[ECE PhiBar] Startups in the Bay
Jonathan Cornell
cornell.jonathan at gmail.com
Thu Mar 5 23:53:00 EST 2009
I approve. I would have spent the $1.50 for repeats of Free Bird on the
way out but I don't show up on Wednesdays anymore.
-Cornell
Boris Lipchin wrote:
> Not Jennifer, Genevieve rather, sorry. Mis-written.
>
> Boris Lipchin wrote:
>> Now that conversation has turned to Jennifer, I'm going to have to
>> tell you guys a story.
>>
>> It was Thursday night, I had left my credit card at Phi Bar the night
>> before, as I had used it as a tab. Upon arriving to Phi Bar and
>> seeing Genevieve behind the bar I made eye contact and was about to
>> start talking when Genevieve preempted me with a "I'm not working
>> right now." At which point I turned to the other bar tended to ask
>> for my credit card back. However, I was once more preempted by
>> Genevieve's "Oh, did you ever get your credit card back?" I had to
>> tell her that I had not, and I was in the process of doing so. She
>> immediately awarded me something that might have been a smile and
>> said "Oh that's fine, I'll get it, it's upstairs" and ran off. She
>> came back moments later and handed me credit card and receipt with
>> the words "But you can't pay tip." I was somewhat dumbfounded at this
>> statement, but decided not to question it, so I reached for my wallet
>> where I knew I had my $2 in cash, previously meant for Mountain Dew
>> in the Hammerschlag vending machine, but now would have to be handed
>> over to Phi Bar if I ever want to get drinks there again. Upon seeing
>> my wallet Genevieve did something that perhaps none of us expected.
>> She, now standing on my side of the bar, sat down, leaned on the bar
>> sideways facing me and said "Why don't you just buy me a drink
>> instead, I'm not working tonight." Thunder on a clear day rang, and I
>> suddenly realized that it was time to make a decision that will have
>> serious consequences whichever way I went. However, Heer and Many
>> where patiently waiting outside, so my hand was forced. "Sorry, I'm
>> actually kind of busy, gotta run" earned a disapproving stare that
>> did little to improve when padded with my last $2 (I wasn't willing
>> to part with the $10). I quickly escaped from the bar, and satisfied
>> that we weren't being pursued, returned to the safety of the cluster.
>>
>> Your thoughts? This is all true by the way.
>>
>> Boris
>>
>> Jesse Guss wrote:
>>> Now, I love messing with Genevieve as much as the next guy. In
>>> fact, my irrational love of Free Bird is almost entirely a result of
>>> how angry she gets when someone puts it on the Juke box. I started
>>> this email intending to defend Genevieve and chastise you for being
>>> such a cad, but the energy I spent phrasing the second sentence made
>>> me forget why I cared. Who will be responsible for providing the
>>> curly straws during carnival? She /hates/ that.
>>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Jonathan Cornell
>>> <cornell.jonathan at gmail.com <mailto:cornell.jonathan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I miss the days when Phi-Bar was about Blue Moon specials before
>>> the drink tax and a night was not complete without finding a
>>> reason to not give Genevieve a tip. I expect a complete 180 come
>>> carnival.
>>>
>>> <3 Cornell
>>>
>>> Jesse Guss wrote:
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>> Did anyone else see Boris's email long before Dmitriy's? Did
>>>> anyone else notice that the possessive versions of Russian names
>>>> look silly? Is anyone else concerned that the ece-phi list is no
>>>> longer being used for its intended purpose? That last one's
>>>> probably my fault. I've just been hijacking threads this week.
>>>> There's no stopping me.
>>>> Oh, hey, a foreign national just sent you an email with "Boris"
>>>> "Russian" and "hijacking" in it. Congratulations, you've been
>>>> blacklisted by the US Government!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Boris Lipchin
>>>> <blipchin at ece.cmu.edu <mailto:blipchin at ece.cmu.edu>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Excellent. This is going to be the deal from now on.
>>>>
>>>> For every startup company contact I get, you win 2 beers from
>>>> me the
>>>> next time I'm in your area, and if you're in the bay area
>>>> I'll be up
>>>> there a whole bunch. So you can accrue quite a treasure if
>>>> you try. And
>>>> since this is all over email it's very easy to keep good
>>>> score. Not to
>>>> mention you guys know I'm good for it.
>>>>
>>>> Repeat companies, if it's a different contact win you only 1
>>>> beer after
>>>> the first contact.
>>>>
>>>> Let the games begin. =) Dimitry currently has 2 beers.
>>>>
>>>> Boris
>>>>
>>>> Dmitriy Solomonov wrote:
>>>> > I know of a good startup for that,
>>>> > NgMoco.
>>>> > They are an iPhone game company, but most of their
>>>> success and
>>>> > business resides on good marketing and business strategy to
>>>> push out
>>>> > games rather than a bunch of hackers in a room
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Boris Lipchin
>>>> <blipchin at ece.cmu.edu <mailto:blipchin at ece.cmu.edu>
>>>> > <mailto:blipchin at ece.cmu.edu
>>>> <mailto:blipchin at ece.cmu.edu>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > She does a lot of business work, business plan
>>>> development, and would
>>>> > actually be of considerable help to a company. Many a
>>>> company have
>>>> > failed because they haven't had good
>>>> > entrepreneurship/business/economics
>>>> > sense. I'll chat with Bowei, thank guys. =)
>>>> >
>>>> > Boris
>>>> >
>>>> > Heer Robin Gandhi wrote:
>>>> > > After Susan Bowei is your second best bet in Cali.
>>>> His email is
>>>> > bowei.gai at gmail.com <mailto:bowei.gai at gmail.com>
>>>> <mailto:bowei.gai at gmail.com <mailto:bowei.gai at gmail.com>>
>>>> > >
>>>> > > He'll help out for sure.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Heer
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > >> "non-engineering" isn't a field, and startups are
>>>> generally
>>>> > trying to
>>>> > >> avoid spending money on account of how there isn't
>>>> going to be
>>>> > any more
>>>> > >> for them in the foreseeable future. I'd talk to
>>>> Bowai, though,
>>>> > he knows
>>>> > >> everybody.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> I have no idea how to contact him.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Kendall Lowrey
>>>> > >> <klowrey at andrew.cmu.edu
>>>> <mailto:klowrey at andrew.cmu.edu>
>>>> <mailto:klowrey at andrew.cmu.edu
>>>> <mailto:klowrey at andrew.cmu.edu>>>wrote:
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>> Walk around the bay area saying, "la-di-da-di-da,
>>>> i'm a venture
>>>> > >>> capitalist looking for young impressionable
>>>> startup-ers to
>>>> > pour money
>>>> > >>> on!" - Show quoted text -
>>>> > >>>
>>>> > >>>
>>>> > >>> Kartik Subramanian wrote:
>>>> > >>>
>>>> > >>>> Start one!
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>> Boris Lipchin wrote:
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>>> Hey guys,
>>>> > >>>>>
>>>> > >>>>> An old friend of mine is looking for startups in
>>>> the bay
>>>> > area to do
>>>> > >>>>> some work (non-engineering) related. Does anyone
>>>> have a good
>>>> > >>>>> resource of where to find these 10-15 engineer
>>>> companies? Or
>>>> > >>>>> perhaps, personal recommendations would also work
>>>> really
>>>> > great. The
>>>> > >>>>> ultimate question of the day is, how does one
>>>> find startups?
>>>> > >>>>>
>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, Boris
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