I think of all the sessions we have done so far in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, we finally hit the right mix with the audience and the format with SI 7. It helped that we had a reasonable number of repeat offenders in the group listening to an equally offensive number of repeat CEO’s. We…
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Adnan – Our Pixsense host for SI 1 and SI 7
Adnan and I have this secret deal. The day I will put a half decent picture of his on my blog, I will get a few shares of Pix sense at the series A valuation. I have also successfully cut the same deal with Dr. Umar Saif at LUMS and BumpIn (but sadly enough Jehan…
I luv Roasters
The I love Roasters sub-committee at PASHA caught in action at the new Roasters outlet at Sindhi Muslim. There is a God in the heavens…. Not visible – Owais Zaidi since he volunteered to catch the guilty parties in the act. (The fat guy in blue is Jawwad (moa), followed by Zia, Jehan and Yusuf…
Startup Insider # 7 – Karachi is here
This Saturday, 22nd March at Pixsense. 3pm – 6pm “The secret of pitching… How to convince customers to give you time, money and respect” The usual SI suspects will be there. Don’t miss it.
TAN is giving away money
MIT EF’s Tech Angel Network is giving away money (for equity in return) to promising technology startups with a credible story to tell. If you are one, send me a two pager explaining why you deserve TAN’s moolah as well as why you should be given a chance to make your pitch of a life…
Hamaray Zamanay main (In our times…)
When I came out of school There was no PASHA. There was no Startup Insiders. Access to MIT was an expensive unreachable vision. The internet existed but we weren’t aware of it. A high end computer was defined as something with the cutting edge x286 processor in it. And yet, some of us still went…
Road trip
They say the only way to really know anyone is to travel with them. One part 400 kilometer motorway One part steady driving at the speed limit for 4 hours And one part three crazy individuals in the back seat! One crazier than the others….
Zafar Khan
You heard it here first. There will come a day in all of your lives when you will say, I know Zafar Khan, I shook his hand and I wear his T-Shirts. A lucky few will say, I heard him speak at LUMS. Fewer still will declare, I lost to Zafar, one fine day in…
Music in your soul
If the technology industry in Pakistan ever went looking for a face to represent it, I would suggest Fahd. With my eyes closed. To begin with, you can’t buy the sufi rock star look. You may fake it, but if there is no music in your soul, or wisdom in your words, it shows. Then…
Callisto…
If you read one book this week, make sure it is Callisto. Forrest Gump, meets Raymond Chandler in the background of the war on terror and the American Midwest. If you like dark comedies/fiction, Callisto is as dark as it gets. Torsten Krol introduces himself as “Krol is a writer, nothing further is know about…