Mind of a Young Undergrad Entrepreneur

HOWTO: Add fixed position side tab buttons to your website

Peter Kao — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:10:38 +0000

Social media integration with your website is very important, but where do you put the links to your Facebook page or Twitter account? The usual method of placing a few buttons or two on your sidebar helps with their visibility, but I’ve found a better way to do it: fixed position side tab buttons. That’s [...]

Focus on your core business by using websites like Shorttask and Fiverr

Peter Kao — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:47:30 +0000

There are tasks that you should dedicate time on and there are tasks that are just blatant chores. With online services like Shorttask or Fiverr, you can find people that will get rid of these headaches for you. The services are cheap too, under $5 for all the offerings I’ve seen. What kind of helpful [...]

Startup Lessons Learned Conference Simulcast – April 23, 2010

Peter Kao — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:36:21 +0000

Register for this free conference here. When: Friday, April 23, 2010 from 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM (ET) Where: Accelerator Building in Waterloo Event details: This is a simulcast of the SF event. Startup Lessons Learned is the first event designed to unite those interested in what it takes to succeed in building a lean startup. [...]

Pitch competition – May 17th-18th, 2010

Peter Kao — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:24:32 +0000

More events. Yay! Impact is managing the Pitch Competition happening at OCE’s upcoming Discovery Conference on May 17th-18th, 2010 and we are offering an amazing opportunity for young entrepreneurs who are looking for their big break. The deal is simple. OCE is offering a $18,000 non-recourse micro loan for any undergraduate or graduate student in [...]

Upcoming Waterloo Events from CBET

Peter Kao — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:33:22 +0000

Another month, another series of fun entrepreneurial events! See below for a list for February 2010 from CBET. Friday February 26 Breakfast with Peter Braid: Building the Economy of the Future Hosted by Waterloo Region’s Premier Networking Speaker Series 7:30 – 9 a.m Delta Hotel, 105 King St. E., Kitchener Members $20; Non-Members $40 Minister [...]

Rise Competition Sets Grand Prize at $5,000 (and more)

Peter Kao — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:24:02 +0000

Received this in my inbox today: ATTN Innovative Undergraduate Student! Due to an increase in interest and demand for the RISE Competition, we will be extending the deadline for the first round and for the final time until Wednesday February 3, 4:00 P.M EST! This means that your Executive Summary (max. 2 pages ) and [...]

Permanent Innovation Seminar by Langdon Morris

Peter Kao — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +0000

I attended a seminar by Langdon Morris in Taiwan this September. Langdon Morris’ work involves developing “innovation, strategy, and collaboration methodologies to solve problems with very high levels of creativity and innovation.” He is also an author of several books, the recent one being “Permanent Innovation.” The presentation talks about creating a work culture of [...]

New Year’s Resolutions – 2009

Peter Kao — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:42:03 +0000

Ahhh. The fresh beginning of a new decade. Many people I know wish this decade hadn’t existed. It was certainly a tough decade for the world in general, especially for the economy and American politics. The latter hilariously summarized by this video: Fortunately, I have a condition where I think the last thing that happened [...]

HOWTO: Sync Your Desktop Across Multiple Computers

Peter Kao — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:38:04 +0000

I’ve finally found a way to sync files on my desktop, which is where I keep most of my most used docs and latest projects, across multiple computers. My desktop is like my work desk. It’s crowded, and packed with a lot of junk but I like to call it organized chaos. It becomes a [...]

HOWTO: Download and Install Paid Apps on Canadian Android Market

Peter Kao — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:10:03 +0000

Unfortunately, Canadians carrying Android phones don’t have access to paid apps on the Android Market as it is currently open for only the US and UK. This was a huge problem for me since I’m absolutely terrible with directions – I needed a GPS-software on my HTC Hero! The current “best” GPS-app is the Copilot [...]