And hazel nuts and roasted almonds. The only thing missing now are the 500g and 1Kg super bars and there won’t be a reason for me to stop at Dubai duty free anymore. Good show guys. It took you ten years to figure out the chocolate market in Pakistan but you finally did it.
Category: Pakistan
Strategy for Technology companies – Part I or THE RANT
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…
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…
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I don’t know… The late Eqbal Hassan once said that “Whatever you do, don’t complain?”. This is your country, if you have any issue work and resolve it. But don’t complain. So I am not going to complain. Not that I have anything to complain about. Yes there was no electricity for the last 30…
Karachi United, redux
Heard on the sidelines of Karachi United Football Club, Coach to his class of little ones… “Its not about the goal, its about the ball. When its not about the ball, its about the mindset” I have now been a KUFC summer camp father on the side lines for three weeks. It has been a…
PASHA Career Expo – Karachi, 16th June 2007
Three words. Don’t miss it I think it is the only industry event of its kind that not just brings geeks and their potential bosses together but: a) As an employer gives you the mileage and profile you deserve. Last year in Karachi, it was used as a benchmark to guage how well you were doing…
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…
The Faisal Chohan Posts – II
The second post was written 5 days later for Friday times. Friday times ran a shorter, edited and modified version. Gist is still valid today. Forget PTCL and PSO, give technology a chance and you will not recongize Pakistan 10 years from now. Three technology entrepreneurs, one in Adiala Jail, one in Stanford, one on…
The Faisal Chohan Posts – I
Here is a series of posts that went around in early December 2006, on the Faisal Chohan and Cogilent issue. They are dated, but to some extent still relevant. This first post, is the note that went out earlier in December when we were still trying to get Faisal out of Adiala Jail. By the…