We shipped the first release of our ultra secret, classified, eyes only, touch this and die, product yesterday. The parallel run has been on for the last 10 days. Yesterday we finished configuring our client’s server, packed the box, delivered it to the client site and turned it on. Monday morning, July 2nd, we will…
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Cadbury Pakistan does fruit and nuts
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.
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…
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…
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…
The second floor and Tee-M or Suji ka Halwa
The second floor is Sabeen and ZAK’s latest creation. Off Ittehad (after Axact but before KFC, going towards Korangi road) it is the hideout of the jazziest and coolest of all rebels. With a hunter beef sandwich and a green apple chiller to kill for, the ambiance is that of a stylish, mid market studio with a…
The Blue screen query letter
Project Concept – The Blue Screen of Death For most small business founders, failure represents the stuff of nightmares. What will happen when there is no money in the bank account? Who will cover the bills? School fees and day care, insurance premiums, milk? When will they cutoff electricity, phone, natural gas and water? How…
I am baaaaaaaaack
Amman, Jordan was an interesting experience. So was the new all dug up Dubai… And the teaching gig at SP Jain in Academic City and the two kilometers I had to walk to Karachi airport with 35 Kgs of luggage to catch the 12:15 emirates connection to Dubai to make it on May 12th. I…
Second brush with the Big Bad Dee
February 2001… I sort of drowned in the pool, off my loverly (not a typo) pool in southern california. Well not exactly my pool and since I shared with 90 other residents in the complex. But at the time of the first big Dee incident, I was the only one in it, it was as…
Travelling again
Off to Bangkok, Dubai and Amman, Jordan. Will be out of action for the next 15 days. In the mean time Life is a crisis, all life long (sung to the tune of Life is a Highway, the Cars song….)