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SI 5 – Highlights

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Jawwad

Enough said.

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How not to do an event with the National ICT R&D Fund, or sadly, SI 5

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Jawwad

The national ICT R&D Fund clearly showed yesterday where their priorities lay at the SI 5 event – wrt to ICT, R&D and Funding. In hearing themselves speak.    

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How not to do an event with Telenor (TP) or, sadly, SI #5?

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Jawwad

Startup Insiders # 5, location, Planet X, Islamabad Five words! Oops. A thousand apologies (we %$#*@! up royally) Never again. Or as Telenor CTO, Peter, the Desi, said, that is more than five words. For SI Fans who showed up it was a disaster. An event that was meant to inspire and motivate, turned into…

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Startup Insiders: Islamabad and Lahore

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Jawwad

SI #5 and #6 are here. The series initiated by Green White and PASHA now marks two events each in three cities in less than two months. The Islamabad event scheduled for this Saturday afternoon 3 – 6pm. The Lahore event scheduled at LUMS on this Sunday afternoon 3 – 6pm. Details on Osama and…

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A penny for your thoughts, pretty woman, or the myth about raising capital

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Jawwad

“What follows may be considered as rated material in some parts of the world. If you are juvenile masquerading as an adult this is about the right time for you to move on to the other unrated posts.” There is no easy way to say what I am going to say. Please forgive me. It…

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On Hamlet, Horatios and Shakespearean mythology…

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Jawwad

Did Hamlet have a death wish? “Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”      “Bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage;    For he was likely, had he been put on,       To have proved most royally:   And, for his…

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Teaching at SP Jain, Singapore

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Jawwad

Here is to a wold which is so much smaller and closer than the one I grew up in – where it is perfectly normal for a Pakitani practitioner to teach at an Indian University in Singapore. The program, Global and Executive MBA run by SP Jain Institute of Management and Research. The Instiute is…

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The entrepreneurs’ prayer

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Jawwad

Posted this long time back on the blogger blog. Here it is again.   O God! Behold, I ask of Thee the good through Thy knowledge, and ability through Thy power and beg (Thy favours) out of Thine infinite bounty. For behold Thou hast power; I have none. Thou Knowest, I know not; and Thou…

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The myth of a unique idea – one

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Jawwad

How important is it to start off with an idea that no one has ever thought of before. Something absolutely unique, different and able to stand up on its own. A concept that would win you grudging respect from your friends, colleagues, class mates and neighbors. “That is one smart dude” they’d whisper as they…

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Can you take me higher.…

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Jawwad

Titan AE, the movie was my first introduction to Creed. A Christian rock band that rocked for four years before breaking up. The movie broke new ground in animation, broke the studio that filmed it (fox animation went under), and the sound track’s most powerful number Higher, was never officially mentioned anywhere with the film….

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