Author: Jawwad

For Ken, an old friend, who cut across age, cultures, schedules, biases and time to reach me time and again… Who taught me how to give, eat Nihari (beef stew) with a fork, Sushi in NYC and sunshine at Columbia. And put James Stewart to shame in Harvey… You were and are and will always…

Five years ago, I started work on the top ten ways to kill your startup. Here is the list, with one new addition, five years later. Technology is not a competitive advantage. Focus on the business problem not technological elegance or cool factor. Big customers are iffy. You generally don’t have the bandwidth to support…

In Singapore when a friend was asked about the state of affairs in Pakistan, post emergency and the protests by the legal fraternity: “In the US of A, if we had taken a bunch of lawyers and beaten them up, the community at large would have given us a medal. You would feature us on…

It’s that time of the year again. Karachi is mellow, the breeze outside has a nice chill, the traffic is slower, the beach is calmer and there is Dean Martin singing Volare in the air. And I am still bullish on this amazing country of ours. Despite the pessimism, the cynics, the doom and nay…

Net Express editor Rabia Garib does a great piece on Alchemy

I have never been a big fan of our national flag carrier so it took a bit of convincing to book myself on the Karachi – Islamabad 10 am run three Thursday’s ago. Given the state I am living in it took another set of coincidences that landed me in seat 1C (rather than 1D)…

Alchemy Technologies Private Limited, Karachi, Pakistan www.alchemya.com https://blog.alchemya.com Google MIT BAP Pitch   Compensation: Dependent on experience, credentials and fit Designation: Associates, Analysts, Actuarial Students and Geek Gods Start Date: Immediate   Who are we? Alchemy is an award winning boutique risk management and actuarial practice working with blue chip customers in Pakistan, Far East…

Here are the key take away’s from about three months of interaction with the MIT BAP Team Omit needless words. From the presentation as well as your script. Laser sharp focus is preferred over diversification. Do one thing exceedingly well. Even if you are doing 50 things (not a good thing) in total, simplify your…

BAP Pitch – The pitch Seth’s remarable piece on how (not) to present –> Here