Thanks to friends, the most powerful and convincing agent in Pakistan and our distributor in Lahore, the first shipment of Reboot to Pakistan has now been sold out. The next shipment will arrive from Singapore, immediately after Eid.
Category: Alchemy stuff
Crafting Risk Policy and Processes
As an inanimate object one would think that a risk policy document would not lead to such intense, passionate discussion at the drafting stage. A policy document is just a policy document, where are these extreme reactions coming from? Apparently there are two schools of thought when it comes to crafting policy. The less is…
Reboot on ITLOW and CIO WebStudio
Jehan does a very flattering post (all of it is true) and a great interview on the CIO webstudio covering the book. More pictures of the book (for you Mohtashim) and moa.
Reboot. Advice from a failure
Hunting the great white shark deep in the barrier reef, bare handed, is not a common hobby. It is just as common as starting up organically, bootstrapping, working for yourself, and taking crazy risks not just with your life but with your entire family’s future. Yet we all dream of it when fate brings us…
Reboot – first set of copies are here
First print run is here in Karachi, landed this afternoon. Copies available Monday at the PASHA secretariat, CIO and Alchemy offices in Karachi. Copies available at Vahzay’s offices in Lahore on Tuesday afternoon. Now taking advance orders for the next run in Singapore.
Of hope and adversity
Last night stranded between the two lakes on Shaheed-e-Millat and Subzi Mandi I noticed a few things about this great country of ours. A spontaneous outpouring of volunteers steering traffic, helping cars move to the side and giving directions and updates on which routes to take. A few miles down the road opposite the planetarium,…
Short showers
Two days of heat, 30 minutes of drizzle and thunder… While inside, we carry on a torrid love affair with Treasury One accounting and FX reconciliation… Who says romance and accounting don’t mix.
She beat me to it…
There is nothing to make your day like a taste of good old fashioned mutual admiration society (MAS). And when it comes to blogging to send a little bit of MAS your way, no one does it better than my friend Jehan. Now if only some of my other missing in action friends (yes, this…
Who says good guys finish last…
Imran Zia aka Zia and/or Imran to friends, is someone that I have an enormous amount of respect for. We ran into each other when he started using Blue Screen of Death to teach entrepreneurship at FAST ICS. Then we worked together on the PASHA platform doing Startup Insider (SI) sessions, as co-judges on the…
Reboot – Order forms
You can now fax or email us your purchase order forms for Reboot – In search for the land of opportunity. The book has been priced at Rupees 990 per copy or 13 US$ plus shipping. Finally we get to see the print edition. All thanks to Abdul Malick, an SP Jain student who fortunately…