This is my second post on the technology scene in Pakistan. The series got triggered by a request on a report card for the industry in Pakistan. Strategy for technology companies is something that has never really been discussed threadbare in Pakistan. Most technology discussions start with a quick comparison with India (look how big…
Category: Desi Startup
The Technology scene in Pakistan or The List
I wanted to do this for a very long time but never got round to it. This morning got up, made a few phone calls and put this post together. Here is what I have done. Using very raw numbers wrt to number of employees, average salary per employee, target profit potential, I have gone…
Alchemy on Hiring – the PASHA Career Expo Post 1
I am not exactly the role model for giving hiring advice since in my career to date I have only actively looked five times for a job. a) Immediately after school at FAST ICS (four offers) b) Four and a half years later when I was pissed at my boss for taking sides (one offer)…
Karachi United Football Club or Why I work for myself
Karachi United Football Club – Or why I work for myself After four and a half long years of 18 hour days, 7 day weeks, I decided to take a break. The last 12 months have been especially rough. We went through two due diligence trips; the toughest close I have ever had to make…
Cross Border Mutual admiration society
Balaji and I met God knows how a year ago some where on the corners of the blogging world. We met again last week he did post on learning from failure that caught my eye (when my log analyzer hailed the balaji blog and his post as the top referrer to the alchemy domain). Us failures needs to…
Ken Morse and MIT on selling in Karachi
Ken Morse, Bill Aulet and David Spector, from MIT E-labs conducted a two day crash course on selling for new ventures in Karachi. The two day workshop had 80 odd registered participants, all of them pre-qualified by the organizers. It was well worth it. Ken and Bill will be back in June to do a…