ZAK and Sabeen have both been out of action since T2F. Adnan is in self imposed exile in Dubai. Mohtashim ran off to colder pastures. Tech has been on the road. Teeth frequency of post is down by a suspicious percentage. And CIO Pakistan has been undergoing extended renovation. Pakistan at Alltop looks more and…
Ken Morse is in town
Ken Morse was in town the last two nights on his signature whirlwind trip to Karachi. Luckily enough we were able to catch up with him at the Pre-BAP dinner at Farrokh Captain’s home and then again yesterday at the MIT CEF Innovation Confernece. During his Keynote at the conference Ken reinforced the points he…
The presentation cheat sheet – Three – The Problem Statement
The presentation that I am most proud of however is the one that we made together as a team for the first MIT BAP competition in Karachi. The judges panel included Ken Morse, Bill Aulet and Imran Saeed, all three from MIT E-Labs. Despite earlier failed attempts to impress Ken, this time we managed to…
The Presentation cheat sheet – two – impact
Ultimately audiences and judges will vote for you if you Connect with them emotionally Answer all their questions – spoken and otherwise Save and respect their time and intelligence by only making credible claims Backstopping and supporting your claims by solid believable evidence The first presentation on my slideshare deck is about the SMB Fatimah…
The Presentation cheat sheet – one
Pitching Perfect
The many faces of Alchemy
I did this slide deck a year and a handful of months ago. We were riding high and the cycle had hit but hadn’t really hit us. When I started working on the deck the objective was to showcase all the interesting things we had done together as a team. It still bring backs great…
The many evul ways of the Apple Clique
So after cornering me into joining Facebook, it was only natural that I would end up dumping my old friend the Internet Explorer for Safari. IE had been freezing on a regular basis with Facebook and Jehan suggested Safari as an alternate. Two hours later, all I can say is, Safari, where have you been…
It is now official – Facebook it is!
In less than three weeks from the date that I was forced to upon for business on Facebook by Mohtashim and Jehan, Facebook is now the official leader in referring unsuspecting visitors to my blog. Previously this dubious honor was held by the Alchemy website. After a tightly run race on Google Analytics over the…
Adil Moosajee on Failure
There is something that Adil said during our Q&A session about failure that is still resonating with me. The question dealt with retaining a positive outlook after failing and Adil jumped in with a great analogy. “Have you ever cooked a new dish?”, he asked the audience. “Yes”, they said. “There must have been instances…
Reboot presentation @ TIECON
Here is the slide share version of the Reboot presentation I made yesterday at the TIECON 2009 event in Karachi. Had a lot of fun putting this together. Alchemy Reboot @ TIE CON Karachi View more presentations from jafcbs.