Comments on: How the Startup CEO’s company benefits from attending Career Expos

By: Kashif

Kashif — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:21:07 +0000

Nice post. I would love to drop in such career expos.

By: Qazi

Qazi — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:14:06 +0000

Salman, nice to see you here. and thanks for the appreciation

By: Osama A.

Osama A. — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:06:59 +0000

Good idea about the startup event — if we can get sponsors Green & White could hold something like that one day hopefully.

You have to note thought that startups are often notoriously paranoid about talkign about their company until they are happy to go “public” with their details. The element that draws out startups to such events then are the VCs / Investors present to take in those ideas.

Until Pakistan can find a more mature Angel Investment network then, I do not see any events for startups being successful I’m afraid. I’m sure Fahd could add to this since both of us went to TIECon and shared the same thoughts about its help for a startup. (click the TIECon tag on the right).

@Adnan: Post your review here instead of your own blog. Why segregate the place where people can find the latest inspiration for entrepreneurship when we already have a platform here?

Regarding the number of startups, well there’s LOTs — the good news is that more people are looking to do innovative work. Look back at G&W because I’ve already covered a bunch (look at the PakStartup tag) and have a bunch lined up still, but gosh if I have had the time to write about them.

By: Salman Munir

Salman Munir — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:52:17 +0000

Adnan, there are a lot of people working on some niche ideas. Besides from my recruitment practice (www.radicalhire.com), we initially started with Shophive.com, an e-commerce portal. Fahad Bangash, whose comments are on GreenWhite.org somewhere is working on a very impressive project http://www.amaana.com/beta. We have actually integrated the solution with Shophive.com too.

And on the topic of females, its a shame why this trend is couping up. Its not only the job fairs, but also at work place I get a lot of “pretty face” requirements from clients.

By: Adnan

Adnan — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:43:09 +0000

Babar, just saw your comment. One of my friends who worked for Google joked that they hire females in the business side just to retain the engineers.

By: Adnan

Adnan — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:41:26 +0000

Salman, Start-up for web 2.0 sounds like a great idea. I went to an OPEN even in Silicon Valley recently, and its a great opportunity to meet like minded people. I’ll be writing about some of their venture on my blog soon.

I wonder how many people are working on internet startups for Pakistan or out of Pakistan. Osama, Salman, any idea?

By: Babar Bhatti

Babar Bhatti — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:32:38 +0000

Interesting comment on “picnic”. Even in US I noticed many students going to the fairs just to get the “goodies” and of course the companies also brought lots of give-aways and their prettiest recruiters.

By: Salman Munir

Salman Munir — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:12:59 +0000

Very nice article and it does actually clear up a kit of issues for CEO’s and attendies alike. I have participated in almost all major Job Fairs since last 2 years and I can slowly the theme is becoming clear in candidates mindset that its not a picnic they are going to, rather its a career opportunity for which they should be fully prepared for.

I hope instead of just Job Fairs, we can have Start-up fair one day where all web 2.0 companies coming out of Pakistan can showcase there products and services.

By: Osama A.

Osama A. — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:04:20 +0000

Hmm.. The guidelines make sense even if you’re not hiring – turnover can pretty much kill the startup so its always good to have the best resumes on file to contact immediately in those cases.

It may also help you find some really smart people that can strengthen your group and you can consider giving management / leadership roles if they are interested.