The reading from the guidebook was very easy to understand. Since I'm an accounting major, the reading was a great review.
Accounting is very important not only for entrepreneurs but for all businesses. It provides an account of how you spend your cash, how much revenues and expenses you had throughout the year and also a list of your assets and liabilities at the end of the year. It helps you discover any fraud which might be occurring.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Dot com to Dot Bomb
It was interesting listening to Andrew talk about his experience in the Dot com era. I didn't think about how the Internet had started and took everything for granted. Imagine being in a life with only 40-50 websites!! you could actually count back then.
This was the stages of how it started and where we are today:
1. An innocent beginning
2. Boom!!!
3. Insanity
4. Bust
5. The crawl back to insanity
The dinosaurs was a perfect example to represent all the different proprietary networks.
This was the stages of how it started and where we are today:
1. An innocent beginning
2. Boom!!!
3. Insanity
4. Bust
5. The crawl back to insanity
The dinosaurs was a perfect example to represent all the different proprietary networks.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Michele Armstrong
Michele Armstrong’s presentation was one of the best this quarter.
I guess it’s because I’m looking for a job and her presentation regarding HR and recruiting really pertained to me.
She is a senior manager of Corporate Recruiting at Vulcan Inc which is Paul Allen’s company and has been there for about 8 years now.
She was very engaging and while I was thinking of questions to ask, she answered them right away. It was as if she read my mind.
One thing which I was very surprised by was that now most recruiting companies post their jobs on Craigslist and twitter. When I think of Craigslist; creepy, scary and phony comes to mind. I also just signed up to Linked In.
Her idea about approaching HR managers for coffee intimidates me. However, I think its not bad idea as it will help me network and land a job through referrals.
When she started talking about phone interviews, I knew exactly what she was saying because I had one the same morning. They asked me to walk them through my resume, asked me examples of prior work experience, salary expectation, a timeframe for when I’m available and lastly motivation for applying to position. One thing I learned is to research about salary and ask what they would like to offer before stating your range.
Lastly, for the closer, I liked how she gave ideas about what types of questions to ask “You have been working here for some time now, what do you like best about working in this environment.” It’s always important to ask questions as the end of an interview. Also, I think I asked one question to the guest speaker.
I guess it’s because I’m looking for a job and her presentation regarding HR and recruiting really pertained to me.
She is a senior manager of Corporate Recruiting at Vulcan Inc which is Paul Allen’s company and has been there for about 8 years now.
She was very engaging and while I was thinking of questions to ask, she answered them right away. It was as if she read my mind.
One thing which I was very surprised by was that now most recruiting companies post their jobs on Craigslist and twitter. When I think of Craigslist; creepy, scary and phony comes to mind. I also just signed up to Linked In.
Her idea about approaching HR managers for coffee intimidates me. However, I think its not bad idea as it will help me network and land a job through referrals.
When she started talking about phone interviews, I knew exactly what she was saying because I had one the same morning. They asked me to walk them through my resume, asked me examples of prior work experience, salary expectation, a timeframe for when I’m available and lastly motivation for applying to position. One thing I learned is to research about salary and ask what they would like to offer before stating your range.
Lastly, for the closer, I liked how she gave ideas about what types of questions to ask “You have been working here for some time now, what do you like best about working in this environment.” It’s always important to ask questions as the end of an interview. Also, I think I asked one question to the guest speaker.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Derek Young
Derek Young visited us March 1st and gave a brief background of his experience. He worked at REI for about 10 years and left to get his MBA. He started small niche companies and bootstrapped every business which I thought was pretty cool. Derek talked about a couple web-based companies which he started like Exit 133, Suite 133 and Seasonal Views.
He ran Exit 133 for about 5 years. Suite 133 was started 3 years ago and it is where start-up weekend was held. Derek’s advice for Suite 133 was to learn how to make money before going to the Suite as they charge money and if you don’t have enough income coming in, going to the Suite would be a waste of money. His latest niche tech company is Seasonal View. The primary source of income for this company is through advertisements and this web-site is also his own primary source of income. He was saying that most of his clients found him through Google as they were getting a lot of hits. Spreading the word is important as they didn’t go out to advertise their company but people found them. What I liked about Seasonal View was that they don’t disclose their client’s information. Rather, they have code names for each client so the employees can openly talk about different information.
Derek’s presentation bored me a little. However, it gave me ideas about how I can fund my company through ads on my web page. I came up with a couple questions which were asked by my peers before I could raise my hand. Unfortunately, his presentation was cut short due to a fire drill. However, lucky for students as it was a nice day :)
He ran Exit 133 for about 5 years. Suite 133 was started 3 years ago and it is where start-up weekend was held. Derek’s advice for Suite 133 was to learn how to make money before going to the Suite as they charge money and if you don’t have enough income coming in, going to the Suite would be a waste of money. His latest niche tech company is Seasonal View. The primary source of income for this company is through advertisements and this web-site is also his own primary source of income. He was saying that most of his clients found him through Google as they were getting a lot of hits. Spreading the word is important as they didn’t go out to advertise their company but people found them. What I liked about Seasonal View was that they don’t disclose their client’s information. Rather, they have code names for each client so the employees can openly talk about different information.
Derek’s presentation bored me a little. However, it gave me ideas about how I can fund my company through ads on my web page. I came up with a couple questions which were asked by my peers before I could raise my hand. Unfortunately, his presentation was cut short due to a fire drill. However, lucky for students as it was a nice day :)
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