Monthly Archives: March 2015

ssg daily! friday, march 20. 2015​

stuff

ssg daily! friday, march 20. 2015 bit.ly/ssg-daily  / archive / blog

join our growing grassroots community of founders, investors, and advisors at www.startupstudygroup.com/slack

contact: charles jo 650.906.2600 – twitter @charlesjo

 

finished idea maze: i am the best mouse trap.

notes:

  1. http://ssg.space is our startup study group blog central.  Please check it out, register with @sergio on our Slack to get your blogs automagically fed to system.
  2. continue to automate group notes like this newsletter, top 10 blogs from ssg.space..
  3. meetups
    1. Palo Alto 4/2/15
    2. London TBD

 

stats

  1. 226 members; 174 on Slack.

 

team goals

  1. 1000 members by June 2015; be the best startup community, period.
  2. 8 posts/day
  3. metrics
    1. see #metrics channel on Slack.
    2. alliances and partners?
  4. rally support around
    1. Finkip – a new way to read blogs. Please review.
    2. Nima’s Brazil/Canada projects (intercontinental startups migration & collaboration)
      1. Founder Institute Curitiba “beta” chapter needs your help! #Sponsorships & potential mentors – Nima chapter lead
      2. Startup Weekend Curitiba needs #sponsorships to cover expenses (last event had about 100 participants! largest yet & growing)
    3. Cat’s newsletter
    4. TimeShareCMO: data-driven marketing expertise for startups, part time.
    5. SSG Ecosystem Canvas – #communitycanvas

 

ideas to consider

 

Gamification:

  1. Fantasy Founders Game
    1. value of blogging; fantasy founders game for blogging founders vs. nah. – started 3/12/15. Terrence YC vs Charles (draft founders who blog: picks Adam, Darryl, Jonas, Chris, Shane)

member blogs today- highlight blogs from ssg members; please read, engage, tweet… https://twitter.com/semil/status/576993970229673984

previous member blogs –

 

  1. People Say Finding a Co-Founder Is Hard But It’s Really Not by @v4violetta
  2. Apple Pay Accepted Here Alerts Needed to Drive Adoption by Eric Dunstan
  3. Investing sucks by @joshmaher
  4. Your Analytics Tool Is Wrong by @mjb_sf
  5. Investors Who Want to Build by JD Carluccio
  6. Sharing Economy in the Slack Space by Jesse Strauss
  7. Fighting vs Arguing by Adam Marx
  8. Growth by Justin Wu
  9. VR Space by Phil Johnson
  10. What the hell is happening? by Jonas Daniels
  11. Startup CTO equity by Scott McGregor
  12. On Integrity and Buckets by Charles Jo
  13. Highlights Are a Big Deal by Sergio Romo @sromo16
  14. Tumblr Blog by Terrence Yang
  15. How to prevent your co-founder from stealing your company by Josh Maher
  16. Friday rant by Charles Jo – technically a half free-style tweetstorm
  17. Misnomers about Angel Investing by Josh Maher
  18. Think before Disrupting by Alan Daniel
  19. Some Thoughts on Meerkats by Tom Maxwell
  20. 10 Things Startups and Local Bands Should Avoid Screwing Up On – by Adam Marx
  21. Bootstrapping by Charles Jo

 

interesting notes from SSG Slack & elsewhere (books, etc.) See #books section on Slack.

  1. ???

past ideas

  1. ssg labs – started 3/4/15
    1. explore ideas within group
  2. edition times – 9:30pm PST (initially 3/4/15)
  3. create easier invite and onboarding than www.startupstudygroup.com/slack (initially 3/4/15)
    ← WeAreLATech is using a TypeForm page to onboard to their slack channel. See: wearelatech.com/vip

    1. 10 minutes to process…
  4. better format for website, more content/context
  5. save also as pdf editions – done
  6. theme song to newsletter by one of Adam Marx’s @adammarx13 awesome bands; maybe cycle thru his bands?
  7. invite more tech/startup bloggers
  8. automate this newsletter (by @costrike)
  9. virtual pitches in future. Google Hangouts -> Yahoo stream.  40 minutes Total next time.
  10. Bloggers – focus on finding tech startup bloggers to join SSG.
  11. RFB: Request for blogs.  Crowdsource ideas for member blogs.
  12. Create a mobile app for SSG users (not slack ) ?
  13. Create a SSG social network site on top of present website – http://startupstudygroup.com    ?
  14. Create visual analytics about subject matters and topics reheated to start ups
  15. BTC
  16. Promoting, rallying around members’ launches.
  17. ad space on ssg daily and startupstudygroup.com.
  18. How can ssg be better?
  19. Slack has been fantastic for global instant communication tool but explore alternatives for video conferences, demos, pitches, etc.
  20. Student chapters at universities.  Nothing too burdensome/bureaucratic but rather super-lean.
  21. Best blogging practices (beyond nagging) and distribution channels.
  22. How can ssg be better? > SSG canvas will provide like diagnosis & gap analysis
  23. Slack has been fantastic for global instant communication tool but explore alternatives for video conferences, demos, pitches, etc.
  24. Student chapters at universities.  Nothing too burdensome/bureaucratic but rather super-lean.
  25. Best blogging practices (beyond nagging) and distribution channels.
  26. Joe mentioned “A member proposed a very interesting idea by email.  Hoping he announces it soon to group as it may help all of us.” Not sure if I am doing this right, but here goes. I love digging into marketing-and sales-oriented technology, and I am happy to write a blog post telling the world how awesome it is. I would love to swap explorations with other startups. Outline: free trial, 1 hour of investment with the service, 1 hour of write-up. As an aside, our best converting traffic ever came from this post: http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2015/01/24/toutapp-payboard-ritetag/. If folks are interested, is there a place where they could post their name/email on Slack?
  27. (MichaelZeuthen) Business model?

ssg daily! thursday, march 19. 2015

stuff

ssgdaily-thursday-2015-03-19.pdf

 

ssg daily! thursday, march 19. 2015 bit.ly/ssg-daily  / archive

join our growing grassroots community of founders, investors, and advisors at www.startupstudygroup.com/slack

contact: charles jo 650.906.2600 – twitter @charlesjo

finished idea maze: i am the best mouse trap.

 

notes:

  1. http://ssg.space is our startup study group blog central.  Please check it out, register with @sergio on our Slack to get your blogs automagically fed to system.
  2. Reminder to check out our ssg Slack.  We are very active there.
  3. continue to automate group notes like this newsletter, top 10 blogs from ssg.space..
  4. meetups?

stats

  1. 226 members; 168 on Slack.

team goals

  1. 1000 members by June 2015; be the best startup community, period.
  2. 8 posts/day
  3. metrics
    1. see #metrics channel on Slack.
    2. alliances and partners?
  4. rally support around
    1. Finkip – a new way to read blogs. Please review.
    2. Nima’s Brazil/Canada projects (intercontinental startups migration & collaboration)
    3. Founder Institute Curitiba “beta” chapter needs your help! #Sponsorships & potential mentors – Nima chapter lead
    4. Startup Weekend Curitiba needs #sponsorships to cover expenses (last event had about 100 participants! largest yet & growing)
    5. Cat’s newsletter
    6. TimeShareCMO: data-driven marketing expertise for startups, part time.
    7. SSG Ecosystem Canvas – #communitycanvas

ideas to consider

Gamification:

  1. Fantasy Founders Game
    1. value of blogging; fantasy founders game for blogging founders vs. nah. – started 3/12/15. Terrence YC vs Charles (draft founders who blog: picks Adam, Darryl, Jonas, Chris, Shane)

 

member blogs today- highlight blogs from ssg members; please read, engage, tweet… https://twitter.com/semil/status/576993970229673984

 

previous member blogs –

  1. People Say Finding a Co-Founder Is Hard But It’s Really Not by @v4violetta
  2. Apple Pay Accepted Here Alerts Needed to Drive Adoption by Eric Dunstan
  3. Investing sucks by @joshmaher
  4. Your Analytics Tool Is Wrong by @mjb_sf
  5. Investors Who Want to Build by JD Carluccio
  6. Sharing Economy in the Slack Space by Jesse Strauss
  7. Fighting vs Arguing by Adam Marx
  8. Growth by Justin Wu
  9. VR Space by Phil Johnson
  10. What the hell is happening? by Jonas Daniels
  11. Startup CTO equity by Scott McGregor
  12. On Integrity and Buckets by Charles Jo
  13. Highlights Are a Big Deal by Sergio Romo @sromo16
  14. Tumblr Blog by Terrence Yang

  15. How to prevent your co-founder from stealing your company by Josh Maher

  16. Friday rant by Charles Jo – technically a half free-style tweetstorm
  17. Misnomers about Angel Investing by Josh Maher
  18. Think before Disrupting by Alan Daniel
  19. Some Thoughts on Meerkats by Tom Maxwell
  20. 10 Things Startups and Local Bands Should Avoid Screwing Up On – by Adam Marx
  21. Bootstrapping by Charles Jo

interesting notes from SSG Slack & elsewhere (books, etc.) See #books section on Slack.

  1. ???

 

past ideas

  1. ssg labs – started 3/4/15
    1. explore ideas within group
  2. edition times – 9:30pm PST (initially 3/4/15)
  3. create easier invite and onboarding than www.startupstudygroup.com/slack (initially 3/4/15)
    ← WeAreLATech is using a TypeForm page to onboard to their slack channel. See: wearelatech.com/vip

    1. 10 minutes to process…
  4. better format for website, more content/context
  5. save also as pdf editions – done
  6. theme song to newsletter by one of Adam Marx’s @adammarx13 awesome bands; maybe cycle thru his bands?
  7. invite more tech/startup bloggers
  8. automate this newsletter (by @costrike)
  9. virtual pitches in future. Google Hangouts -> Yahoo stream.  40 minutes Total next time.
  10. Bloggers – focus on finding tech startup bloggers to join SSG.
  11. RFB: Request for blogs.  Crowdsource ideas for member blogs.
  12. Create a mobile app for SSG users (not slack ) ?
  13. Create a SSG social network site on top of present website – http://startupstudygroup.com    ?
  14. Create visual analytics about subject matters and topics reheated to start ups
  15. BTC
  16. Promoting, rallying around members’ launches.
  17. ad space on ssg daily and startupstudygroup.com.
  18. How can ssg be better?
  19. Slack has been fantastic for global instant communication tool but explore alternatives for video conferences, demos, pitches, etc.
  20. Student chapters at universities.  Nothing too burdensome/bureaucratic but rather super-lean.
  21. Best blogging practices (beyond nagging) and distribution channels.
  22. How can ssg be better? > SSG canvas will provide like diagnosis & gap analysis
  23. Slack has been fantastic for global instant communication tool but explore alternatives for video conferences, demos, pitches, etc.
  24. Student chapters at universities.  Nothing too burdensome/bureaucratic but rather super-lean.
  25. Best blogging practices (beyond nagging) and distribution channels.
  26. Joe mentioned “A member proposed a very interesting idea by email.  Hoping he announces it soon to group as it may help all of us.” Not sure if I am doing this right, but here goes. I love digging into marketing-and sales-oriented technology, and I am happy to write a blog post telling the world how awesome it is. I would love to swap explorations with other startups. Outline: free trial, 1 hour of investment with the service, 1 hour of write-up. As an aside, our best converting traffic ever came from this post: http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2015/01/24/toutapp-payboard-ritetag/. If folks are interested, is there a place where they could post their name/email on Slack?
  27. (MichaelZeuthen) Business model?

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ssg daily! wednesday, march 18. 2015

stuff

ssgdaily-wednesday-2015-03-18.pdf

 

ssg daily! wednesday, march 18. 2015 bit.ly/ssg-daily  / archive

join our growing grassroots community of founders, investors, and advisors at www.startupstudygroup.com/slack

contact: charles jo 650.906.2600 – twitter @charlesjo

 

finished idea maze: i am the best mouse trap.

 

notes:

  1. we intentionally create magic moments by being more human in our community.

  2. going forward, we have partnered with @pot

 

errata:

  1. members did help edit yesterday. sorry for misinformation.

 

thanks

  1. Sergio, Nathan, Mike, Violeta for SSG blog automation and SSG group on twitter.

 

achievements

  1. 0 to 1 in 4 hours

  2. 2 member driven initiatives

    1. ssg blog section on Sergio’s site [insert link] thanks!

    2. twitter ssg group to subscribe! thanks

 

stats

  1. 220 members; 164 on Slack.

  2. Blogs tuesday, march 17, 2015 by members? ___

 

team goals

  1. 1000 members by June 2015; be the best startup community, period.

  2. 8 posts/day

  3. metrics

    1. see #metrics channel on Slack.

    2. alliances and partners?

  4. rally support around

    1. Finkip – a new way to read blogs. Please review.

    2. Nima’s Brazil/Canada projects (intercontinental startups migration & collaboration)

    3. Founder Institute Curitiba “beta” chapter needs your help! #Sponsorships & potential mentors – Nima chapter lead

    4. Startup Weekend Curitiba needs #sponsorships to cover expenses (last event had about 100 participants! largest yet & growing)

    5. Cat’s newsletter

    6. TimeShareCMO: data-driven marketing expertise for startups, part time.

    7. SSG Ecosystem Canvas – #communitycanvas

 

ideas to consider

  1. (MichaelZeuthen) Business model?

 

Gamification:

  1. Fantasy Founders Game

    1. value of blogging; fantasy founders game for blogging founders vs. nah. – started 3/12/15. Terrence YC vs Charles (draft founders who blog: picks Adam, Darryl, Jonas, Chris, Shane)

 

member blogs today- highlight blogs from ssg members; please read, engage, tweet… https://twitter.com/semil/status/576993970229673984

  1. People Say Finding a Co-Founder Is Hard But It’s Really Not by @v4violetta

  2. Apple Pay Accepted Here Alerts Needed to Drive Adoption by Eric Dunstan

 

previous member blogs –

 

  1. Investing sucks by @joshmaher

  2. Your Analytics Tool Is Wrong by @mjb_sf

  3. Investors Who Want to Build by JD Carluccio

  4. Sharing Economy in the Slack Space by Jesse Strauss

  5. Fighting vs Arguing by Adam Marx

  6. Growth by Justin Wu

  7. VR Space by Phil Johnson

  8. What the hell is happening? by Jonas Daniels

  9. Startup CTO equity by Scott McGregor

  10. On Integrity and Buckets by Charles Jo

  11. Highlights Are a Big Deal by Sergio Romo @sromo16

  12. Tumblr Blog by Terrence Yang

  13. How to prevent your co-founder from stealing your company by Josh Maher

  14. Friday rant by Charles Jo – technically a half free-style tweetstorm

  15. Misnomers about Angel Investing by Josh Maher

  16. Think before Disrupting by Alan Daniel

  17. Some Thoughts on Meerkats by Tom Maxwell

  18. 10 Things Startups and Local Bands Should Avoid Screwing Up On – by Adam Marx

  19. Bootstrapping by Charles Jo

 

interesting notes from SSG Slack & elsewhere (books, etc.) See #books section on Slack.

  1. ???

 

past ideas

  1. ssg labs – started 3/4/15

    1. explore ideas within group

  2. edition times – 9:30pm PST (initially 3/4/15)

  3. create easier invite and onboarding than www.startupstudygroup.com/slack (initially 3/4/15)
    ← WeAreLATech is using a TypeForm page to onboard to their slack channel. See: wearelatech.com/vip

    1. 10 minutes to process…

  4. better format for website, more content/context

  5. save also as pdf editions – done

  6. theme song to newsletter by one of Adam Marx’s @adammarx13 awesome bands; maybe cycle thru his bands?

  7. invite more tech/startup bloggers

  8. automate this newsletter (by @costrike)

  9. virtual pitches in future. Google Hangouts -> Yahoo stream.  40 minutes Total next time.

  10. Bloggers – focus on finding tech startup bloggers to join SSG.

  11. RFB: Request for blogs.  Crowdsource ideas for member blogs.

  12. Create a mobile app for SSG users (not slack ) ?

  13. Create a SSG social network site on top of present website – http://startupstudygroup.com    ?

  14. Create visual analytics about subject matters and topics reheated to start ups

  15. BTC

  16. Promoting, rallying around members’ launches.

  17. ad space on ssg daily and startupstudygroup.com.

  18. How can ssg be better?

  19. Slack has been fantastic for global instant communication tool but explore alternatives for video conferences, demos, pitches, etc.

  20. Student chapters at universities.  Nothing too burdensome/bureaucratic but rather super-lean.

  21. Best blogging practices (beyond nagging) and distribution channels.

  22. How can ssg be better? > SSG canvas will provide like diagnosis & gap analysis

  23. Slack has been fantastic for global instant communication tool but explore alternatives for video conferences, demos, pitches, etc.

  24. Student chapters at universities.  Nothing too burdensome/bureaucratic but rather super-lean.

  25. Best blogging practices (beyond nagging) and distribution channels.

  26. Joe mentioned “A member proposed a very interesting idea by email.  Hoping he announces it soon to group as it may help all of us.” Not sure if I am doing this right, but here goes. I love digging into marketing-and sales-oriented technology, and I am happy to write a blog post telling the world how awesome it is. I would love to swap explorations with other startups. Outline: free trial, 1 hour of investment with the service, 1 hour of write-up. As an aside, our best converting traffic ever came from this post: http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2015/01/24/toutapp-payboard-ritetag/. If folks are interested, is there a place where they could post their name/email on Slack?

ssg daily! monday, march 16, 2015

stuff

ssgdaily-monday-2015-03-16.pdf

 

ssg daily! monday, march 16, 2015 http://bit.ly/ssg-daily archives

join our growing grassroots community of founders, investors, and advisors at www.startupstudygroup.com/slack

contact: charles jo 650.906.2600 – twitter @charlesjo

 

notes:

  1. A member proposed a very interesting idea by email.  Hoping he announces it soon to group as it may help all of us.
  2. Feedback on ssg daily is always welcome and encouraged. Every feedback will be reviewed and considered — for now while our membership #s are in 3 digits.  Reminder: members can edit the daily at http://bit.ly/ssg-daily throughout the day.  Distribution is around 9:30pm PST.
  3. Mission: Create the best grassroots startup community of founders, investors, advisors helping each other to succeed.
  4. How can ssg be better?

 

thanks

  1. member blogs March 14, 2015 was 3.
  2. contributions to editing — n/a; (members always invited to edit)

 

achievements

  1. almost at 200 members.

 

stats

  1. 194 members; 145 on Slack.
  2. Blogs today by members? 3.

 

team goals

  1. 1000 members by June 2015; be the best startup community, period.
  2. 8 blogs/day means
  3. metrics
    1. see #metrics channel on Slack.
    2. alliances and partners?
  4. rally support around
    1. Finkip – a new way to read blogs. Please review.
    2. Nima’s Brazil/Canada projects.
    3. Cat’s newsletter

 

ideas to consider

  1. Slack has been fantastic for global instant communication tool but explore alternatives for video conferences, demos, pitches, etc.
  2. Student chapters at universities.  Nothing too burdensome/bureaucratic but rather super-lean.
  3. Best blogging practices (beyond nagging) and distribution channels.

 

Gamification:

  1. Fantasy Founders Game
    1. value of blogging; fantasy founders game for blogging founders vs. nah. – started 3/12/15. Terrence YC vs Charles (draft founders who blog: picks Adam, Darryl, Jonas, Chris, Shane)

 

 

member blogs today- highlight blogs from ssg members; please read, engage, tweet… https://twitter.com/semil/status/576993970229673984

  1. Fighting vs Arguing by Adam Marx
  2. Growth by Justin Wu
  3. VR Space by Phil Johnson

 

previous member blogs –

 

  1. What the hell is happening? by Jonas Daniels
  2. Startup CTO equity by Scott McGregor
  3. On Integrity and Buckets by Charles Jo
  4. Highlights Are a Big Deal by Sergio Romo @sromo16
  5. Tumblr Blog by Terrence Yang
  6. How to prevent your co-founder from stealing your company by Josh Maher
  7. Friday rant by Charles Jo – technically a half free-style tweetstorm
  8. Misnomers about Angel Investing by Josh Maher
  9. Think before Disrupting by Alan Daniel
  10. Some Thoughts on Meerkats by Tom Maxwell
  11. 10 Things Startups and Local Bands Should Avoid Screwing Up On – by Adam Marx
  12. Bootstrapping by Charles Jo

 

interesting notes from SSG Slack & elsewhere (books, etc.) See #books section on Slack.

  1. Collaboration
  2. Startuplister
  3. GigaOm postmortem
  4. Habits
  5. Free pr search tool for startups
  6. Bitcoin blogs

 

 

past ideas

  1. ssg labs – started 3/4/15
    1. explore ideas within group
  2. edition times – 9:30pm PST (initially 3/4/15)
  3. create easier invite and onboarding than www.startupstudygroup.com/slack (initially 3/4/15)
    ← WeAreLATech is using a TypeForm page to onboard to their slack channel. See: wearelatech.com/vip

    1. 10 minutes to process…
  4. better format for website, more content/context
  5. save also as pdf editions – done
  6. theme song to newsletter by one of Adam Marx’s @adammarx13 awesome bands; maybe cycle thru his bands?
  7. invite more tech/startup bloggers
  8. automate this newsletter (by @costrike)
  9. virtual pitches in future. Google Hangouts -> Yahoo stream.  40 minutes Total next time.
  10. Bloggers – focus on finding tech startup bloggers to join SSG.
  11. RFB: Request for blogs.  Crowdsource ideas for member blogs.
  12. Create a mobile app for SSG users (not slack ) ?
  13. Create a SSG social network site on top of present website – http://startupstudygroup.com    ?
  14. Create visual analytics about subject matters and topics reheated to start ups
  15. BTC
  16. Promoting, rallying around members’ launches.
  17. ad space on ssg daily and startupstudygroup.com.

 

 

ssg daily! sunday, march 15, 2015

stuff

ssgdaily-2015-03-15.pdf

ssg daily! sunday, march 15, 2015 http://bit.ly/ssg-daily archives

join our growing grassroots community of founders, investors, and advisors to www.startupstudygroup.com/slack

contact: charles jo 650.906.2600 – twitter @charlesjo

notes:

  1. very good community development — see achievements section below.

thanks

  1. member blogs March 13, 2015 was 3.
  2. contributions to editing — n/a; (members always invited to edit)

achievements

  1. M&A contact made
  2. Founder Institute connections being explored for Nima’s Brazil and Canada projects.

stats

  1. 188 members; 139 on Slack
  2. Blogs today my members? 3
  3. other metrics?

team goals

  1. Goal: 1000 members by June 2015; be the best startup community, period. 8 blogs/day means 1 blog to read every hour at work.
  2. metrics
    1. see #metrics channel on Slack.
  3. rally support around
    1. Ingrid’s STEM project (twitter @ingridium)
    2. Finkip – a new way to read blogs. Please review.

ideas to consider

  1. ad space on ssg daily and startupstudygroup.com.

Gamificaton:

  1. Fantasy Founders Game
    1. value of blogging; fantasy founders game for blogging founders vs. nah. – started 3/12/15. Terrence YC vs Charles (draft founders who blog: picks Adam, Darryl, Jonas, Chris, Shane)

 

member blogs today- highlight blogs from ssg members; please read, engage, tweet…

  1. What the hell is happening? by Jonas Daniels
  2. Startup CTO equity by Scott McGregor
  3. On Integrity and Buckets by Charles Jo

 

previous member blogs –

  1. Highlights Are a Big Deal by Sergio Romo @sromo16
  2. Tumblr Blog by Terrence Yang
  3. How to prevent your co-founder from stealing your company by Josh Maher
  4. Friday rant by Charles Jo – technically a half free-style tweetstrorm
  5. Misnomers about Angel Investing by Josh Maher
  6. Think before Disrupting by Alan Daniel
  7. Some Thoughts on Meerkats by Tom Maxwell
  8. 10 Things Startups and Local Bands Should Avoid Screwing Up On – by Adam Marx
  9. Bootstrapping by Charles Jo

 

interesting notes from SSG Slack & elsewhere (books, etc.) See #books section on Slack.

  1. ???

 

member tweetstorms, rebuttstorms (hi @pmarca), upcoming speaking engagements, events (pix or it didn’t happen!), quora Q&A

  • ?

icymi (best of Mattermark, @sama, etc.)

  1. Hunter Walk’s notes on Meerkat vs. Twitter.

misc

  • ???

past ideas

  1. ssg labs – started 3/4/15
    1. explore ideas within group
  2. edition times – 9:30pm PST (initially 3/4/15)
  3. create easier invite and onboarding than www.startupstudygroup.com/slack (initially 3/4/15)
    ← WeAreLATech is using a TypeForm page to onboard to their slack channel. See: wearelatech.com/vip

    1. 10 minutes to process…
  4. better format for website, more content/context
  5. save also as pdf editions – done
  6. theme song to newsletter by one of Adam Marx’s @adammarx13 awesome bands; maybe cycle thru his bands?
  7. invite more tech/startup bloggers
  8. automate this newsletter (by @costrike)
  9. virtual pitches in future. Google Hangouts -> Yahoo stream.  40 minutes Total next time.
  10. Bloggers – focus on finding tech startup bloggers to join SSG.
  11. RFB: Request for blogs.  Crowdsource ideas for member blogs.
  12. Create a mobile app for SSG users (not slack ) ?
  13. Create a SSG social network site on top of present website – http://startupstudygroup.com    ?
  14. Create visual analytics about subject matters and topics reheated to start ups
  15. BTC
  16. Promoting, rallying around members’ launches.

Housekeeping

  1. ???

 

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On Integrity and Buckets

stuff

I’ll write a lot around my Korean childhood as I grew up there then immigrated to the US.  I don’t remember too many details now but some gems stick with me even as I’ve had decades to compare them to other proverbs.

One set of grandparents migrated to Manchuria and since they were living under Japan-occupied Korea, they could speak Korean, Japanese, and learned Chinese during their 10+ years in Manchuria and when I lived with them in the US, they were trying to learn English.  I always thought it was odd (but cool, neat) that despite the horrors they must have seen or experienced during colonial Korea, neither ever had bad things to about the colonizing countries nor the times they spent in Manchuria.  On the contrary, when they moved to the US, grandpa would always tune into Chinese and Japanese language TV shows and would laugh at all the jokes, clapping his hands then holding his stomach.  He’d also watch Korean shows, sure.  At times, he would be watching a Chinese language show and comment how cute he remembered the Chinese women to be when they lived in Manchuria.  Loud enough, I’m sure Grandma heard, but I also don’t recall her discussing this embarrassing comment.  Perhaps they had different tolerance levels but even as a 9 year old, I’m pretty sure I got embarrassed. If not then, every time I remember those scenes.  Grandpa did have nasty words for different regions of Korea though.  Not the North vs. South as we’d suspect now but East vs. West.  It was weird but apparently it was a thing.

Grandma had the gems though.  One, she said that we live and die with emotions.  I am still pondering that statement but I tend to agree.  We are emotional creatures.  They cause us to paint pictures, write poetry and songs.  And avoid the jerks.

Grandma’s second gem is the image I have in mind when it comes to integrity.  She used to say that a bucket that leaks inside the house, also leaks outside the house.  In business and finance, we speak of buckets all the time.  But imagine it as your integrity.  If your bucket is leaking when in private then you will most likely be a risk in business.  There was a sales training seminar I had attending years back.  One of the discussion partners was a woman who was going through a divorce.  Her husband was an executive somewhere.  She said everyone loved him.  He wore a great mask.  But at home, he was a monster.  Verbally abusive to her and kids.  Then her fear finally happened. He had struck their son.  She called the police and filed for divorce.  I was really proud of her for standing up for herself and her child.  No one deserves that kind of life.

In business, I am not sure why people reveal these during their conversation with me in private or in a private group setting: their sexist remarks, racist remarks, or how they know that they have to have the guts to cheat once in awhile to get things done.  Dude, I have a mom, a wife, a daughter, and nieces.  As you can see, I’m also a person of color.  You may not know that my son attends a Jewish school and I have tremendous respect for Muslims.  And Arab traders may have started some family lines in Korea.  And I actually believe in what Jesus said.  So thanks for sharing your moronic opinions but I’m not sending you business.  God have mercy on your soul.

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