Mind of a Young Undergrad Entrepreneur

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 Peter Braid provides an update on the implementation [...]

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 Elevator [...]

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 permanent [...]

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 was the [...]

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 hassle [...]

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 by [...]

Twitter for Entrepreneurs

Peter Kao — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:41:39 +0000

Here’s another website that uses the Twitter model: it’s called Sprouter - just launched this week! Check out their video tour. I don’t use Twitter anymore, but I’m enjoying this neat little startup though. With Twitter, there is too much noise from too broad of a network. All I see when I log in to my Twitter account are [...]

Entrepreneur Week – Nov. 16-22, 2009

Peter Kao — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:59:06 +0000

Another year, another Entrepreneur Week. And once again, I’m unable to attend but you can! If you are in Waterloo, Canada (click for Google Maps location) or near it, you can participate in this year’s exciting “innovation festival.” Here’s some more information (also available on their website): “Entrepreneurs! start your engines: Entrepreneur Week, North America’s largest [...]

Halfbakery.com – A Place for Wild Business Ideas

Peter Kao — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:01:08 +0000

There are great business ideas, and then there are half-baked ideas. This is where halfbakery.com comes into play. It’s a website that is solely dedicated to ridiculous, improbable, and naturally – hilarious business ideas. To give you a sense of what the website is like (because, you know, visiting a link yourself is hard) take a [...]

eCornell Entrepreneur Online Video Contest

Peter Kao — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:31:31 +0000

Here’s a broadcast for all you fire-breathing entrepreneurs. I received an email from a representative for Cornell University regarding their upcoming online video contest. Details for the contest: “Now through November 30, eCornell is inviting entrepreneurs who are developing (or have already developed) a new product or service to submit a 30- to 60-second video that explains or [...]