Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Today was a pretty good day here in the Tongren Lu Idea Factory.
Started designing our database of transactions for the website
Finished drafts of all of the fields in the other databases in the website
Reviewed resumes for potential data entry interns
Got the second inquiry in two days from interested investors
Maybe this ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
I am an organiser. Acute, chronic, obsessive -- all of the above. Which gives this pre-natal stage of the start-up its own special brand of stress for me.
Once a company has been established and operating for some time, a manager may have a longer list of tasks to scratch off ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
It's Tuesday, but the end of the week feels like it's closing in fast. Maybe it's the snow. Or maybe it's just knowing that tomorrow, the 30th of January will be exactly one week from the start of Spring Festival, so any meaningful opportunity to get things done stops pretty ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
To continue on the club theme, I would like to let you all know of another business group that I've played a meaningful role in for many years. Just today I was re-elected to a seventh consecutive two-year term as chairman of the Slow Learners' Club, Asian Chapter.
Well, ok, ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Today was a day for a committee meeting of the Shanghai chapter of IHMCFF.
IHMCFF was a major club back in Hanoi back when I was starting my first media project, and it has now been reborn here in the capital of full-contact commuting. The full name of the club ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
It's Thursday. Still about a week left before I take off for a Spring Festival vacation (do entrepreneurs have vacations?) and still a few things to take care of.
On Monday we should get the letter of reference from the nice folks at HSBC confirming that we had little other choice ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
This is my first post. This is my new blog. This is my new life. Welcome.
Well, okay, maybe it's not such a new life. Maybe it's a lot like the old one, but it's different too. And since I only half know what I'm doing, ...
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