[ECE PhiBar] Startups in the Bay
Jesse Guss
jesseguss at gmail.com
Fri Mar 6 14:36:41 EST 2009
I'd have bought her a drink. What the fuck is wrong with you guys?
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Jonathan Cornell <cornell.jonathan at gmail.com
> wrote:
> 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- Show quoted text -
>
>
> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jesse Guss
>>>> 201 W Ferndale Ave.
>>>> Sunnyvale CA 94085
>>>> 412-519-8275
>>>>
>>>
--
Jesse Guss
201 W Ferndale Ave.
Sunnyvale CA 94085
412-519-8275
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