The best of friends are the conspring kind. When Sabeen and Jehan conspired together to get me to speak at TIECON 2009 in Karachi, the original plan was to do my presentation, stay for the post presentation Q&A and then head out. I even parked in Sheraton’s outdoor parking to ensure that I wouldn’t have…
Monday morning blues – redux
Sometimes what you listen to says it all. “I think I’ll go to BostonI think I’ll start a new lifeI think I’ll start it overwhere no one knows my name Oh yeah and I think I’ll go to BostonI think that I was tiredI think I need a new townTo leave this all behind Boston,…
Monday morning blues
Sometimes when I am in slow mode, I get hit by Monday morning blues on Tuesday afternoons. You know the drill. Don’t want to face the world, don’t want to talk to anyone, don’t want period. Just me, myself and my prescription of misery. After a break of about a year, I got hit by…
In Lahore today, for a day
On the early morning flight to Lahore and heading back home the same night. I hate day trips. Expect to be older by at least a few years by the time I get home tonight.
TIE Con Karachi – 4 November 2009
Will be joining Sabeen, Jehan, Rabia, Yousuf, the team from Torque and many others at what promises to be an interesting day in Karachi with TIE. In addition to the morning session may help out Jehan in the pitching session. Will see you there…
And the reviews keep rolling in
After much arm twisting and threats from unknown origin, Adnan Haider, ex student, fellow judge, old friend weighs in with his opinion on Reboot. It appears that Adnan has been spending too much time with Richard Morgan since he has also started speaking like Takeshi Kovacs. That and I think his new prescription glasses are…
Robert Ferrigno, Reboot and me…
My favorite hangout is a large format bookstore. Think anywhere in the world, think library stacks, think of Borders, think of me. Three years ago on a business trip to Malaysia, a new fiction release caught my eye. It had an interesting cover, sort of a patchwork of the US flag and the Islamic Crescent…
Glenn Hubbard, Reboot and me
I was a brash and ambitious desi with a business plan at Columbia. Glenn was part of the entrepreneurial faculty at the school. We met and exchanged notes on the sidelines of Amar Bhide’s chat about his upcoming book, “The origin and evolution of new businesses”. A few months later when I lost out during…
Jehan and the TieCon Speaker’s interview series
Jehan goes on the road with her flip to capture the TieCon speakers before they put on their show in Karachi on 4th November. Jawwad Ahmed Farid talks about his Entrepreneurial experience from Jehan Ara on Vimeo.
The things I need to do…
When Mohtashim and Jehan both rubbed my nose about not being active on face book post the PASHA Tech Crunch Buzz, I finally gave up on my two year vow to abstain from any non-linked in social media/marketing opportunity. The desi back to desh dude is now open for business on Facebook. First reaction. Talk…