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…
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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.
Steve Jobs in Karachi or why I feel old or welcome to the future
Yesterday for the first time in many years I actually felt old and irrelevant. As part of the pre-PASHA Award event we took a sneak peak at the 10 odd companies that were competing at the PASHA TECH CRUNCH GONG show on 14th October. Two of participants were very good. The first pitched their idea…
Springfield/Vimble/Umair Khan Jadoon
How to break into social media when you are underpaid, under appreciated over worked blogger. The return of Lassi as a key presentation theme
Pakistan Maps
NED student, puts CDGK information on Google Maps. Pilot launched with Gulshan Iqbal Town dataset.
Mamoo in Pakistan
A project of the team behind Tohfay.com. Aimed at expat Pakistani’s but now also serving local customers with local needs. Getting your own birth certificate from Lahore when you are sitting in London. No images but still a great pitch by Mehdi. Technology, Trust, Alliances and Branding.
Txtanium
SMS for the enterprise. Starts off well but then gets into a technical pitch. Prop Hardware that allows messages to go out at a rate of 5000 messages per minute. Focus on SME sector and branded communications for groups and subgroups.
Gangwars, Geniteam
Impressive numbers but just went off track. Great product and idea but the pitch could have been better.
Readers Club Karachi
Online library service with home delivery in Karachi. Promoting the culture of reading, Netflix for books. Two kids with operations and logistics management background optimizing library sciences for a Not-For-Profit business in Karachi.
Cricket Revolution – Mindstorm studio – Babar Ahmed
The most talked about and anticipated release from a desi gaming company. High end gaming company in Pakistan with a motion capture studio. Short Pitch Delivery, Gorgeous video and screen shots. Impressive Impact. WOW Deal on with the one of the largest online distribution channel on the planet. Retail distribution deal with a traditional distributor…