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01.31.09Google Giving Malware Warning On Entire Internet
Events CommentsAs of right now, every search result on Google is marked as malware. Upon clicking through the results, you will land on a malware warning page, similar to the image shown above. You get a big notice, stating "Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer." I can't remember the last time Google was this broken. Not sure what caused this, but some engineers better be on call. Anyone working on an early Saturday morning? Update: After about 30 minutes, it's been ...
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01.20.09Inauguration 2.0 Round-up
Events CommentsToday is the day when history will be made. Record numbers of Americans are flocking to DC to celebrate the inauguration. Among many things, I am excited that Barack Obama will arguably be the first "Internet President" of our times. From his Blackberry to the Youtube fire chats, Obama has effectively used the internet to communicate. Consequently, you will be sure to find wide coverage from the social web. In its spirit, I decided to write a round-up post, listing some websites that will be covering today's event. It probably won't be the same as standing out in the freezing DC ...
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09.15.08SeedCamp Underway, Youth Innovation Abroad
Events CommentsSeedCamp, a week-long event targeted at young entrepreneurs, is now fully underway. The program chooses up to 20 companies and provides them mentorship as well as connections to VC, marketing, PR, the whole package. Five companies will be selected as winners and given funding. All in all, it's a European event trying to replicate the big self-boasting community, which calls itself the Silicon Valley. :) All joking aside, it looks exciting and I'm trying to follow it from this side of the Atlantic. ...
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09.09.08
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09.07.08TechCrunch50 Tomorrow
Events Comments"The conference features a variety of keynote speakers, expert panelists, and a DemoPit with 100 additional early-stage companies." TechCrunch50 is tomorrow! I was helping them set up at the exhibition center today, making a bazillion name tags. It looks like it's going to be fun. The floor place is way larger than last year, lots of space to sit, stand, and schmooze. I'll probably be there around mid-morning (if that makes any sense). If you're going, let me know. Let's meet up.
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07.29.08Half Broken Phone
Events CommentsI seem to be having a string of bad luck this summer. The latest victim is my 2+ year cell phone. I believe someone stepped on it while I was playing basketball. Amazingly, it can still make phone calls with just the bottom half! That's pretty awesome. The bad part is that I have lost everyone's phone number. Also, I can't tell who is calling me or read any text messages. I can only talk to people on speakerphone; it does make me feel geeky. Maybe i'll find some way to hook things back together. Please ...
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04.22.08Steve Wozniak Speaking Live at UC Berkeley
Events CommentsSteve Wozniak is coming to UC Berkeley today to speak about his journey in the world of technology, entrepreneurship and the early days of Apple. I will for sure be this event and live-casting, using Justin.tv. Watch live video from Sproutly on Justin.tv
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04.22.08Startup 101 Metrics at Web 2.0 Expo
Events CommentsI'm attending the Startup 101 Metrics at Web 2.0 Expo right now. Dave McClure and Hiten Shah are giving at talk about at Web 2.0 about Startup 101 Metrics. They break down the key points in online marketing: (1) Acquisition, (2) Activation (3) Retention (4) Referral, and (5) Revenue. You can remember as AARRR, like a pirate ;) Below are the slides. | View | Upload your own As you guys probably realized, I was able to get into Web 2.0. Can't exactly say what happened, but am lucky to know some people. The atmosphere was definitely different from that of Startup School. I felt young again as everyone was older than me. I've learned a lot from this workshop and attached my own key notes below:
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04.21.08Web 2.0 Expo, Sneaking In?
Events CommentsWeb 2.0 Expo starts off tomorrow. I'm pretty pumped about the event, though I don't really have a real pass. I'm going to go anyways, but I'm not sure how I'm going to get in. I never really understood why conferences cost so much. I suppose in the past, there was no other way to receive the information delivered at workshops and keynote. However, nowadays, with blogging and video broadcast, you can get everything in real-time. But of course, the real reason why people go to conference is to ...
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04.20.08Y Combinator Startup School 2008
Events CommentsSo, I went to YCombintaor Startup School today. It was a lot better than I imagined. Usually at most startup events, the speakers would talk about some common sense topic. However, I thought it was great because it had such a variety of speakers. (Image Source: Posterous) For example, Jack Sheridan (Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati) brought his legal expertise, Greg McAdoo (Partner at Sequoia Capital) talked about why it's important ride a huge wave, and Paul Graham (Partner at Y Combinator) talked about the importance of just being ...
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Writer: Jeff Wang. I just graduated from UC Berkeley, majoring in Computer Science. Most posts will be dedicated to young entreprenuers.
My previous work experience include Microsoft and TechCrunch. I am an aspiring entrepreneur.
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