Month: November 2010

What can it mean for your product or company makes it onto the show Dragons Den? From reading articles of people who make it on, most of them (assuming their product isn’t complete bogus) experience times of extreme growth after their appearance. For many Dragons Den applicants, the opportunity to make it onto the show may not even be because they want funding from the venture capitalists, but rather so they can have the opportunity to market the product to the world.

I must admit some of the ideas people bring to the table are quite ridiculous. But on the other hand, some of the ideas are amazing, check this out:

Definitely want one of these!

Research in Motion announced yesterday their new competition for the iPad. It’s called the Playbook. Check it out:

Here’s the specs for it:

• 7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
• BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
• Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
• Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
• HDMI video output
• Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
• Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
• Ultra thin and portable:
• Measures 5.1″x7.6″x0.4″ (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
• Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
• RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future.

What do you think about this? Does it match the iPad or beat it?

Have you ever thought about starting a business while in school? I sure have.

What does it take?

What type of business do you want to start? There are only so many possibilities while you’re in school – perhaps starting an online business that offers a service, or even creating an investment portfolio sort of like a mutual fund where you pool other investors money together and invest in what you think is good.

Those are just a couple of ideas I had when looking into starting something.

Some advice I got from other blogs is:

• It is easy to promote your business while in school because you can get your friends to help promote your company
• It is easier to take risks while in school since we can always fall back on something. You should not be scared of making mistakes since you will always learn from them.
• There are lots of opportunities to try something innovative in school. The environment we live in at UBC is quite innovative and ideas are widely accepted.
• It is FUN! While we’re in school we can treat it sort of like a game without too much loss if we fail.

We need to try new things while in school. Many of the largest companies (eg – Microsoft, Facebook) were started while in school. What is holding us back? If you don’t try anything you won’t learn anything.

If you have an innovative idea and want someone to review it/get involved with it feel free to contact me.

Also check out some of the other links I’ve found:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2203266_start-business-school.html

http://www.essortment.com/career/startsmallbusi_sbss.htm

http://www.businessschooljournal.com/32-businesses-you-can-start-while-in-business-school-a-guide-for-student-entrepreneurs/

Just watch them…..

.. or just check out their website:  http://theweakshop.com/

In an effort to find something to write about, I came across a blog that really I had some feelings toward. Connor Radil wrote an article on Mac’s vs. PC’s.

Personally, when I bought my first laptop in grade 10 (which is the same laptop I use today… this thing is unbelievable) there was no real movement towards Mac from PC. Nowadays in Universities students are blinded by the marketers and peer influencer’s of Mac. I think they are a far inferior good compared to PC’s. Think about if you were to buy a PC that costs the price as a Mac – you would be buying a SUPER-computer. Mac’s are far over valued for their price.

I am a PC advocate that will never switch to Mac.

I guess now that I’m done this rant I can say that I do admire the battery life of Mac’s..