PASHA and Green and White, started the new year with a bang. Even though the party didn’t get going till about 6:15 pm on the 17th, it was the place to be yesterday in Karachi. If you have been dying to scratch the itch of working for yourself, yesterday was the day you would have…
Category: Desi Startup
Alchemy, MIT BAP – Part II
Deciding what to wear ended up being a no brainer. Though I have done Hawaiian shirts, jean as well as rude tshirts in the past, we just took Guy Kawasaki’s advice… When in doubt, over dress. Still by the time the presentation started, I had already dumped the jacket. Also as per Guy’s advise we…
APICTA / PASHA Awards do’s and don’ts – old post rehash
Old post from around a year ago. Still relevant Quick update after Osama comment: With apologies to Seth Godin, here is the attached pdf Reallybad powerpoints.pdf APICTA Do’s and Don’ts – Confessions from Chiang Mai, Thailand Do’s Plan on arriving a day early so that you have had a chance to chat with…
PASHA ICT Awards 2007 Update
Jehan did a great post on the Awards, the categories and the process. If you are looking for nomination forms and additional details, here is the entire package in a neat and tidy zip file (APICTAForms.zip). Thank you Yusuf for getting this done.
The Alchemy Story – redux
This has been an interesting week. I was out for a week in Dubai teaching our second course on derivative pricing at the EMBA program at SP Jain. The day I come back and check out my favorite blogs, I find that we received great coverage first from Osama Hashmi at Green and White, then…
Have fire, will travel or Why you should listen to your heart
It is bad enough that I have been asked to stay inside my room by my team, that Osama Hashmi at Green and white and I are playing tag, that I am not playing by the rules, now Adnan Haider (lootmaar.com) is jumping in to this debate to turn this into a threesome. For those…
Why customers say no or How to turn your customers into repeat buyers?
(This is a continuation of my series for itsy, bitsy, teeny, weenie, mom and pop tech shops in Pakistan) I am an individual. I appreciate sales calls that focus on my needs as an individual. Sales Call: Is this Jawwad Moa: Yes Scenario 1: Sales Call: I am calling from Standard Chartered Bank to inquire…
Strategy and tactics redux or Winning for itsy, bitsy, teeny, weenie, little Pakistani mom and pop tech shops.
Here are my hard earned qualifications that allow me to speak on strategy. I have never been rich or famous (infamy is separate classification) or successful. Of the last four of my ventures, three were dismal failures. I have been teaching since a crazy afternoon in 1995, when I was asked to substitute for a…
The Alchemy Story or How I became rude, mean and abusive
Osama Hashmi at Green and White did a post on support for entrepreneurs and I thought it would be worthwhile to share our story with the community to add to the points I made on his blog. Here is my story. Year One. On 1st January 2003, I came back home to Karachi. I had…
Marc Andreessen does a blog
Marc, the Netscape founder does a series on the only thing you ever needed to learn to run your startup. Great validation for the Blue screen of Death.