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Category: Alchemy stuff

The product company advantage…

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Jawwad

Two new products spun off existing product lines, with completely new, stand alone functionality, very much in demand. And a retail price tag appeal that fits in with the new economic reality. Total time per product – Four weeks. Yup you read it right. Brand new product leveraging existing code base and domain, knocked out,…

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Hope springs eternal…

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Jawwad

I will be the first to admit that I am a sucker for self pity. Every 72 hours I get panic attacks reviewing the idiocy, inspiring decisions I make with money and finance. I have even gone out and said that the surest way of losing capital is to do an MBA with a major…

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Damn, this recession is good for productivity…

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Jawwad

Two new product launches in one week. Finally a new deal after months of waiting for something to close. And the pipeline is turning rosier from being really pale all winter. Another few days like this and we can finally wave the R word goodbye

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Hack or not?

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Jawwad

Even money that this is an elaborate hack? Reactions. Brother Vickram?

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Pakistan Risk Review…

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Jawwad

In one short month we have now sent two major publications out to the printer. The first (the Blue Screen of Death, retitled Reboot) was easy. I have been working on that book for about 8 years now, and two editions later rewriting a key chapter after close to a decade of heady involvement was…

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Foreword to the second edition

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Jawwad

What a difference three years and an economic cycle make! When the Blue Screen first came out in March 2006, we certainly didn’t expect the reactions or the reviews. Three years later it is being used as a text book as well as background material for case studies at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS),…

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Last words

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Jawwad

Food for thought: We export about 230 million US dollars worth of produce every month. That is cereal, grains, fruits, vegetables, seafood, meat products and other allied food groups. For years we couldn’t get the storage, packaging and distribution right. Add two nationwide wholesale distribution chains pulling a Costco in Karachi and Lahore and you…

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Happy Birthday Maestro

Posted on April 5, 2009August 26, 2014 by Jawwad

May you have many more, Teeth. Not to mention an absolutely scandalous birthday bash. Don’t forget to post the pics J

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Back from upgrade hell…

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Jawwad

Beige is back. Comments are on. Still need to figure out a way to get rid of the dope on this blog.

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The best free entertainment in Singapore

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Jawwad

I have been teaching at SP Jain’s Singapore campus since 2007. Since 2007 I had been cooking up plans of making it to the Bukit Timah nature reserve right in the middle of Singapore. This trip the plans finally came through despite last minute nap attacks, late nights, later mornings and a crazy work schedule….

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