Simple, Not Easy
I recently had a discussion with Yasir Nisar over a cup of warm tea and hot samosas. Yes, tea and samosa. Yasir is a professional…
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A Word of Advice on Words of Advice
A lot of people share and keep sharing Steve Job’s Commencement Speech at Stanford. The official video released by Stanford 6 years ago, has so…
The New Language of Starting A Business
He was leaving the next day and I hadn’t visited him yet. The night before his flight back to San Franscisco, I joined him at…
The Collector of Good
I had just arrived in Islamabad via Daewoo, and the old friend who came to pick me up was having car trouble. The car’s headlights…
Acknowledgments and Your Invisible Team
I am re-re-re-reading The Lean Startup as I am preparing a workshop on business growth. I noticed the Acknowledgments section which I had of course…
How to Never Have Problems Ever Again
Two types of people: those who say there is no opportunity out there, and those who say there are so many opportunities that it’s hard…
The Pull of Work
I have been paying attention to my hobbies lately. This has seen me work like never before. For the very first time in my life,…
Are you Paying Attention To Your Hobbies?
We are trained to pay a lot of attention to our “work”. Work is sacred. But here’s an interesting experiment: look up the big events…
Finding Giants
For my 3 year old daughter I’m a giant. At the zoo, when I lift her up and place her on my shoulders, her world…
Are You a Bad Entrepreneur?
I got an email from a reader who wanted to start a project that he was really passionate about. But he did not have the…