Here is the abbreviated pitch for Toffeetv.com and a short note to my friend Salman and his team. The market There are 7 million expat Pakistanis outside Pakistan. This number does not include the second or third generation or extended families and is limited to current NICOP and Passport holders. If you include Pakistani origin…
Pitching for startup – Making winning business plan presentations
I finally went ahead and did it. The Pitching for startups: Making winning business plan pitches is now live. I actually went step ahead and even did a Business Plan Pitching Case Studies supplementary course where we put everything we covered in the first course on 4 of my favorite pitches over the years….
English video transcribers – open positions
The job – Video transcribers, content editors and content writers Alchemy Technologies has a client who needs transcription services for a number of English videos. This is an ongoing assignment that will carry well into the next year. In its first phase about 12 hours of videos need to be transcribed in English. If you…
Stress Testing, ALM, Capital Adequacy online video courses
Three new posts at the Finance Training Course portal this week that broke the popularity graph. Continuing Profession Education (CPE) online learning solutions for actuaries Stress testing crash course for Board of Directors and Board Risk Committee members Cross selling treasury products Two new online video based courses – The Stress Testing, ALM and Capital…
Crazy week – Friday morning blues
Crazy doesn’t even come close… Monday morning Jehan reminded me of my two commitments to judge the P@SHA Launch Pad event as well as stumble my way through 2 feet (yup that is how high they stack) of applications received for the P@SHA Social Innovation Fund. As I dressed and rushed to leave home on…
Finance Training Courses: Top 30 posts across risk, treasury, derivative pricing and Basel III
Treasury Operations Crash Course for dummiesAcross 200,000 pageviews and 90,000 visitors here is a list of our top 30 posts over the last 8 weeks at Finance Training Courses. The posts cover the impact of US credit rating downgrade, basics of derivative pricing, ICAAP, dissecting gold models, business plan pitches, credit derivatives, structured products, counterparty…
US Credit rating downgrade: A guide for dummies
Here is a list of three posts on the US credit rating downgrade posted earlier on Finance Training Course. The first post is an initial announcement and gut check, while the second reviews analysis published over the last 48 hours in global media supplemented by our opinions and outlook. The third is the first salvo…
Who generates more traffic? Facebook, Google Plus, Linkedin or Google Search. A Traffic generation comparison study
I had always wondered where traffic to my sites came from. A superficial look at Google Analytics had indicated that search was the primary source of traffic and within search Google was king. By March 2011 it was generating more that 75% of visitors to three topic specific domains I run. But after being hit…
Startup School – Top of the user league at Onstartup
Surprising results after two weeks of active participation on http://answers.onstartups.com
Java SQL Cloud, Team Lead and Resources Required in Karachi
A US based client is looking to expand their Java team in Karachi. Currently receiving applications for Team Leads and Team members. Based on exceptional performance will process L-1 visa for the US withiin 12 – 18 months. Some travel to the US required. Client is a well established, well respected, fast growing financial services…