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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

Both Sides of the Table

They’re easily impressed when you’re selected for TechCrunch50 but not easily engaged in a detailed discussion about your conversion metrics. In the need to seem smart they divert the board conversation into something that isn’t on the company’s critical path or isn’t of strategic substance.

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The Importance of Teams and Why the Best Leaders Cultivate Them

Both Sides of the Table

The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US. But the conversation rang very true for me.

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What living in different countries has taught me about life (and work)

Austin Startup

You must be able to speak to a client’s language, whether it is breaking a technical conversation into layman’s terms or on the other hand, using examples to showcase your knowledge of the space. The one thing I’ve learned about Pakistan is that family name carries a lot of weight because of our unique culture.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. million jobs.

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Exploring The Everyday: Better Meat For a Better Future

View from Seed

I served in Pakistan and Australia. The challenge is very similar to conventional animal agriculture, where farmers often think about how much their feed costs and the conversion rate of that feed to meat. And I think the way that this is done is through honest conversations with people about how we’re making our products.

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12 Top Picks: Austin Startup Week on Oct 12

Austin Startup

The Pakistan Entrepreneur Scene 11:00 am at Capital Factory Yes, the start up scene is sizzling in Pakistan too! Austin has been host to 4 brilliant groups of entrepreneurs from all over Pakistan over the past two years under a grant from the U.S. Help SXSW help the Red Cross with Hurricane Harvey relief by donating here.

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October 9–13: Austin Startup Week!

Austin Startup

October 11), The Role of Transit in an Autonomous World (October 11), Fireside Chat with Bob Metcalfe (October 11), How to Pitch a VC (October 12), The Pakistan Entrepreneur Scene (October 12), Promoting Austin as Part of a Global Tech Ecosystem (October 12), and the ATX Startup Crawl (October 12). October 9–13: Austin Startup Week!

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