Saad Hirani

HBS MBA Candidate, love all things cricket. Interested in economic empowerment, tech & numbers

[Atif Mian @AtifRMian]

🇵🇰 PM voted out of office by parliament after 3.5 years

He inherited a bad economy, but leaves it in even worse shape
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[Saad Hirani @saadhirani]

Finally got to meet the legend herself, in person! @kalsoom82 thanks for making it to Boston and moderating such an amazing panel!

[Kalsoom Lakhani @kalsoom82]

HOURS of flight delays later (THERE & BACK! 😩) = me to be 20 mins late to 1st panel I’ve moderated in person since pandemic 😷, but all worth it because I got to hang w/ @saadhirani, our rockstar @i2i_ventures fellow, in human form for 1st time! He’s the best. 👋🏽🥰

[Kalsoom Lakhani @kalsoom82]

After YEARS, am v excited to moderate a panel IN PERSON at @HarvardHBS VCPE conf! Excited to speak w/ @adwane of @villageglobal , @JamesCurrier of @NFX Russ Wilcox of @pillar_vc & Julian Roeoes of @picuscap on early stage VC! Thx to @saadhirani & come say hi if u’ll be there! 👋🏽

[Kalsoom Lakhani @kalsoom82]

1/ Oh 👋, SO proud for @i2i_ventures to be an investor in @TRUCK_IT_IN's $13M seed round, alongside our friends & partners GFC, @fatimagobivc, @ZaynCapitalVC, @ADB_HQ, @WamdaME, K3 + more (@JiqbalPK & @sheryhydri!)./
https://t.co/W3MYOeAHeq

[Aaron Levie @levie]

Just a regular day in the markets.

[Kluck AI @kluckai]

Team Tazah is hiring, and we're excited to see what you can bring to the village! Apply at this link today: https://t.co/FPZYBJLXH2

#tazahtech #tazahvillage #teamtazah #sales #operations #hiring #opportunity #tothemoonandbeyond

[Saad Hirani @saadhirani]

@kalsoom82 @MizNaQ happy birthday to such a legendary mentor :)

[Saad Hirani @saadhirani]

@jgreze @getcognito Had the pleasure of hearing Eric explain the rationale behind moving into the identity verification space at HBS today. incredibly excited to see what Plaid builds through this acquisition!

[Shahryar (Shay) Bachani @ShahryarBachani]

⭐️Major Ecosystem News⭐️

🇵🇰 is the world’s 12th largest mobile market by downloads - 2.6B in 2021 vs 1.6B in 2019 (27% yoy growth)

🇵🇰 is the world’s 6th largest mobile market by hours spent on apps - 134B in 2021 vs. 74B in 2019 (34% yoy growth)

This is just the beginning 🚀

[Saad Hirani @saadhirani]

@ShahryarBachani excited to here what you're going to be up to!

[Kalsoom Lakhani @kalsoom82]

1/ Happy 2022, friends! Here's @Invest2Innovate's end of year graphic. In 2021, Pakistani 🇵🇰 startups raised $350M via 81 deals, > 5X of what was raised in all of 2020 ($65M). To benchmark, Bangladeshi 🇧🇩 startups raised $166M & Nigerian startups raised > $1B (!) in 2021🇳🇬

[Kalsoom Lakhani @kalsoom82]

👋 guys! ALL of our @i2i_ventures portfolio companies are hiring right now. If u want to work for some kickass (& well funded!) startups solving big problems in Pakistan 🇵🇰, u can also fill in this nifty form we put together (our founders access this): https://t.co/bClrvq3CfN

[Cat Elgarrista @cat_elg]

bad time for people who always have a little bit of a sore throat and a headache

[Tanay Jaipuria @tanayj]

Netflix thinking about the new season of Drive to Survive

[Tomasz Tunguz @ttunguz]

Benchmarking Samsara's S-1: An IoT Monster with a Unique GTM Strategy https://t.co/Zr9Ta0M3qC

[Kalsoom Lakhani @kalsoom82]

🥳So proud that ⁦@i2i_ventures⁩ is an investor in Tazah’s $2M pre-seed round. Not only are they looking to solve one of Pakistan’s biggest problems, but ⁦@ABinthemix⁩ & Mohsin are true operators, in the top 1% of founders I’ve worked with! 🇵🇰🚀 https://t.co/27oavvuG0H

[Mwami Laban @Johnlaban256]

Scenes at the WhatsApp Facebook and Instagram headquarters

[Saad Hirani @saadhirani]

@Facebook nothing better than the irony they have to communicate this on Twitter