Look no further than Statpress. While GA is a mandatory requirement for all self respecting bloggers, Statpress is necessity for all evil minded, nit picking, pseudo psychotic writers (like me) who need to know details about who has been coming and going through their blogs. Real individuals, spiders, crawlers, stalkers and feed readers. If you…
Startup Guide: The Reboot chat at Darden, 22nd April 2010
Many thanks to Adnan and Sana for making this happen. The EVC and South Asian Society at Darden sponsor the Reboot session. Now tentatively scheduled for 1:30 – 2:30 pm on 22nd April 2010 in Room 150. Columbia Business School Monday morning breakfast at 8 am is also on but waiting for final confirmation.
A moment of silence, if you please…
At the stroke of midnight yesterday, Adnan Haider Rizvi, able bodied dreamer, bonded in servitude at IBM, heart breaker of girl friends of East European origins and noted Dubai socialite, pulled the plug on Lootmaar.com. I had been the attending physician, the counsel of record, the peddler on the street, the bearer of signs from…
Mentoring assignment number three: Show up in strength at the startup insider session at T2F
If you are keen on meeting even more kick ass mentors, hear another round of uninspiring drivel from Jawwad Farid and Nauman Sheikh and corrupt even more young minds, bring at-least three friends to the SI session at T2F. Bonus points if all six of you manage to show up with 3 sidekicks each on…
Startup Insiders: Back in Karachi: Business models that don’t work
Jehan is up-to no good again. As part of her desire to increase the number of non-conformist, flower bearing, independent, ultra cool apple product users, she wants as many young ones to work for themselves as possible (assuming that there is a connection, she thinks so). But rather than putting up unassailable success stories, this…
Where have I been: Putting together a pitch document
Putting together a pitch document is a member of the canine species. I had to go back to the four hour plan again. More details later this week when I stop to catch my breath.
Mentoring fellow dreamers – a start up game plan for final year students
It is always flattering when people come to you for mentoring advice knowing that you are a total and complete failure. CIO Pakistan did that this Saturday afternoon when they brought 7 impressionable young men with them. Just to make it interesting and worthwhile I had Nauman Shaikh from Credit Chex also over for a…
Driving 150 kilo-meters a day in Karachi
Yesterday was a new personal best. Starting at 7:30 am on Friday morning and finishing at about 9 am in the evening I drove about 150 kilometers in a single day. Here is the route. From NIPA in Gulshan-e-Iqbal to the beach to drop the kids at school, from the beach to Sultanabad to hit…
Saying Goodbye to Nestle
Over the last two months, all three of our kids (aged 5, 7 and 11) developed symptoms of lactose intolerance. Upset stomachs, vomiting and cramps. We had been a loyal Nestle Milkpak family for more than 10 years or so we never thought that there was anything wrong with Nestle Milkpak. Then by accident one…
Business School Application Essay – A blast from the past
Just posted something on startup insights that took me back to 1997. I thought I shouldn’t deprive my 5 loyal readers (Jehan, Qazi, Faisal Khan, Nash and myself) on this blog from the pleasure of reading more from the same folder. Here is another business school application essay from a late night in 1997. …