[ECE PhiBar] Startups in the Bay
Doug Robl
drobl at andrew.cmu.edu
Sat Mar 7 12:45:10 EST 2009
I would also like to remind all people who graduated within the past year to remember that our email accounts expire in a little over a week. I'm adding my new email address to the dlist, so that I can supply lame alumni comments from time to time and hear about Boris' romantic encounters with the she-devil. If you don't have permissions to add addresses to the dlist, send me your current address and I'll throw you on there.
-Doug
> Boris,
>
> I applaud your decision and your courage. Lesser men would have given in
> in such a situation, but you held your ground. While your choice of
> phrase to allow your exit was less than perfect, under extreme duress
> such as that we can't expect you to supply your usual wit. What you gave
> was effective and was consistent with the expectations of those in our
> profession.
>
> I'm all for buying women drinks, but Genevieve does not fit into that
> category. Let me provide proof. It is a well known fact that all women
> passionately hate the c-word (I do not dare mention it for fear of
> incurring years of bad female karma). On no less than two occasions,
> Genevieve referred to herself as said c-word without flinching. That's
> impossible for a woman to do, therefore Genevieve is not a woman. Q.E.D.
>
>
> We can only guess what her motivations were in asking you for a drink. I
> will let that be known as one of life's mysteries.
>
> I'm looking forward to carnival. I hope there are crazy straws.
>
> -Doug
>
>> 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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