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Thursday, November 08, 2007
Catching Up
We finally got some good news at work last week and we have been keeping pretty busy all week long. Last Friday afternoon we got parts to start building towards an order that is due to ship in early January. Everyone was excited and immediately got busy. It was really good to not be looking at the clock every 5 minutes.
I finally got my desk at work last Friday and my computer on Monday. It's brand spanking new, right out of the box. I was surprised, I really thought I would be getting someone's cast off. I had to go to a PC Orientation Monday afternoon which was kind of boring. Mostly it was all about the different programs I would be using but I really find that just diving in and getting my feet wet on my own is the best way to learn. And of course, I had been using these programs on my boss's PC anyway, so I am already familiar with a lot of it.
I also heard from a very reliable source that we are going to get bonuses very soon. This is very good news, and couldn't come at a better time. Hopefully it will be enough to help with my Christmas shopping.
It looks like I might be getting a room mate soon. Sara has been thinking about giving up her apartment and moving back home for awhile so she can get a handle on her student loan payments before she starts grad school. Of course I told her it would be good for her if she lived here for a year after she graduated so she could save up some of that money but she had her own ideas. She had to find out for herself, which she did, and she admitted I was right. I think once she finds someone to take her place at the apartment she will be coming home. I do love my alone time and I know I complained about her being messy and noisy (and I will definitely complain again) but I do miss her and I know the puppy does too.
Thanksgiving is only 2 weeks away and I still don't know what I am doing. I will be visiting my folks this weekend so I'm going to see what they want to do. Last year we had dinner at their house and my brother's girlfriend, my daughter and I did the bulk of the cooking and clean up so my mother didn't have to. My parents have a much bigger house than I do so it really works much better to have everyone there.
I don't think I mentioned that my niece came home from boot camp a week ago. She got really sick halfway through training and spent a week in the infirmary but they felt she would be better able to get well being back home. She can go back to basic training in 6 months but she will have to start over from day one. Seems a bit unfair but that's the way it is. She's very disappointed but looks forward to getting back into it.
It's been really cold here the last few days and nights. Definitely below freezing the last couple of nights and it is only 27 out there right now. There is 10 inches of fresh snow on Mt. Washington and it will probably snow there again tomorrow. Hopefully we won't see any here for another month or so. I still have to find someone to plow my driveway before it does snow. I will shovel if I have to but I really hate it and it is worth the $$$ to have someone plow. But I think the guy who was plowing for me last winter hit the front end of my car with his plow and he never admitted to it so I have to find someone else for the job. Two years ago he knocked down my fence while plowing and I was standing in the doorway watching him. He saw the fence fall down and just drove away...and played dumb when I called him and told him I was going to use the money I would have paid him to pay someone to fix my fence. He did offer to fix the fence for me in the spring at no charge. I told him if he fixed the fence then I would pay him what I owed him for plowing. I was born at night but not LAST night. Dumbass. LOL It's time for me to find someone else.
Well I think I will say goodnight and head for bed. I have tomorrow off but i don't have anything exciting planned. I got my grocery shopping done tonight and I will run a few errands tomorrow morning, (WallyWorld and the bank) but other than that, not much else will be going on. I want to make a pot of beef vegetable soup sometime this weekend.
Stay warm. Have a good Friday.
8 comments:
- LadyStyx said...
Oh sure...blame the poor time change for being screwed up. We all know better Lainie dahlin *winkz w/ a giggle*
Good news that some work finally came through for you and a new puter to boot. WHOOT!
Glad the kiddo's coming home for a while. Sometimes a kid's gotta learn for themselves that mom's right (damn that sounds familiar).
Hope your niece feels better soon. It's the pits she'll have to start all over again in 6 months.I hope this doesnt discourage her any.
The plowman needed to be replaced the year before with the fence incident. Just my opinion there.
Have a nice day tomorrow. *packs bags to head east for a bowl of veggie soup...*
- Kerry said...
wooohooo!! you've got work to do! isn't it sad when you're happy to have work to do LOL
Sorry about your neice getting sick.
Did I mention it snowed here yesterday? big fat and coming down fast snowflakes. it didn't stay and I seriously expected to wake up to white ground..... but thankgod it's still brown.
- AliceKay said...
Yep, good to hear you have work coming in now. It's easier getting thru the work day when you have work to keep you busy. Wtg on the new computer. Guess you must have earned it. :)
Good idea with Sara moving back home for a bit. I'm sure you'll love the company.
Marty has been moving his stuff back home. He's giving up his apartment in Pittsburgh at the end of this month. He travels during the week for his job with Sheetz so he figures it would be a lot cheaper to crash here when he is in the area or crash at a motel on the weekends when he isn't. Sheetz pays for his lodging during the week when he isn't near his apartment. I should post some pics of my place. Can't find an empty spot at the moment.:( Ever try moving a whole apartment into a 3-bedroom trailer when all he moved out was a suitcase and bed?? (not to mention that Terri has taken over Marty's bedroom as his Scout "office". (dont get me started there)
Yep, time to find a new snow plow driver.
I guess I better get going. I'm late getting ready for work because I was reading too many blogs..and commenting too much. Oh well...LOL (no new pics in my blog today)
Have a good day today, Lainie. *sends her snow to New Hampshire cuz Lainie loves it so much*
- Lainie said...
I know what you mean about moving an entire apartment back into your house. I already told Sara that she isn't moving one article of clothing in here until she cleans out the junk she left behind when she moved out. I've tossed out quite a bit that I know she won't need but I don't dare touch the rest, so she better get her ass here and do it before she shows up with the things from her apartment. We are also going to have to remove the twin bed that is in her room now so she can put her full size bed in there.
Oh and AK honey...keep your blasted snow, I am all set for now. :-)
- AliceKay said...
Dang...and I was getting the snow blower all ready to blow in the northeasterly direction, too.
- ChicagoLady said...
I'm so glad the snow missed me! I'm not ready for winter!!!!
I'm so glad you have work to do again. We seem to go in spurts. We work furiously for a week or so, then we have week or so to catch up on everything else that didn't get done. Then it's end of month, trying to get everything done for that, then it starts all over again. A never-ending cycle, lol.
Sometimes it's nice having a child come back home, but sometimes it can be aggravating. My aunt allowed her son to move back home when he had no place else to go, and she's about ready to kick him out.
I hope your niece is better soon and stays positive about going back to basics.
Make sure, when you hire a new plowman, that he's easy on the eyes. That will help you make it through the long winter, lmao.
- Kerry said...
sexy snow plowmen? why do I have a picture of Homer Simpson in my head now??
- Lainie said...
If you think Homer Simpson is sexy, might I suggest an eye exam and some new glasses? LOL I'm not really too concerned with his sexiness since I will hardly ever see him. However...if he is willing to shovel my walkway and steps, I might spend a little time at the door holding a cup of hot chocolate. If he is really sexy, I will even add marshmallows or whipped cream.


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Assignment 1
My article is based on a plane crash in Nigeria. Written by a reporter of Times of India. Appeared on Jun 5, 2012, 04.52 AM IST. On Sunday 3rd of June 2012. 153 passengers were killed in a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria. There was an additional 40 bodies found dead on the ground either they were nearby on the streets or in the building the plane crashed into. The engine of the plane had failed to work, the pilot had sent emergency signals before the accident indicating a problem on the plane. There is a current investigation happening trying to find out the cause of the crash and any bodies undiscovered. The aircraft was of Dana Air.
Names of people mentioned and job roles
Harold Demureen – Country's civil aviation
Rani Malik – Consular officer of the Indian high commission
Mahendra Singh Rathore – Indian co-pilot
Goodluck Jonathan – President
Names of locations mentioned
Lagos, Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Dates mentioned
Jun 5, 2012
July 1991
Names of organisation or companies
Dana Air
Central Bank of Nigeria
Nigerian Airways
Indian high commission
The plane crash has seemed to have left misery in Nigeria. The flight was from a county in Nigeria to the captial Lagos. on board were Nigeria passengers an american pilot being assited by an Indianian co-pilot. There is a lot of heartbreak in the countries mentioned for the losses of friends and family. The Nigerian President has announced that there should be three days of mourning.
There is still investigation going on trying to figure out all the confusion to the reason how and why this accident has happened. The owner of the airline hasn't been mentioned in this article but the President has said there will never such thing in Nigeria again.
Assignment 2
Recess Presentation
Pitch Report
Diversity: My product will apply to a wide audience especially adults as many have to overcome debt.
Disability: I will also take an insight on how the disable people
deal with debt collectors and all its troubles.
Health and Safety risk: There is no real risk with our health and safety. The only risk of our safety is getting too personal with a victim of debt that may cause a reaction out of them.
Cross genre ideas: There are various genres of debt some could be from work, gym memberships, house mortgage etc.
Subject matter: I will be looking at how members of the public deal with debt. I will gain a lot of different techniques people use to overcome there debt issues. I will also get an insight into how debt collectors deal with there losses and how they handle there victims in debt.
Approach: I will produce my product by writing a newspaper article
Possible cost: Mac computer (£1,649.00) – Dell Laptop (£299.00)
Equipment needed: A Camera, Mac laptop or Pc, Microsoft Word, Photoshop or Illustrator
Locations needed: A office or Internet cafe
Actors needed: Interviewees (Debt collectors/ People in debt)
Product selling point: I will be reaching out to people who are suffering from debt
Assignment 3
Your ideas process
I was given a brief by my teacher on crating a film trailer. It had to tell a story and not just random clips. I was given the matrix full movie to covert into a trailer. I straight away thought of showing stunts, fights and conflicts to make it exciting. Showing the process of the fight and battle in the film from the beginning to end.
The type of research carried out
I watched the film and also skimmed thought certain interesting clips to know the story and to pick out key parts. I also watched a numerous amount of film trailers, I tried to watch a lot of Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi trailers as they were the same genres of the Matrix.
What was learned from the research and how the research was used?
I learnt that having a full understanding of a film you will covert into a trailer helps a big load. By watching the whole film it helped my creativity and helped me with choosing what I want in my trailer. I also learnt by watching other trailers how to use transactions, sound effects, music and how it all adds up to create a cinematic feeling.
What equipment was used and how it was used.
The equipment I used was a iMac. I use Final Cut Pro an editing software. This is how I cut and paste clips into my trailer. Plus on this accusation I also used youtube to collect my theme music.
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This photo is one of a series of romantic and beautiful studies by"Enid " on flickr. The series carefully and intellegently investigates domestic objects, as seen through the lens of a microscope. The concept and results reminded me of bits of my own investigation (great minds think alike ...) and brought to mind the quote from Blaise Pascal, `Nature is an infinite sphere of which the centre is everywhere and the circumference nowhere`.
He has many recorded quotes, i particularly liked `Meeting you was fate. Becoming your friend was a choice, falling in love with you I had no control over.`
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The simple circle is drawn in two dimensions, one of the first geometric shapes we understand as infants. Three dimensions and we have the glorious bouncing sphere. Animated and planetary. Above that in four or more dimensions the shape is called a hypersphere. As the dimensions in mathematical terms increase, my understanding decreases. Except the understanding of hyperbolic crochet that increases on a non Euclidean plane, in multi dimensions. The two dimensional circle and three dimensional sphere operate efficiently within the boundaries of Newtonian mechanics. To investigate the realms of the sphere within the supergalactic or subatomic, it becomes necessary to apply the laws of quantum, and to consider the application of further dimensions. Click the bar at the bottom to see a film.


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Strutting around Southgate on a Friday night makes you open your eyes to things you should need not see, but want… for us… the one and only American Rag – home to very vintage apparel.
If you prefer to prom-queen it for the 50's, swing through the 60's, disco around the 70's and trash-pash-it through the 80's then this in your place of purchase. With divine vintage pieces salvaged from thrift shops around NYC it's definitely worth the splurge. (yes, this is your chance to get a bit of Carrie Bradshaw vintage a little more closer to home!)
The great thing about vintage is, when you love something you just really have to have it – reasons being:
· because it's something completely different and close to a one off
· or, you know this is your one and only chance to have it… (couldn't have someone else running of with your new found collectable)
· or for some, to feel a part of a world from a long time and place ago.
97% of all vintage garments in proper vintage shops are classic, and that is the most clever thing about them – they don't date, they continuously please crowds, and you don't ever seem to want to part with them. They are almost like a collectable, for those of you who adore fashion.
And with that, I'll leave you with Carmela… who is in completion admiration for this fabulous tangerine toca 60's shift…
P.S – check out the 70's floral flutter sleeve dress on the right… too good…


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Ever since our visit to Breckenridge over a year ago, and the day Aubrey mistook the landfill for a mountain, I have wanted to take the kids to Colorado. We packed up and headed out for a short visit.
We spent the first night in Colorado Springs. We headed to Garden of the Gods to do some exploring.
cooperative children
I wish I could capture the smell along with the views. Love it.
The next morning, we took the cog railway.
Waiting at the station.
We enjoyed some donuts, hot chocolate and views at the top.
Wayne didn't realize he had a filter selected on his phone camera, but we figured it out...after the trip. ;)
Before the train departed, Aubrey and I dashed over to this sign. I had been reminiscing about our hike up Pike's Peak with the Miller brothers and my cousins in 1997. I remembered the feeling of accomplishment when we arrived at the top of the trail at this sign. I mostly remember lots of laughs with Lynette. The stop for the night in a cabin when my cousins were attempting to light their farts on fire. And the mission to make it the rest of the way up on day two, then barreling down as quickly as possible for dinner with family and friends in Colorado Springs that night. So fast that Lynette was limping and in a lot of pain from throwing her hip out or something. And mom doing TPT on our behinds in the hotel. Thus, this picture...
Boarding our train for the trip down.
Again. Cooperative children for photos.
We then drove a couple more hours in to the Rockies to our camp at Cascade Campground in Chalk Creek Canyon. We were right next to Cascade falls.
We did a short hike the first night.
And set up camp.
The view from our campground of Mount Antero.
We slept well with the cool night temperatures.
Tyler was chilly and was buried inside his sleeping bag.
Wayne slept in his hammock.
The next day, we went for a hike at Brown's Creek Trail.
It was an intermediate trail and Aubrey asked for lots of breaks, early on...eventually we told Tyler and Wayne they could go on ahead and we stayed behind. Inching forward until we finally just went back to the trailhead.
Wayne and Tyler went on - 3 miles one way on a tough trail to find the waterfall.
We had packed a picnic lunch, so Aubrey and I ate then played in the freezing stream while we waited.
There were wildflowers everywhere, but I only took a picture of this one...
The boys were worn out and wanted to sit in air conditioning. So, we drove around and checked out Salida, then headed to Buena Vista. Aubrey played at the playground, then we got ice cream at K's Dairy Delite.
That evening, we checked out St. Elmo, a mining ghost town.
The last day, we drove toward home, stopping at Royal Gorge. It was hot. And bright. And desert like. The kids were not so impressed. I was afraid of falling off the edge, but tried to act like I was not scared here...
I tried to doctor the photo to get rid of Wayne's phone's filter effect, but I don't think I quite got it done.
About 30 miles west of Colby, the car started to overheat. We were planning to stop for the night anyway, and finished up a hot 4 hours the next morning. It ended up just being the thermostat, but made for a more interesting ride home than I was hoping for. ;) That night in the hotel, we enjoyed swimming, relaxing and a shower (after a couple of camping days without).
It was a lot of fun and I'm excited to go back!


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There is something spiritual about the morning, I am convinced of it. I wake most days at 5AM, brew a pot of coffee and read for the first hour. After that I run on the treadmill for 25 minutes or so. My head is never more clear than during this time. I feel present and awake, ready to take on the challenges of the day. This time reminds me of some Tom Peter's stuff I discovered today.
I received some clarification on Tom Peter's Excellence 4/40 power point slide I mentioned a few posts back from a wonderful lady named Cathy. While I don't know her title and not sure it matters, she was the best definition of Dramatic Difference that I have seen in awhile. Prompt and willing to help at the pen of an email. She asked Tom himself what he meant by the slide and got right back to me.
The excellence 4/40 stands for 4 major observations that Tom has made over the last 40 years about business' and the leaders that run them.
- Decentralization
- Execution
- Accountability
It's that 4th point that hit me this morning. It really does make a difference to start earlier than the next guy/gal! If your like me your clearest thoughts come right after the coffee and the exercise. I am under no illusion that it's a tough habit to create; that of getting out of bed early. But, it is one that I would encourage anyone to get into.


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Today we have an adorable Sesame Street cake made for a sweet little girl for her 1st birthday :)
Each character was hand cut based on a template I created, and Big Bird also had accents done with edible food writer. The characters and embellishments were done using pre-made fondant, but the cakes were covered in homemade MMF (with a layer of buttercream underneath it).
The top tier was yellow cake, and the bottom tier and smash cake (with Grover) were chocolate.
This was the first time I used an airbrush technique to get a color gradient on each of the tiers, and I am quite pleased with the results :)


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"Why this is lovely! No wonder you chose taking this trail instead of just walking through the front doors," the maid-of-honor said as she and the bride strode through the woods. Upon seeing the beautiful and seemingly easy path, all the bridesmaids and many family members and friends had decided to follow the bride on her journey. She had warned them of the difficulties ahead, but their eyes were blind to the impending hardship and saw only the delightful woodland path. Shaking her head at their ignorance, brushing back her hair, and hiking up her simple satin dress, the bride began her quest.
"Why didn't you make everyone come this way?" the maid-of-honor continued.
"Because this is my journey," the bride replied after some thought. "It was my decision to take this path. Others may follow me, but I'm afraid if they have not made a strong commitment in their own minds to pursue this course, they will drop away as the journey hardens."
She was soon proven right. When only a little more than halfway through the forest, the bride began to hear grumblings behind her.
"Is it much farther? Our feet are aching in these shoes…" asked a pretty cousin.
"Why, this is only the start," the bride answered.
"Oh… I don't think we'll make it all the way then. My sister and I will go back and meet you at the chapel, all right?" The bride nodded sadly as they waved and soon walked out of sight.
Casting a knowing look to the maid-of-honor and saying confidently, "It will be worth it," she turned and continued down the path. She tried to cheer herself up by thinking of the family members and friends still by her side, but could not shake off the images of the impending chasm and cliff she would have to climb. She had not dwelt on it long however, when a shocking new landscape appeared before them at the end of the forest. The group fell silent.
Stretching in front of them was an endless plane of auburn sand dunes, speckled with rocks and boulders of the same color. The burning rays of the sun shot down from the sky like searing needles ready to strike any who dared leave the forest shade. Even from where they stood, the bride and her party could feel the overwhelming heat on their skin and taste the grit of sand in their teeth.
Soon cries of, "This is ridiculous!", "You didn't tell us the path would be like this!", and "You can't even see the chapel from here!" burst from the lips of irritated wedding guests.
Tears of fear began to well up in the bride's eyes as she looked at the road ahead and listened to their doubts, mumblings, and criticisms. Then, as though trying to convince her own heart more than the hearts of her companions, she slowly turned around and repeated the words of the usher. "Trust me," she said, "It will be worth it."
With many a scoff or harsh word, over half of her so-called friends and family turned to walk back the way they had come. Less than a dozen friends remained, but they included the mother-of-the-bride and maid-of-honor. Our bride smiled sadly to these two as she turned with resolution to the path before her. But as she took a step, a branch caught a fold in her satin dress, causing it to tear. The bride's heart sank. The beauty she was struggling so hard to save, had it been ruined? No. "It will be worth it!" she said defiantly as a hot tear trailed down her cheek. With a deep breath, she stepped out from the branches' protecting shade.
The sand was deep and the sun unmerciful, burning and stifling any victim within its reach. And the wind, that was worst of all! It began as a welcome breeze, but after time turned into a roaring howl, swirling large handfuls of sand into the face of the daring bride. Her entire form soon was covered in sand and her satin gown torn in more places than one. So parched from lack of water were her lips that they began to crack and bleed.
Finally, relief appeared in the distance as the group approached a block of shade cast by a tall cliff. Within its shelter, members of the party dropped to the ground in exhaustion. After lying there for some time, the bride rolled on her back and slowly opened her eyes. A faint, agonizing sob escaped her parched lips. For towering above her was a sight both dizzying and terrifying. Here was a path more daunting than anything she had yet faced; a sheer cliff covered with sharp, jagged rocks protruding from every angle. No footholds were to be seen while stones lay alert as giant knives, ready to cut and destroy any who tried to scale them. It was no wonder then that the remaining guests and wedding party members broke out in exclamations of anger and bitterness.
"Why didn't you warn us that it would be this hard? You dragged us out here promising it would be worth it, that it would be wonderful and beautiful. But your ideas are a stupid, senseless fancy! From now on, you travel this foolish path alone."
And so they left her. At this point the bride neither knew nor cared. Her dream of arriving at the chapel door in simple, elegant beauty and seeing the admiration in her lover's eyes as she entered now had faded beyond even the slightest hope. All she now prayed for was the strength to survive the climb. But turning over she realized she was not entirely alone. The mother-of-the-bride and the maid-of-honor still remained. Both were just as tired and just as worn as she, but they had stayed by her side. Seeing their faithfulness gave her strength. She smiled a faint "thank you" and painfully rose to her feet.
Reaching with both hands to find a secure hold, she was about to begin her ascent when her mother's voice delayed her movement.
"Sweetheart," she said, "I know this is important to you and to him, but are you sure that…"
"Yes, mother," the bride interrupted, without shifting her eyes from the path, "It will be worth it!"
To be continued...


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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Fwd: [svcef] Fw: Announcement: Returned Oversea Chinese Scholars Entrepreneur Week 2007
> To: firstname.lastname@example.com
FW: [Entrepreneurs] Launch a Web Startup Company Today!
Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum
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Li Hong MBA Class of 2008 Babson College Cell:508-333-3616 Skype: cefs99 http://www.linkedin.com/in/lihong
From: email@example.com on behalf of Tommy Li
Sent: Tue 11/27/2007 3:44 PM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: [Entrepreneurs] Launch a Web Startup Company Today!
Launch a Web Startup Company Today!
Get the tools you need this Saturday (12/1) to make your web startup idea a reality.
Hosted by HDOT and HCEF.
2:00 – 5:00 pm
Fong Auditorium in Bolyston Hall
Finale Deserts will be served!
We will discuss in depth:
- whole process of starting a web-based company
- how to set up your own website
- how successful companies are making money from their sites
- the basic tools for web development including HTML, PHP, MySQL, Flash, and more
Please RSVP to email@example.com in order to be guaranteed a spot at the seminar.
This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard Distribution of Technology
and the Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum (www.harvardentrepreneurship.org).
FW: ENET's Entrepreneurial Minute Opportunity
From: ENET [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Tue 11/27/2007 3:06 PM
To: Hong, Li
Subject: ENET's Entrepreneurial Minute Opportunity
ENET's Entrepreneurial Minute Opportunity - Fostering Growth in Early Stage Companies
Are you raising capital? Building your Board? Developing a business plan? Launching a new product? Seeking a beta site?
New in its second year, The Entrepreneurial Minute, (eMinute) is an innovative program by the Boston Entrepreneurs' Network designed to help early stage companies overcome the challenges of growing a successful business. The eMinute opportunity provides early stage companies with a forum to present their business challenge directly to angel investors, venture capital firms, service providers and potential partners in attendance at ENET's monthly networking meetings. eMinutes are also included in the following month's eMinute "email blast", providing additional publicity to over 1700 members of our database.
eMinute Presenters at the next ENET Meeting Tuesday, December 4, 2007:
Fluxgen: Steve Grovo, VP Sales/Marketing
Cover4Me: Laila Partridge, CEO
TextTelevision: Dennis Downey, Founder
The eMinutes from our November 2007 meeting appear later in this message. Page down and learn about:
Speeding Bullet
You do not need to be an ENET or IEEE member to benefit from eMinute!
Previous presenters have said this about their eMinute experiences:
"The Entrepreneurial Minute was, from a business development perspective, the most productive five minutes of my career!" - Jay Johnson, CEO, Synersoft, www.synersoft.com
"The eMinute was a great opportunity to get our message out to a diverse audience, and I am grateful to the Boston ENET for making it possible!" - Ray Deck, President, Element55: Automatic Time Capture.
How it Works. Each month, one to three entrepreneurs will be selected to give a 1-minute (250 words) overview of their concept and business challenge. Send your application summary in today to be included in an upcoming program. How to apply:
www.boston-enet.org/eminute.html Entrepreneurs will be prescreened by ENET prior to presenting.
The next ENET meeting is Tuesday, December 4, at the Bay Colony Corporate Center, 1100 Winter Street, Waltham, MA. The topic is "Protecting and Leveraging Intellectual Property". More information is available at the ENET website: www.boston-enet.org
Previous eMinutes from November 2007
Ed Berliner, Speeding Bullet
Speeding Bullet Media Group has offices in both Massachusetts and Florida, locally in Quincy, MA. Ed Berliner has over 25 years as a media veteran in TV, radio, Internet and production. The management team has over 100 years combined experience in all phases of media production and syndication. Target market is regional/national/global, producing the world's first web site dedicated to news/sports coverage utilizing video and audio only.
www.speedingbulletnetwork.com feeds the growing desire for multi-media programming available via the Internet. Regional coverage with correspondents is not available on any other site. Varied reports/original programming/viewer interaction is not available on any other site. Research indicates increasing sponsorship dollars on Internet programming with falling numbers on traditional TV and radio.
The only challenge at this point is marketing. Our plan involves guerilla marketing with links provided by other established web sites, using YouTube and MySpace popularity to our advantage and at no cost. Investor funds will be used for staff, technical (Internet) delivery, webmaster, hiring of national sales staff (commission basis) and limited marketing dollars. Web site is already produced and prepared to launch with limited content October 8th. Negotiations are already underway with ad sales firms. There are already agreements in place for marketing with other sites, negotiations with additional sites continues.
SBMG seeks first stage investment of no more than $500,000 in small incremental stages. Entire investment number may never be reached. Sales and marketing backgrounds/firms would be helpful but not immediate. Investor/partnership ownership shares to be negotiated.
LimeAll is a website aimed at helping its users refresh their relationships, friendships and letting them stay fresh and warm through its unique and innovative services.
Meeta Aggarwal, founder of LimeAll
LimeAll is aimed at helping people solve the problem of staying in touch, giving a personal feel to their communications conveniently, taking them into a new era of greetings, reminders, invitations and photos sharing. Our services are extremely unique, innovative and include blended versions of calls, videos and photos.
Our suite of services would allow users to dedicate and play self-recorded messages followed by a song on a friend's phone, create and share musical photo albums that can be played with a personalized message and song in the background, receive birthday reminders on their phones, preset call and video greetings that would be sent automatically on a friend's birthday, send personalized invitations by uploading a video or a photo album with a personalized message and song playing in the background. Response of our beta users has been extremely overwhelming. We have planned several upgrades to all the existing services as well as new services like greetings on TV and mobile phones.
While conceptualizing LimeAll we have taken special care of providing only value adding services. We have already obtained provisional patents for these services. We have already developed a prototype you can visit at www.LimeAll.com
Our most likely exit strategy is to be acquired by one of the large business software companies, like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.
We are seeking $500,000 of funding to continue to development, enhance infrastructure, payment of legal fees, publicity and promotion.
Meeta Aggarwal
Founder of LimeAll
17 Newcastle Drive
Nashua, NH 03060
Phone: 603-438-8479
Paul Martin, CEO of Software Startup, SpaceMAX based in Newton, Massachusetts
Designed to help planners maximize the value and use of space, SpaceMAX solves the problem of lost productivity suffered by both client and AEC professionals that result from unclear conveyance of requirements and expectations.
When the goal is to reconfigure current space to accommodate changing needs; to maximize workflow and throughput; to reduce "internal commuting" of personnel within a campus; or to track and manage assets across diverse spaces, SpaceMAX provides the solution.
SpaceMAX gives users an easy and clear way to specify needed space and any special needs of how spaces should interact before AEC or CAD specialists get involved. Many AEC professionals "specialize" in particular industries because of the need to "understand" their clients' business. SpaceMAX helps these professionals by facilitating a more direct planning phase and helping ensure a more profitable project.
SpaceMAX allows the user to optimize workflow, space-use cost effectiveness, to evaluate changes and what-if scenarios in a framework of quick-collaboration and helps organizations manage physical assets by location.
SpaceMAX has recently been used in two medical center layout planning projects and in a small commercial property management setting. The recent story about the group of unofficial residents in Providence Place Mall illuminate just one case where information about space and who is using it and for what purpose can sometimes get lost.
We are looking for customers and approximately $500,000 in angel financing to bolster operations, sales and marketing. We are found at: www.spacemaxlogic.com
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Who you are - For Asians in America
Rice-boys can also be Fobs and many Tabs are Fobulous. The only groups that are never part of another group are the Twinkies and the Asian-Americans. Claim your Fobbiness! When you see your Asian friend, greet them with "Wassup Fob!" And if your Asian friend says something ridiculous, say "Fob please!" Of course, when a non-Asian calls you a Fob, that is grounds for a fight. Ahahaha...
The categories below are to be taken lightheartedly, its just for fun.
Read, recognize, laugh, and EXPLOIT.
- Besides your nationality, there is little to distinguish you from white people
- Your significant other is not Asian and never has been
- You have few Asian friends, if any
- You are embarrassed at family events because you cannot speak your language and everyone has to switch to English to communicate with you
- You have no idea that the other types of Asians on this list even exist
- You think Hello Kitty is dumb and do not know what Sanrio is
- You are the only Asian on this list that does not know what Bubble Tea is
- You drive a Ford or some other domestic car and if you drive a Honda, it
is stock
- You claim yourself as Asian, but real Asians think you're whitewashed and non-Asians see you as a foreigner. You fit in nowhere
- You have heard of Bubble Tea but have never actually had any
- You are confused about your cultural identity and express this frustration through spoken word performances at your college
- You read A. magazine and think it's great
- You do not know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, or Kangta are
- You are only vaguely aware of the other Asians below
Fob (Fresh Off tha Boat)
- You were not born in America
- You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you have seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently
- You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends
- You do not have any non-Asian friends
- Your parents do not speak any English
- When you speak English, you like to make everything plural
- You get extremely good grades in school
- You cannot dance
- Your fashion sense comes from whatever country you're from and you incorporate nothing from American fashion into your wardrobe
- Your command of the English language is minimal and you don't care
- You like dim sum chicken feet
- You do not own a single CD, VCD, Video game, or DVD that isn't bootlegged
- Your only hangout is Chinatown
- All the lights in your house are fluorescent
- You dry your cloths outside your window
- You need a haircut
- You either smell like cigarettes or food
- You are an Asian-American or Twinkie who has recently "awoken"
- You have a newly found fetish of Asian girls/boys
- You have taken the Asian Studies course at college
- You are trying to learn as much as possible about your culture to make up for your lifetime of trying to be white (Twinkie ; Banana) or Black (Chigger; Thousand year old egg)
- If you are lucky, you will grow to become Fobulous
Gangsta Fob
- You have shot another Asian
- Your favorite hangout is a pool hall
- When you talk, you sound like a cross between a Fob and an urban black kid
- Your hair looks silly, but no one will tell you because you'll shoot them
- You have a serious gambling problem
- You are a Rice-boy, but your mods are cheap and are never painted to match the rest of your car
- No one tells you your rice ride looks cheap because you'll shoot them
- You want to have a Tab girlfriend, but can only get Hoochie Tabs
Tab (Trendy Asian Bitch)
- You shop at A/X, Bebe, Banana Republic and Club Monaco
- You only wear black and will occasionally wear white to "mix it up"
- You do not weigh more than 105 lbs
- You have never paid for dinner at a restaurant in your life
- Platform heels are your favorite
- You are a makeup expert, in fact, you appear completely flawless
- You do not smile in public
- You are the object of desire of all Asian men and you know it
- You smoke
- Your cell phone is completely customized
- On the inside flip of your cell phone is a sticker picture of you and your man
- Somewhere in your purse is a Sanrio item
- You only date Asian and will only date a boy with a nice car
- You are often seen with Rice-boys
- You never travel alone. You are either in the company of other Tabs or your Rice-boy boyfriend
Hoochie Tab
- You are an import car model
- Your boobs are not real
- There are naked pictures of you floating around on the internet somewhere
- Stiletto heels are your favorite
- Your role models are Francine Dee and Kaila Yu
- Your boyfriend is a Gangsta Fob
- You cheat on your boyfriend
- Unlike most Asians, you do not do well in school
- You drive an Asian import. Usually a Honda or Acura
- Your souped up car (known as a Rice-ride or Rice-rocket) is unrecognizable from its original stock form
- Your exhaust pipe is big enough for your head to fit in
- The spoiler on your car looks like it was made by Boeing
- The interior of your car also looks like it was designed by Boeing
- You always drive like you are racing someone
- You are not afraid of dying in a crash, but you are afraid of speed bumps and parking lot on-ramps
- The only other person besides yourself who can sit in your car is your 105 lbs Tab girlfriend. If anyone else sits in your car, the entire bottom of it will be touching the ground
- Even though your car is a Honda, it goes faster and is worth more than a Lotus Esprit
- If you drive a Civic, your dream car is a Supra. If you drive a Supra, your dream car is a Skyline (which you can never have). Poor Rice-boy.
- You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language
- You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends
- You listen to Asian pop as well as American music
- You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture
- You are a good dancer
- You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race
- You are a good designer and have superior Html skills
- For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being
- You have lots of Asian pride
Friday, November 23, 2007
How to thinking? Go broader first before going deeper
As the name implies, you are suggested to have a broad knowledge first. I totally agree. Again, Chinese has a old sayinga about the best way to build your knowledge "Broad and extensive first, then go profound and in-depth". Based on my experience, I had developed a "theory" to prove it.
We all know that the brain works as a network. Many interconnected cells that may form many different type of sub-networks that interconnected naturally and magically to form the brain. It's a networked intelligence. Scientist already proved that by focus on different type of study/knowledge, different part of the brain/sub-networks can have a better development or more active. That means stronger interconnection within the subnetwork.
So by having a braoader knwoledge, more subnetworks or more parts of your brain can be developed. Now here is the cool part. I think anytime you read something or heard something from someone else, this "new" knowledge will hit your brain like a bullet going through many networks. The more network this bullett can hit, the more "reaction" will happen between thsi new knowledge and your existing one. A perfect chain reaction. I think that's why research also proved that the more messy a person's office/house is, the more reactive/innovative this person will be. Why? a broader knowledge and more broad network his brain may have, though the network maybe quite light (not deep knowledge), but this person can generate more new ideas because of his broader brain.
Think. Read.
I believe my creativity benefited a lot a lot from my reading of the Can Kao XIao Xi, a great newspaper in China that has broad international news, in my junior high school and senior high school year. I like reading every page of the newspaper, till today. I think every piece of reading or knowledge is useful, it's just a m ateter of time about when you may use this knowledge. Building your arsenal now by reading extensively...
Thursday, November 22, 2007
First "client" from Bitwine
Bitwine where people can setup profile at areas they have expertise
with. They can also setup a price tag for their time like a Lawyer
did. I almost totally forgot this one till this morning I got an email
from BitWine telling me there is a client(individual) wants to talk
about startup issue with me. Cool. Will see how it goes. Seems the
traffic has kicked in to Bitwine now?
Li Hong
MBA Class of 2008
Babson College
Skype: cefs99
Monday, November 19, 2007
FW: [Entrepreneurs] Interested in expanding your entrepreneurialventure to France?
Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mailing list, visit http://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/entrepreneurs
*Are you considering or currently starting a technology venture?** Think
global. *
The fiercely competitive global technology market is a challenge to any
entrepreneur, and the key to success is being able to internationalize your
vision and activities at an early stage. *France's Young Entrepreneurs
Initiative* can help you achieve your goal through *a free, personalized,
one stop service*.
France is evolving quickly and now offers significant advantages to
innovators and entrepreneurs
- World class R&D labs and business hubs ready to partner with technology
- Highly skilled workforce and labour costs 20% to 50% lower than in the US
- Fertile, productive business environment - advantages and benefits for
- Access to European R&D partners projects,funding and markets
US-based entrepreneurs selected to participate in the Young Entrepreneurs
Initiative will benefit from mentoring, funding and a networking program to
help them *study the feasibility of setting up* their venture *in France, *the
stepping stone to Europe.
The Young Entrepreneurs Initiative (YEi) offers one stop access to :
*- Mentoring and $US600k funding*
- A network of successful entrepreneurs
- Lead customers and business clusters
- Business Angels, VC groups, and grants for high tech startups
- Technology clusters and shared platforms
- Incubators and local venture ecosystems
*To apply* for the YEi Program (until November 30th) , please visit:
The Young Entrepreneurs Initiative is *a non for profit program* managed by
the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Alternative Micro Venture Capital Fund
A bunch of things you my dear reader may find interesting:
The strategic studies Institute,
has a very good monthly email to give you some good articles to read. I found this website by accident and find it's very good source to understand how Americans thinking and especially what's their view of China, Asian and other international topics. I have to admit I am impressed by the openess of US government as a whole. Even though they haven't open CIA yet..
Should you change your job?
This is a Chinese article at the Chinese edition of Financial Times, one of my most favorite financial news website. I put WSJ behind it because WSJ Chinese is merely a high-quality Chinese translation of their English edition. FT Chinese has much more original content produced by their Chinese employee. Very impressive.
That article is a young freelancer's series of articles talking about the life of China's "Generation Y" or post-80's ( borned after 1980 in China). ANd this article is talking about should you change job frequently. Her conclusion is not. But I have a bit more to add on.
1. If you do not want to start your company, do NOT change your job. Assume you had chosen your first job right.
Sun zhengyao had worked in HP Taiwan for 25 years before being promoted to President of HP China. Forget about his IQ/record etc, how many people you can find in HP Asian that can speak Chinese and worked for 25 years?
2. If you do need to change job, figure out what's the SINGLE m ost important thing you want from your career?
Many asked me before should I take this offer? Should I go to work for Oracle China while I am working for IBM Chian now? Understand what you really want then decision making is a very easy thing. Sadly, many people spent even whole life try to figure out what they want...
A few more good websites that I read everyday ,or plan to:
Techcrunch, best blog tracking new startup and trends of the Internet industry
Donews, Chinese version of Techcrunch
Hotelmarketing, you may heard my current startup is an online travel startup
Mass High Tech, if you living in Boston area
Because I read Mass High Tech, I find this event may be cool for you:
The Capital Network (TCN) Financing Roundtable for December
G'night. 12:25. Better than yesterday.
Technorati Tags tech,techcrunch,job,government,high,financial,times,ft,mass,donews,TCN
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Building your online identity!
So talking about twitter. It's really a trend about how to build your personal Internet presence or Online Identity. Just like the public profile at LinkedIn, my twitter is just another public presence of my activity online. Same for facebook profile, myspace profile etc. While many Internet users may still think it has nothing to do with them as long as they can continue reading, they are missing a big favor Internet can do for them.
Since Internet can help us reaching billions of people all over the world, we all have the very reason to find out who this XYZ person really is. And every HR manager also wants to find out what else can we learn about the candidate except his/her resume before we offer an interview? We may all remember the WSJ story about a person lost the interview opportunity after HR people find his drunk photo in facebook. Dangerous, is it?
But, if you manage Internet well, it can give you many advantage. People always have a better feeling if can find some information about the other they are going to meet. Now if the guy can seemy LinkedIn profile first, I am very sure they will feel very comfortable to meet me. Imaging the feeling if you cannot find anything about someone you are going to meet, in the pre-Internet era. How do you feel?
Also since no matter what, others may write some thing about you online, like your classmate or your colleagues. And very likely they may only describe a part of you, be it positive or negative. So why dont you try to control your own identiy?
Do it. As quickly As possible. And after I updated my linkedin profile using the famous Kawasaki's tips, I will start building my profile in China now. Yep, I need it.
Technorati Tags blog,profile,marketing,identity,twitter,linkedin,facebook
Friday, November 09, 2007
Studentbusinesses.com - National Business Idea Competition
Are you an entrepreneurially-minded student at a top university? Have you considered
launching a startup based on one of your own ideas?
StudentBusinesses.com, an online resource for the most promising entrepreneurial
university students across the country, is launching The National Business Idea
Competition – as a prelude to its larger-scale National Business Plan Competition
expected to be launched in 2008.
The $1000 National Business Idea competition will allow entrepreneurial students at
select universities across the country to submit 250-word descriptions of various
startup ideas, which will in turn be considered for a cash prize. Participants need not
be working on their startup at present in order to join, although current entrepreneurs
are especially invited.
Each student may submit up to five business ideas to be considered in the
competition, which will be hosted directly through StudentBusinesses.com.
Participants in the competition will automatically become members of
StudentBusinesses.com at no cost, and will thus become eligible to enter the largerscale
StudentBusinesses.com National Business Plan Competition in 2008.
Summary (see complete Rules on next page):
To enter the contest, students and alumni who meet the Eligibility requirements (see
next page) must submit a brief application for membership at
www.StudentBusinesses.com. Upon acceptance as a member, they will have the
opportunity to create a profile and to post a description of their business ideas in the
"Idea Bullpen" section of the website. All entries of less than 250 words that are
submitted before January 15, 2008 will be considered in the $1000 National Business
Idea Competition, and the winners will be announced on January 30, 2008. The
larger-scale National Business Plan Competition is expected to launch shortly
thereafter, and all participants in the Business Idea Competition will be automatically
eligible to participate. Entry is free.
StudentBusinesses.com connects the most promising student entrepreneurs across
the country with a unique set of resources and people who can help them succeed –
including professionals, investors, advisors, and other entrepreneurs. The site was
founded in 2007 by two Harvard students. Its Board of Advisors includes Bob Higgins
(Managing Partner at Highland Capital), Tom Harrison (CEO of Omnicom Group's
Diversified Agency Services, the largest holding group of marketing companies in the
world), Trey Grayson (Secretary of State of Kentucky), and Janak Joshi (Boston-based
venture financier).
This event is open to currently enrolled university students and alumni who
graduated in 2003 or thereafter from a university currently listed on
StudentBusinesses.com. (StudentBusinesses.com reserves the right to require
confirmation of eligibility. Participants must be at least 18 years of age.)
To enter the competition, participants must be accepted as members of
StudentBusinesses.com. This requires visiting www.StudentBusinesses.com,
submitting a brief application indicating one's reason for being interested in
entrepreneurship, and completing a full profile in either the "Businesses in the
Game" or the "Students on the Roster" section of StudentBusinesses.com.
Acceptance as a member of StudentBusinesses.com is determined by the site's
administrators, in accordance with its standard membership policy. For more
information, go to http://www.studentbusinesses.com/apply.php
a. Entry to the National Business Idea Competition is free.
b. To enter the competition you must satisfy the above "Eligibility" requirements,
which include completing an application and profile for, and being accepted as a
student member in, www.StudentBusinesses.com. Student membership is free.
c. After acceptance, you may submit up to five separate business ideas in the
"Ideas in the Bullpen" section of the site. Each business idea will be considered
separately and must be posted as a separate entry in "Ideas in the Bullpen."
d. To be considered in the competition, business ideas must be described in 250
words or less. StudentBusinesses.com does not provide confidential treatment for
submitted ideas and reserves the right to republish and disseminate any and all
e. The competition will be open until January 15th, and eligible participants may edit
their submissions at any time prior to January 15th. The winners will be
announced on January 30, 2008.
f. There will be one winner and one runner-up. The winner will receive a $750 cash
prize, and the runner-up will receive a $250 cash prize. Winners are responsible
for any taxes due.
g. To enter the competition, you must become a member of the site by creating a
full profile for yourself in either the "Businesses in the Game" or the "Students on
the Roster" section of the site.
h. Winners will be selected on the basis of (i) quality of their business idea, (ii)
clarity of writing, and (iii) interest and dialogue generated about their idea in the
"Ideas in the Bullpen" section of StudentBusinesses.com. Ideas will be judged by
StudentBusinesses.com administrators in conjunction with one or more members
of the StudentBusinesses.com Advisory Board. StudentBusinesses.com
administrators will exercise sole discretion in selecting winner according to these
Blogged with Flock
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Post from bentley dinner room
You never know what gonna happen. Embracing the uncertainty.
HONG, Li
MBA Class of 2008
Babson College
Skype: cefs99
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Corporate structure for my next startup
This is my envision for the corporate structure that I want to deploy in my next start-up:
The principle is to be simple, fair and make sense.
1.only 5 levels: junior, senior, manager, director, executives
different level represents different expertise in different area but all same pay for people at same level. So an engineer-background employee can still earn the same salary as director if his expertise in his area, say Database management, is equivalent to the director in management area. So anyone has his/her desirable career path in the desirable area. Too many bad story about an engineer promoted to tech manager but failed miserably.
Also this mean anyone can try different position. A director at sales could try to do R&D work but after evaluation by R&D group, she may have to start as a junior employee in R&D group with junior level salary. However, this type of cross-group experience should be required for director and executive level employee
2. Anyone wants to do a start-up will receive investment (time/resource/money) from the company. This is the best investment opportunity as we know each other much better than with an outsider. This also creates more opportunity for other existing employee to experience new challenges/opportunities.
3. Collaboration will be the king.
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Why so many web 2.0 startup?
Babson Social Eship Event - 11/14/07
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From: Ross, Andrea
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To: Ross, Andrea
Subject: Social Eship Event - 11/14/07
Social Entrepreneurship:
Doing Well, While Doing Good
Babson Energy and Environment Club, Net Impact at Babson College, and the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Sponsored by Mark Donohue (B'88)
When: Wednesday,
November 14, 2007,
Where: Olin Auditorium, Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College.
Click here for directions <http://www3.babson.edu/visiting/>
Format: A conversation between successful social entrepreneurs followed by Q&A from the audience.
Why attend: Learn about current trends in Social entrepreneurship.
Wayne Silby, founder and Chairman of Calvert Funds, the $10 billion investment management pioneer noted for its early leadership in socially responsible investment, and Mark Donohue (B'88), Managing Partner and Chairman of Expansion Capital Partners, LLC, a leading Clean Technology venture capital firm, discuss the current state of Social Entrepreneurship, Cleantech and more.
Topics to be covered include:
· The story of the world's largest Social Investment Fund
· The Clean Technology Megatrend and its impact on global sustainability
· Grameen Bank and Micro-credit lending
· Corporate Social Responsibility in China
· Sovereign emerging powers of wealth: Abu Dhabi, China, Saudi Arabia, etc., what does this mean for sustainability?
About Wayne Silby
D. Wayne Silby is Founding Chairman of the Calvert Funds, a $10 billion investment management group noted for their leadership in the area of socially responsible investment. He also serves as President of Calvert Social Investment Fund and supervises its private equity activities. In addition, he is also the Co-Chair of Calvert Foundation, a $100m investment intermediary that directs capital into communities.
He was also the co-founder of the Social Venture Network, a group of socially oriented entrepreneurs and investors and of Calvert Social Venture Partners, one of the first socially oriented venture capital funds, as well as the Emerging Europe Fund for Sustainable Investment, a $60m OPIC private equity fund focused on Central Europe. He chairs the China Committee of Grameen Foundation, on whose board he also serves, and serves on the board of the Grameen Technology Council which addresses issues of the digital divide. Wayne received his BSE from the Wharton School of Finance, and his JD from Georgetown University.
About Mark Donohue
Mark is the Managing Partner and Chairman of Expansion Capital Partners, LLC, a leading pioneer in Cleantech venture capital. He has been a serial entrepreneur for over 20 years and has depth of management and operating experience in many industries. Mark is also a Babson undergraduate from 1988 and has served on the Board of Overseers for four years. Mark serves as Chairman of the Board for two of Expansion Capital's portfolio companies: SensorTran and World Energy Labs. He is the past Chair of the Membership Committee of the Social Venture Network, which is the leading US organization of socially responsible entrepreneurs. In 1994, Mark founded and funded Babson's first Forum on Socially Responsible Business. Mark serves on the Advisory Board of the Cleantech Venture Network, the leading data provider and conference organizer for Cleantech venture capitalists, for which Expansion Capital was the only venture capital "Founding Investor." Over the years, Mark has been involved in numerous social enterprises and non-profits, including serving as a Trustee for America's oldest interfaith educational organization, his involvement in Bioneers, the Threshold Foundation, the Rainforest Action Network and the Investor Circle. More recently, he is active in developing Babson's Institute for Social Entrepreneurship and a Babson Chair in Clean Technology Management & Entrepreneurship.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
5 Tipsfor entrepreneur from Henry Engelhardt
5 Tips from Henry Engelhardt for Finding a Niche in a Mature Industry:
1. Go where they're not - don't fight superior competition directly on day one
2. Don't spend money if you can help it
3. Employ people with intellect and great attitudes over those with lots of experience
4. Learn your business by doig not from reading reports
5. Always take lunch.
Henry is founder and CEO of Admiral Group, a car insurer sells coverage over its phone and Internet since 1993. Following is the story from WSJ. (Shhhhh...)
Managing: How Admiral Group built lucrative niche --- U.K. insurer targets specific consumers with fleet of brands
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Friday, November 02, 2007
Wits, Sparkes, from Tarun Talk
1. Two criteria to determine how to launch your first startup:
- does this startup add value to current users' life?
- can you do it yourself?
Does this startup add value? The most challenging task for any startup is always sales. My 2nd startup totalled failed on sales. But there is a shortcut. If your product or service could solve a real problem, the more serious this problem is for the customers, the less sales effort you need to make. For example, imagine how an India-based tutor website conquered the US market? American highschool students have a strong need yet too expensive to hire a local tutor or too difficult to find a qualified one. So how? This Indian website cleverly solved this problem by providing Internet-based real-time one-to-one tutor service. No sales effort needed (well, some if you count in Google Adword) since students are behave like this startup's salesperson to spread the message to every classmate.
Can you do it yourslf? As your first startup, you have no credibility (most of the time, unless you had been VP of Oracle then you shouldn't read my blog here) to attract investor nor partners easily. So the bottom line is can you do it yourself? You is the core asset of this potential startup. Here programmers have a clear advantage against others. Even if you are a experienced scintest from Phifzer, you cannot afford the $1M lab which is necessary for any drug development. So make sure you can do it. Otherwise, doesn't matter how promising the idea is.
2. Remember, "A good idea" and "A good idea for yourself" are two very different concept.
Sure I know launching a solar power equipment manufacture in Africa or build a nuclear power plant on the Moon is really good idea by many means. But, not good for myself. Why? back the above point, I cannot do it by myself.
3. The best advice for the first startup? Just do it.
Without doing it, you will never get the experience no matter how many entrepreneurs' exciting books/stories you had read, how many entrepreneurship classes/seminars you may take. The best way to improve your oral English is to speak. The best way to start your own venture is to do one. If you follow the above points, you can easily identify one opportunity. And because the bottom line is you do it yourself, even it failed (with negative cash flow),you can still afford the "failure".
4. Income has a way more broad meaning.
Your first startup may fail but your income may not be negative. Why? because income is more than salary or cash flow. Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, may not be able to take a dime from Wikipedia because this website has no revenue except some donations. But because of the success of Wikipedia, Jimmy's income from it may worth $10M if not more than. Talk to any potential IT investor, Jimmy may get the investment he needs.
5. Never follow the rules. Other's rules.
There are two type of rules in the world. Rules that require us should respect everyone regardless his or her skin color or race or wealth. This is social rules and we should respect. There are other rules as well that always people take them for granted as if those rules are the same as "social rules". For example, every sedan has four wheels or the tea pot has a round bottom. These are NOT social rules. Those actually always mean business opportunities for entrepreneurs. If everyone believe the only way to buy book is from a bookstore near the street, we won't have Amazon today. But back to 20 years ago, everyone may tell you bookstore is the ONLY place to buy a book. Open your eyes. Business opportunity is all around.
We all heard Fortune 500's vision such as "we want to be the most respectable company in the world" or "we give shareholder's return the highest priority". It's wrong. Vision should be as practical as every employee's daily job. When a CEO never respect a worker in his corporate's warehouse as much as his investor, this company will never become the most respectable company in the world. Many may challenge Google's vision "Do not devil". But this is very practical.
7. The importance of Internet.
It's that Internet smashed the concept of geography and time. An Indian restaurant in Mumbai may never think of competition with a Chinese restaurant in Beijing. But at website like Yelp.com or Tripadvisor,com, these two restaurants may compete directly when people search for average rating of restaurant in Beijing and Mumbai. Time. Amazon's Web Archive project stores the home page of many website in past 5 to 10 years. and Internet allows global companies work 24 hours a day with offices at different timezone. Internet allows my current startup hired one Russian and one Argentian developer on my demo version.
8. The value of your startup.
I want to emphasize on this. In the just finished Babson Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum, I had attended a panel about "technology entrepreneurship" where an alumni who is working for Monospace, a mobile based social networking site, siad this "....The most loyal and active users are from low social classes..." This striked me so much at that time and during this convesation with Tarun, I realized fully what does that mean.
For example, "untouchable" in Indian may never have the chance to touch a computer nor Internet either due to the price nor their social classes. But with mobile phone, they may also enjoy the same (mostly) effect as other elite class. "Yeah, I can have a firend in the US! even though I may never be able to afford an international ticket to US". This is an inspiring moment I believe. It will diminish the belief that "yes, I am a lower class people" when the individual can enjoy the same as others.
As a side topic, I believe the "untouchable" social class is just as ridiculous as the once-existed racial discrimination in South Africa. And I believe the popularity of
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For most of you these photos may not look like much, but they look AWESOME to me!!! Grace is kneeling by herself!!! She can now play with Mack and Sophie at the train table and on the ottoman without me holding her. Now, I never go too far but she is loving this new part of her abilities. I'm ever so proud. Thank you God for every small step in progress...we are so blessed.
ps...yes, Mack is STILL wearing the mutilated giraffe hat.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
7 comments:
- AZ Chapman said...
slowly but surely nonetheless
- May 26, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Go Gracicle!!
We are so proud of you.
- May 26, 2009 at 6:06 PM
- Kelly said...
awesome! she looks so great. her legs all tucked under her and not splayed out. :)
- May 26, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Way to go Grace! You are doing fantastic!
- May 27, 2009 at 6:39 AM
- Jackie said...
That's great. I know Sophia & Mack will enjoy playing with her even more now. Can't wait to see them.
- May 27, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- Cjengo said...
Aw you give me hope with Jude! That is so awesome!!!!
- May 27, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- caryanne said...
I totally get how big of a deal this is for you. Ben has learned in the last few months how to pull up to kneel and can hang out on his knees to play with toys. It has made a HUGE difference to us. Way to go Grace!!!!
- June 2, 2009 at 5:51 PM
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