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Category: Alchemy stuff

Infrastructure update

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Jawwad

Can you guess the name of this city? Courtesy MB’s post on metblog. A quick look through the selected pictures shows how far we have come on the infrastructure side in the last four years.  

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Pakistan Maps

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jawwad

NED student, puts CDGK information on Google Maps. Pilot launched with Gulshan Iqbal Town dataset.

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Mamoo in Pakistan

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jawwad

A project of the team behind Tohfay.com. Aimed at expat Pakistani’s but now also serving local customers with local needs. Getting your own birth certificate from Lahore when you are sitting in London. No images but still a great pitch by Mehdi. Technology, Trust, Alliances and Branding.

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Txtanium

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jawwad

SMS for the enterprise. Starts off well but then gets into a technical pitch. Prop Hardware that allows messages to go out at a rate of 5000 messages per minute. Focus on SME sector and branded communications for groups and subgroups.

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Gangwars, Geniteam

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jawwad

Impressive numbers but just went off track. Great product and idea but the pitch could have been better.

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Readers Club Karachi

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jawwad

Online library service with home delivery in Karachi. Promoting the culture of reading, Netflix for books. Two kids with operations and logistics management background optimizing library sciences for a Not-For-Profit business in Karachi.

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Cricket Revolution – Mindstorm studio – Babar Ahmed

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jawwad

The most talked about and anticipated release from a desi gaming company. High end gaming company in Pakistan with a motion capture studio. Short Pitch Delivery, Gorgeous video and screen shots. Impressive Impact. WOW Deal on with the one of the largest online distribution channel on the planet. Retail distribution deal with a traditional distributor…

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YellO.pk

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jawwad

Next inline is YellO.pk, presented by Samir Feroze. The Google maps, Facebook, best lassi date in Karachi Company. The best lassi in town and Samir journey to find it. University based community seeding. Great slides with visual impact.          

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Foneitall

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jawwad

Turn your dumb phone into a smart phone – Uphone is using foneitall under the Uconnect brand. 10,000 customers now, 300,000 customers in a 12 month period. Presented by Syed Basit Ali. Great tag line, simple 10,000 meter presentation, great responses to Q&A

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And we are off…

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jawwad

The Awards are off to a start at 10:31 am. And its on. Foneitall takes the stage.

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