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Four conversations or my Google Adsense journey

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Jawwad

My first introduction to using Google to make money was Zafar Khan and Sofizar at MITBAP. About a year ago I asked Zafar the inevitable SEO optimization question and got a few answers; up went a few pages at our home page business domain, representing the little I actually understood of the entire process around…

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Desi Back To Desh is back on Alltop.

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Jawwad

I still remember the day when thanks to Khan Atif, Mohtashim and Desi Back to Desh made it to Alltop on the same day. The office watched in horror as Mr. Shim and I jumped up and down, slapped each other on our backs and whopped with joy. One crazy fan did what we never…

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Introducing Startup Insights – the new dedicated startup blog

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Jawwad

Last night I finally got tired of searching for my old entrepreneurship posts on the Desi Back To Desh blog. Of the 430 plus posts here, there are about a hundred that focus on entrepreneurship. I thought that it was about time that these old nuggets should get a new home. Some of them are…

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Startup Guide: Linking Pain, Features, Pricing, Segments and Reach

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Jawwad

Teaching entrepreneurship is difficult. Teaching it to 50 smart kids can at times get rough. Teaching it to 150 students distributed across 50 groups with very interesting ideas across 25 odd domains will make you get up at 4 am in the morning after catching a few winks past midnight just so that you can…

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The myth of a unique idea – one

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Jawwad

How important is it to start off with an idea that no one has ever thought of before. Something absolutely unique, different and able to stand up on its own. A concept that would win you grudging respect from your friends, colleagues, class mates and neighbors. “That is one smart dude” they’d whisper as they…

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A walk down memory lane – A case for heading back home – ‘nuff said

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Jawwad

“The same conversation at TechLahore needs to be blamed for this walk down memory lane. Dated but still relevant.”   BBS and AKU Sunday evening – 20th February 2005 As I write these lines sitting outside the Neo Natal ICU at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), I don’t need any reasons to thank Allah for…

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A walk down memory lane…The case for Pakistan in 2006

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Jawwad

“Wrote this piece in July 2006, pissed at the Economist’s attempt to writeoff Pakistan, while a little dated, it is still largely relevant. A conversation at techlahore triggered the desire to dig this out from under the many folders it was hiding under…”   The Economist piece on Pakistan If you believed the Economist, there…

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Linking Pain, Features, Pricing, Segments and Reach

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Jawwad

Teaching entrepreneurship is difficult. Teaching it to 50 smart kids can at times get rough. Teaching it to 150 students distributed across 50 groups with very interesting ideas across 25 odd domains will make you get up at 4 am in the morning after catching a few winks past midnight just so that you can…

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The product feature grid – describing your product

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Jawwad

We tried to put a process around describing our customer in my last post. Can we do something similar for products? The tool that I like and use regularly is the product feature grid. No rocket science just basic common sense. Here is what it looks like At the top of the grid we put…

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Risk Frameworks and applications

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Jawwad

I never thought that I would ever get round to writing a book; much less three in less than a twelve month period. Such is life. So after Reboot and after Understanding Commodity Risk, comes Risk: Applications and Frameworks. Just finishing the final draft before it goes for typesetting. Expected out in print in early…

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