was an interesting nightmare on account of one simple…
What is it about orchids?
You decide…
Murphy’s law
On the eve of the day before making the single largest pitch in our history as a company, in a different city, I find out that I am booked to travel the day after the pitch is supposedly being made. How is that for timing. These are the days a great travel agent is made…