Entrepreneurship

Valuing the Unseen: What makes people want to work?

From the abstract notion of a business idea, to the inception of an organization, and down to its daily operations, Human Resources serves a fundamental, imperative function. The term Human Resources encompasses the entrepreneurs...

Setting the Foundations: The State of E-commerce in Pakistan and Around the World

Pakistan’s been a late contender to e-commerce, but it’s far from left behind. The sector has seen exponential growth—up to a 100% in fact: a doubling of the industry. Shayaan Tahir, the founder of...

A Chat with Badar Khushnood: An Ex-Google Consultant’s views on digitization in Pakistan

Badar Khushnood is a founding member at LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship, Plan9, and NEST IO. He is also a mentor at Telenor Velocity, an accelerator and incubator in Islamabad and I2I. He graduated back...

Easy Money

In 2009 the telecom giant Telenor launched Easypaisa, a mobile-based money transfer service, in Pakistan. It was the first of its kind in the country and in the region. Over the years, the service...

Dreams on Wheels

"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into a sun" - Pablo Picasso. Basing his life on these words, Haider Ali, or as famously known, “Haider Ali The Truck...

The Urge to Cut Costs

Recently, during a dinner with some senior MNC friends, a discussion led to the question of comparing a cost effective model with a growth model. Normally, I do not write about these management questions....

Facilitating Entrepreneurs (reach International Markets – DHL)

In today’s world, end to end logistics is emerging as an integral part of the total supply chain. Goods are manufactured in different parts of the world, but are available on the shelf for...

Educating a Generation: How Nearpeer found success in the success of its customers

The E-commerce sector in Pakistan is still in its nascent stage, but has experienced promising outcomes, characterized by a rising number of e-commerce startups, and with revenues expected to hit $1 billion by 2020...