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Telecompk on Reboot

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Jawwad

Babar Bhatti covers Reboot on the Telecompk blog.

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MIT CEF BAP 2009 – Finals (unofficial, unsanctioned, undercover coverage)

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Jawwad

I have been spoilt rotten. After blogging about the PASHA SI session as well as the Tech Crunch Awards live, I expect events to be blogged about instantenously. My pictures, my videos, my time. Which is why when I decided to gate crash the MIT CEF BAP party, I brought my own camera. Though by…

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Ken Morse is in town

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Jawwad

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…

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The presentation cheat sheet – Three – The Problem Statement

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Jawwad

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…

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The Presentation cheat sheet – two – impact

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Jawwad

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…

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The Presentation cheat sheet – one

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Jawwad

Pitching Perfect

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The many faces of Alchemy

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Jawwad

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…

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Reboot presentation @ TIECON

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Jawwad

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.

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Heal Thyself or TIECON 2009, Karachi

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Jawwad

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…

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Robert Ferrigno, Reboot and me…

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Jawwad

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…

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