Excited to be part of Nepal’s first Himalayan City Hunt 2019. We participated as a team from Fusemachines Nepal. There were four teams. Results coming soon.
Category: made in Nepal
Use Khaalisisi for recycling
Waste management is still fairly a new concept in Nepal. Typically a waste management company visits a vicinity once a week and collects the waste from that area. Then there are about 13000 Khaalisisi friends who go to different neighborhoods on their bicycles to collect old newspapers, books, metal/steel among other things. Now Khaalisisi, a…
Community Leave at SastoDeal
SastoDeal, a local startup from Kathmandu has Sastodeal “Community Leave” program where an employee gets 1 – 3 days paid-leave for him/her to do community work. A worthy initiative by SastoDeal and I encourage other companies to do what they can to take up causes they are passionate about. I believe that all companies and…
Culture as USP
Many technology companies in Kathmandu offer similar benefits to their employees. The benefits are as follows: 5 working days, 2 day weekends, subsidized lunch/dinner, transportation, accidental and medical health insurance among others. For potential employees considering whether to join one technology company over another, it could be best to look into the work that the…
Venture Talk with Dr. Sameer Maskey | Democratizing AI
Dr. Sameer Maskey, founder and CEO of Fusemachines talks about Democratizing AI in this Venture Talk series.
Hype falls short
It’s a “good problem” when a business has to turn away customers because it does not have the current capacity to fill up their orders. That’s usually a result of a viral activity, marketing stunt, recent media publicity or sometimes just luck. If the business cannot promptly figure out the solutions to this “good problem”…
Problems=Opportunities
It’s easy to look at problems and say there’s no opportunity there. It’s easy to give up when faced with challenges. Yet if you are aspiring to become an entrepreneur or are an entrepreneur right now, problems and challenges are what you thrive in. Problems and challenges test you, your idea/passion, how much grit you…
Venture Talk with Rajeev Amatya
Rajeev Amatya, Managing Director at daraz.com.np will discuss the “Future of E-Commerce in Nepal” on Monday, October 8th, 2018 at Nepal Tourism Board Hall (Bhrikutimandap) from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. I wrote a blog E-commerce in Nepal heats up, where I shared my assumptions on what would happen in the next 3-5 years in Nepal’s ecommerce scene….
Binod Chaudhary My Story book review
Binod Chaudhary My Story From the Streets of Kathmandu to a billion dollar empire is a story of one man’s ambition, determination and vision. Binod Chaudhary’s autobiography provides insights into his childhood, business ventures and plans to extend the Chaudhary Group (CG) brand globally. The entrepreneur provides historical context to how his grandfather moved to…
The market
Binod Chaudhary shared a famous story of the two salesmen going to the same market to Kitty Pong Sri (owner of Thai Preserved Foods) who was visiting Nepal. He said when the two salesmen went to the market; one came back with the report that since nobody eats there is no market, and the other…
E-commerce in Nepal heats up
Sasto Deal. Daraz Nepal. UG Bazaar. Muncha. Now eSewaPasal. There’s more ecommerce companies in Nepal and I’ve only mentioned the ones that I regularly hear of. It’s exciting to witness the growth of ecommerce in Nepal in the last 5-7 years. Alibaba Group acquired the entire share capital of Daraz, the Pakistan-based e-commerce company that…
Investment in Nepal’s tech scene
It was 2012. I was feeling that something was brewing in Kathmandu, Nepal. There was a new wave of enthusiasm, drive and hunger to start something-among the youth. Events were happening almost every weekend. There was Startup Weekend Kathmandu, PIVOT Nepal, hackathons to name a few. The journey from 2012 to now has been long…
Thamel delivers
Today was my mother’s birthday so my sister had sent a cake through Thamel.com. A representative from Thamel.com called us in the morning to know our location and gave us a delivery time (around 2pm). We didn’t know if it would be delivered on time. At 2pm, we got a call. The representative was near…
Bajeko Sekuwa in NYC
I saw an ad on Kantipur on Monday that stated Bajeko Sekuwa was opening its first international outlet in NYC. A local restaurant from Kathmandu dreams big and starts an outlet in the city where you can find flavors from all corners of the world. This is laudable and I congratulate Bajeko Sekuwa’s management team…
I voted.
I voted in the National Parliament and Provincial Assemblies Election today. Voting is our right. We choose candidates and put them in charge of decision making for our greater good. This is the power that we have as citizens. It’s important to exercise that power when you have it. You can’t complain when you don’t exercise…
Measuring performance
How do you measure your own performance? What’s your standard? Is it high enough, challenging enough, impactful enough? The bar you have set for yourself is more important than what others have set for you. The goal is to keep pushing yourself to be better than yesterday, to be growing and evolve with the times….
Leave no stone unturned
It was the word of the day: Leave no stone unturned. I was attending the Himalaya Toastmasters meeting on September 14. It was a great platform to hear from polished speakers, practice my public speaking skills, network and much more. For students, young professionals and anyone hungry to hone their speaking skills, the Toastmasters club is…
when the iron is hot
Opportunities are in front of us. Some see it. Some don’t. Let’s focus on the ones that see the opportunity. The ones who see the opportunity can do few things. See it and jump into the opportunity. See it and decide not to do it. See it and not make any decision on it. Three…
Grepsr is Making an Impact in Nepal
Recently, I started a list of tech companies making an impact in Nepal based on the growth of the company in the last 5 years, innovative product or service of the company, local buzz around the company, company culture etc. In the first blog of this series, I talked about Fusemachines. 2. Grepsr Started in…
Venture Talk with Anil Keshary Shah
The Kathmandu Post Venture Talk with Anil Keshary Shah on “Building a Personal Brand” is taking place today at Nepal Tourism Board, Pradarshani Marg, Kathmandu from 5pm-7pm. I have attended several programs that featured Anil Shah as a speaker or a panelist so I highly recommend attending this Venture Talk if you are interested in learning how to build and leverage…