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Driving 150 kilo-meters a day in Karachi

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Jawwad

Yesterday was a new personal best. Starting at 7:30 am on Friday morning and finishing at about 9 am in the evening I drove about 150 kilometers in a single day. Here is the route. From NIPA in Gulshan-e-Iqbal to the beach to drop the kids at school, from the beach to Sultanabad to hit…

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Saying Goodbye to Nestle

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Jawwad

Over the last two months, all three of our kids (aged 5, 7 and 11) developed symptoms of lactose intolerance. Upset stomachs, vomiting and cramps. We had been a loyal Nestle Milkpak family for more than 10 years or so we never thought that there was anything wrong with Nestle Milkpak. Then by accident one…

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Business School Application Essay – A blast from the past

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Jawwad

Just posted something on startup insights that took me back to 1997. I thought I shouldn’t deprive my 5 loyal readers (Jehan, Qazi, Faisal Khan, Nash and myself) on this blog from the pleasure of reading more from the same folder. Here is another business school application essay from a late night in 1997.  …

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Risk Applications and Frameworks: Preface to the first edition

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Jawwad

Ever since I started running risk management training workshops and teaching Executive MBA students, I had been looking for a textbook that walked the middle ground between plain English and as few mathematical equations as possible. It had to be concise and to the point yet cover the basics of quantifying risk, implementing risk policies,…

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Risk Applications and Frameworks: Dedication

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Jawwad

Risk Applications and Framework went to print today. This is the third book we have sent to print this year. The first one (Reboot) took three years. Every new effort gets easier and easier. Full credit for this “Just Ship It” goes to Uzma Salahuddin and Agnes Paul on the content, editing and production side…

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Startup Guide: Lessons from a failed startup

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Jawwad

Looking through the wreckage of an old folder, found this post for the really early days of Reboot – the original list of lessons from a failed startup that became the book. Here is the list, with one new addition, five years later. 1) Technology is not a competitive advantage. Focus on the business problem…

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Columbia Business School, 10th year, class of 2000 reunion update…

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Jawwad

Frank Byrd was the portrait of a southern gentleman at Columbia. Cultured, polite, smart, likeable and very down to earth. I remember at least a handful of my class mates who used to swoon, every time Frank would pass by (don’t worry my lips are sealed, Frank make it worth my while and I will…

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The Google Adsense update: Banner Exchange

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Jawwad

Two new banners designed by the outstanding Nida Faizi that we started using yesterday on the Brinkin Banner exchange program as well across the rest of our domains. I had always felt that decently designed banners and images sometimes (not always) work better than simple text links on your blog rolls. Let’s see what happens…

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The next generation of technology entrepreneurs…

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Jawwad

In 1989 I was one of the fortunate few who found the then mostly unknown BCCI FAST ICS (now National University of Emerging and Computing Sciences), tucked away in a shady street between an Allied Bank branch and a commercial office complex. An unassuming collection of two thousand square yard bunglows, the foundation funded school…

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Quick update on Oil Insights, the Google Adsense project

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Jawwad

So for 25 short minutes (as this went to press), the latest crude oil insights post, made it to position number one on Google Blog search on the key word crude oil prices. For a semi-literate, sleep deprived, out of touch geek wannabe member of management, this is as sweet as it gets. I was…

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