Kevin Ohashi - Entrepreneur I Love Learning New Things.

The economic situation is apparently so grim that some experts fear we may be in for a stretch as bad as the mid seventies.

When Microsoft and Apple were founded.

As those examples suggest, a recession may not be such a bad time to start a startup. I'm not claiming it's a particularly good time either. The truth is more boring: the state of the economy doesn't matter much either way.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/google-profitin.html

Interesting to see the sentiment. Yes guessing what may or may not be a trademark might not be too difficult in some cases, but people ignore the fact that a lot of companies use common words: United, Apple, etc and others use very short acronyms AIG, AA, AAA, etc. The case itself was brought under dubious terms (Rico - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizati... ) which sets an odd tone to the entire thing.

Source: http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2952

Rarely do you see an advertisement that really catches your eye. Nintendo have always been a super innovative group, this ad simply proves it.

http://www.youtube.com/experiencewii

Second week, second post (in the entrepreneurship series!). A lot of us have started projects on a whim, we have an idea and we immediately start to try and make it a reality. Some of us take an idea and create a formal business plan and try and figure out whether it's feasible. When do you just go for it and when do you try and formally present it?

http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/strip.aspx?id=80a19898-bd85-494f-977a-8...

another comic for everyone.

A humorous email I received but one we can all draw a bit from even if it is to chuckle at the way it's explained :)

Lesson 1:

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings.

The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.

When she opens the door, there stands Bob , the next-door neighbor.

Before she says a word, Bob says, 'I'll give you $800 to drop that towel.'

Everyone is excited about Google Chrome.... blah blah blah. This comic will show you why chrome will never succeed!

Enjoy :)

http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2008/09/chrome.html

And then this:

So earlier this week I began working on my master's degree in entrepreneurship. So far it has been very interesting and it has a great set of people also doing the program. But I also want to share it with the broader community of friends and associates that I do business with and bring up and discuss issues that stem from my studies or from my own curiosity and get real views and inputs from all of you. I think it's helpful to see what many of you think (I know many of you guys are successful entrepreneurs) and helpful for all to learn more.