Archive for November, 2009
Advice for College Start-ups
Monday, November 30th, 2009A budding expert on college entrepreneurship—himself only four years out of NYU—answers readers’ questions.
As a sophomore at New York University, Michael Simmons co-authored The Student Manifesto with classmate Sheena Lindahl. In the 2003 book, the authors encourage young people to consider entrepreneurship as a cool alternative to working for someone else. They also champion business ownership as a great and empowering lifestyle. Three years later, Simmons and Lindahl decided to practice what they preached, co-founding the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, a for-profit business that sends speakers by bus from college to college to teach business concepts to students. The company should reach $500,000 in revenue this year. Since he has written about entrepreneurship and practiced it himself, IncMagazine asked Simmons to field questions from students who aspire to follow in his footsteps.
Click here to read part 1 and part 2.
The Coolest College Start-ups
Monday, November 30th, 2009
The Dobie Center, a dorm complex at the University of Texas at Austin, is 27 stories tall and boasts a cafeteria, a movie theater, and a pool. Twenty-five years ago, a young resident of the tower decided to make and sell low-cost PCs from stock components. Michael Dell scrounged up $1,000 and turned his room into a mini assembly line, and the rest is history. In the years since Dell launched the world’s best-known college start-up, more students have followed his lead. Below, you will meet 16 of them. As these profiles (written by campus journalists) reveal, an enterprising kid like Michael Dell is no longer the exception to the rule.
Among the stories, we voted for two great ideas, which will probably resonate with you as well :
- Justin Cannon, Chris Varenhorst, and Scot Frank have created software that helps foreign-language students refine their pronunciation skills
- Last fall, Berkeley junior Jessica Mah came up with the idea for InternshipIN – a website to help eager students and start-up companies find each other.
Click here to read the learn more about these stories.
Enter the ExchangesConnect 2nd Annual Video Contest for your chance to win an International Exchange Program
Monday, November 30th, 2009
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Celebrating Thanksgiving Day in Skid Row, Downtown LA
Saturday, November 28th, 2009Good Morning Everyone,
We hope you are doing well, and you are having a great weekend.
We wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude to all the students from UCLA, USC and SMC who joined the Faith in Christ Ministries and U in the USA to feed the people in need.
It was an enlightening and heart warming experience.
We are sure all the people who are less fortunate than us appreciated our generosity and humility.
We hope you know how blessed you are through this experience.
We created a slide show of pictures as a little reminder of how thankful we should be.
Click here to download the pictures.
If you feel compelled, please share your experience and feelings in the comment area.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
U in the USA
HOW TO: Use Social Media to Find Deals This Holiday Season
Friday, November 27th, 2009Good Morning Everyone,
We hope that your Thanksgiving Dinner went by well.
Tells us about your stories and experience.
We will tell you more about our experience with the people in need this afternoon or tomorrow.
In the meantime, we think that these two articles published by Mashable will interest those who are still looking for good deals.
Click here for : article 1 and article 2.
All the best,
U in the USA.
U in the USA is wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009We want to take a moment to express our gratitude to you, and our anticipation of the brighter future and and universal understanding among people from different countries we are creating together.
With warmest wishes for a happy holiday season from U in the USA to You.
And remember, as John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
Arabic – سعيد عيد الشكر
Chinese – 感恩节快乐
Filipino – Masaya pasasalamat
French – Bonne Action de grâce ou Joyeux Thanksgiving
Indonesian – Keje
Korean – 즐거운 추수 감사절
Russian – С Днем благодарения
Spanish – Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias
German – Herzliche Danksagung
Danish – Glædelig Helligdag
Dutch – Vrolijke gedenkdagen
Swedish – God Helgdag
Polish – Święto Dziękczynienia
Mandarin Chineese -感恩節快樂 [感恩节快乐
Japanase -感謝祭おめでとう
Farsi – Shokre Khoda
and many more ..
Presidential Proclamation — Thanksgiving Day
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
Presidential Proclamation — Thanksgiving Day
A PROCLAMATION
What began as a harvest celebration between European settlers and indigenous communities nearly four centuries ago has become our cherished tradition of Thanksgiving. This day’s roots are intertwined with those of our Nation, and its history traces the American narrative.
Today, we recall President George Washington, who proclaimed our first national day of public thanksgiving to be observed “by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God,” and President Abraham Lincoln, who established our annual Thanksgiving Day to help mend a fractured Nation in the midst of civil war. We also recognize the contributions of Native Americans, who helped the early colonists survive their first harsh winter and continue to strengthen our Nation. From our earliest days of independence, and in times of tragedy and triumph, Americans have come together to celebrate Thanksgiving.
As Americans, we hail from every part of the world. While we observe traditions from every culture, Thanksgiving Day is a unique national tradition we all share. Its spirit binds us together as one people, each of us thankful for our common blessings.
As we gather once again among loved ones, let us also reach out to our neighbors and fellow citizens in need of a helping hand. This is a time for us to renew our bonds with one another, and we can fulfill that commitment by serving our communities and our Nation throughout the year. In doing so, we pay tribute to our country’s men and women in uniform who set an example of service that inspires us all. Let us be guided by the legacy of those who have fought for the freedoms for which we give thanks, and be worthy heirs to the noble tradition of goodwill shown on this day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 26, 2009, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage all the people of the United States to come together, whether in our homes, places of worship, community centers, or any place where family, friends and neighbors may gather, with gratitude for all we have received in the past year; to express appreciation to those whose lives enrich our own; and to share our bounty with others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
BARACK OBAMA
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President officially pardons one turkey
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Good Morning everyone,
Hope you are doing well.
Here’s a special (and funny) Thanksgiving update from the White House. Each year, the President officially pardons one turkey.
All-you-can-learn for $29 a month
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Hi everyone,
We hope you are doing well, and are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving.
We received this interesting article from CNN, and we think it may interest some of you who need some tutoring or eventually to make some extra money.
Guess what : an online-education startup aims for a whole new class of teachers and students – including you.
EduFire offers as many as 200 online classes daily in subjects such as Spanish and entrepreneurship. About 50,000 users have registered with the site, which offers unlimited class access for $29 a month. Founder Jon Bischke says he is banking on simple economics to help the site attract more teachers.
Click here to read the complete article, and here to check out EduFire website.
Let us know what you think.
All the best,
U in the USA