Good morning, All, and the only thing is: now come the holiday parties and
you pretty much won’t have a chance to stop eating until New Year’s Day.
It’s Thanksgiving Week, so we’re only sending out one blast this week. But
hopefully by some time next week, I’ll have some information about a holiday
party we’re organizing, and if anyone wants to sponsor, that would be
fabulous!
Have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving, and we’ll see you next week.
So, SOS is roughly two months old now, and I want to fill you in on feedback we’ve been getting: people have found work and/or clients; beta testers; general advice/feedback; legal and business help and some of you are now even talking to potential investors who’ve responded to your postings. Oh, and a number of you have come up to me at networking events to tell me that you look forward to reading the blasts. Happy that we’re entertaining you, and yet, some of you still call or come up to me and ask for recommendations/introductions, when you could simply post them to the list.
So going forward, it would be nice if you guys – and you know who you are – would simply post. OR find me an agent and I’ll try my hand at standup.
And now, help is on the way…
Oops, gotta watch my references. One of those weeks.
Good morning, all and you know, there are quite a few investors, lawyers,
business plan writers, etc. on the list. Presumably they joined to help and to see
what the entrepreneurs on the list are doing, so, well, a few elevator
pitches might be a good idea right about now. Just thought I’d throw that
out there into the cosmos.
I am meeting with someone who’s going to help me sort out a venue so
that at least some of us can meet IRL. It’ll be a different sort of
networking event. Yes, there will be alcohol, BUT name tags will also display
what you need – or what you can offer. Just to make it easier to connect. Coming soon.
Happy Election Day, All, and Guy Fawkes Night to the Brits on the list:
And thank you so much, Asli, for mentioning StartupOneStop on Channel 9 this past week (http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/TWC9-Asli-Bilgin-Halloween-VS2010-and-community-events/). Do take a look, if you have a chance.
Also, there’s still time to register for New York Entrepreneur Week, November 16-20. Don’t wait till the last minute, which is what I usually do. URL is http://www.nyew.org/. If there are any other upcoming events that SOS members might be interested in, let me know and happy to share the information.
Halloween. Sorry, just practicing.
Good morning, All, and don’t forget to save me the dark chocolates!
One of today’s postings comes from Clear Skies Security (clearskies.net), a
company I have hired in the past – and would happily do so again. Oh, wait,
I did use them again. These guys came very highly recommended and they did
not disappoint. Now, stop reading this and get back to work, Brad, we’re on
the clock here.
I’ll be – home.
Good morning, All, and congratulations to Steve Wilson, who had his book signing for Trust (The Photographs of Jim Marshall) last week and the store sold out of copies. I couldn’t make it – but did send Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in my place.
OK, I didn’t send them. But I’m glad they made it, even if I couldn’t. And I heard from several (drooling) male members who did make there that pictures just do not do her justice.
Good morning, All,
Feels like it should be Friday – or could just be wishful thinking on my part. I know I mentioned perks last week. Coming soon, not to worry. As is New York Entrepreneur Week, November 16th – 20th. Visit http://www.nyew.org to register and hope to see you there.
In the meantime, help is on the way, and have a wonderful weekend, which will also be here before you know it!
Good morning, all and OK, its still October so I guess officially it’s just a bit nippy.
We have a lot of new members on the list a welcome to all of you and we did receive a LOT of posts this week. Apologies to those whose posts we couldn’t include in this newsletter, but we didn’t want to overwhelm everyone with dozens of queries. Instead, we’ll no doubt send out another email later this week.
One more thing: there were a few posts that came dangerously close to being considered MLM, and those just aren’t allowed here. Rules is rules!
Hi, All,
So, we are starting to hear from companies who will give special discounts on their services to SOS list members. Which I think is fabulous – every little bit helps, eh?
Speaking of perks literally did you know that Starbucks will refill your mug (well, THEIR mug) for 50 cents? Even days later. I did not know that, but figured I’d pass along the tip. Frankly, I’m an Aroma fan.