Everything is negotiable.

If you are negotiating - have better reasons to support something than “its standard.”

Monthly updates are very nice.

51% share ownership - BS. You can get control through board control and the shareholder agreement.

Think about milestones that add value. Increased cashflow, revenue targets, etc. Website is not a ( Read more... )

A classmate pointed my attention to Spotify and I have been hooked since. There might be limitations to using it in the US but if you can get around them through some IP proxy trickery, I highly recommend it. It doesn't have every piece of music but it has a lot more than I expected. Cool beans. 

I am in heathrow terminal 1 waiting for my flight to Moscow. Mila's cousin is getting married so we are going for the weekend.
Going to Moscow fills me with the kind of trepidation I never feel about any other place. Its going to be cold and wet and I can't wait.

I was catching up with a high school friend over gchat yesterday and she asked me my impressions of China ( Read more... )

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Crazy news... everyone's heard now so no bother repeating. Water landings are dangerous and 100% survival water landings are almost unheard of. If anyone finds a video of the landing, please send it my way. One for the history books. 

 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/world/europe/07london.html?em

Happy New Year everybody!!!

Coming to the end of my Asia adventure I'm spending this NYE on a Boracay beach far away from just about everybody I know. It is raining on my parade however and after so much time away I am looking forward to returning to cold and rainy London and in a few months a visit to New York to finally see everyone.

I have opted ( Read more... )

 Looks like livejournal.com has been unlocked by the Great Firewall of China. No more using shifty proxies to read/post! 

Shanghai is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard. The election parties I was missing in New York occurred at the same time as our Chinese Economy class 9 AM - 12 PM November 5th. Throughout the class, half the laptop had election websites up a we followed the counts coming in. Obama was heavy in the lead as we went to lunch. At 12:40 I checked my ( Read more... )