If you’re a Stanford student looking for free academic versions of Microsoft software, check out http://msdn.stanford.edu/. Here’s a sample of what’s available: Free stuff you MBAs might want: Windows – particularly for those who run Virtual PC for Mac and need Windows to run Excel OneNote – an awesome app for note taking if you don’t ...
Found a domain name I wanted to use that’s unfortunately squatted on by http://www.mdnhinc.com/. So sent a mail to the GSB community on how best to acquire it. Some suggestions below: Use a broker Using NetworkSolutions for domain appraisal and approaching them anonymously on your behalf: https://www.certifiedofferservice.com/CertifiedOffer/offer/domainAssessment.do Appraisal based on: Word Relevance - based on ...
Great article by Luke Wroblewski on Facebook’s design process: Design at Facebook August 27, 2009 by Luke Wroblewski Today at their headquarters in Palo Alto, Facebook’s design team walked through their philosophy and approach to designing for a quarter billion users. In particular, they emphasized the importance of writing code, sharing designs early and often, ...
Everyone I run into this summer seems to be starting a company. Just had burgers with another friend who’s starting to market business casual attire—which is brilliant, because it’s pretty difficult to find that stuff when you’re searching online. If your regular attire isn’t cutting at work these days, check out Bcasual.com: Our Mission ...
After a year at Stanford business school no class had discussed academic research on splitting founder equity—though I’d asked frequently. Weird. Finally I found something useful, notably from the University of Calgary and HBS, drafted just last month. Happy Canada Day everyone! The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures T Hellmann, ...
This summer, a number of students are spending their summer camped out near Stanford’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies as they start their own companies. When asked where startups should do their banking, here’s what the community had to say: PayPal – You can do a lot with a PayPal account and one of their debit ...
Happened this afternoon while I was on vaca in my parent’s house outside Toronto. Apparently Canadian quakes are more mellow than US counterparts: Mom and grandma didn’t even notice since they were on the ground floor. I felt it on the second as the house started to sway. ...
One thing that came to mind as I visited my undergrad university last week was how pliable my brain used to be when I was younger. And I used to be aware of this. I remember at one point there was a huge poster sale on campus and I’d start plastering my room with images ...
While back in Toronto for my grandma’s 90th birthday I swung by my alma mater, the University of Waterloo, to catch up with friends, professors, and students. Fantastic trip. Caught up with classmates Dave (founded Aeryon), Prem and Jay (at Tangam Gaming), Ryan and Dan (doing corp security and display hardware at RIM), Melanie (Maxtech) ...
When I was an undergrad at the University of Waterloo, I went back and forth on whether an MBA made sense for me in future. Tuesday 6/15 at 4:30pm I’m back on campus via the Computer Science Club, eight years later, to give the talk I wish someone would have shared with me on the ...