Today, I went to the group meeting for New Venture Pathways. They are funded by CBET under the University of Waterloo’s Enterprise initiative. New Venture Pathways provide resources and tools for aspiring or existing entrepreneurs, such as local listings of seminars or events related to starting your own business.
The meeting went pretty well and the work involved seems interesting. I’m thinking of helping out in the technology area of the group (website, database etc…) and the financial area, so I’ll be (hopefully) gaining lots of experience in those areas. Joining NVP is also a great way to network with ‘key’ people
I go on TED.com while I eat sometimes. It’s a great place to listen to the greatest minds on our planet. The topics range from Technology, Economics, Design (hence, the name TED).
Today, I saw an incredible presentation from a doctor/researcher named Hans Rosling. He used the data published by the United Nations to see (graphically) the patterns of poverty, the economic performance and health of countries. The software he had used was absolutely amazing (as was his entire presentation). You can see a picture below:
He explained that we are focusing too much on the health issues of developing countries, but obviously he can explain it much better than I can so here’s his presentation below:
Just a random thought I had that I think I would share with you. It’s about philanthropy.
I don’t remember when or where I saw this, but it was a video of an experiment to determine what was the relationship between urgency and philanthropy. The conclusion was that people would stop and help out a stranger if he/she wasn’t in a rush. However, they wouldn’t do so if they were. This was true in my case today.
I’m a daily user of Digg.com and it’s just pure awesome. If you haven’t heard already (if you are a techy and haven’t heard of Digg then shame on you!) Digg is a social bookmarking website that allows users to share links to interesting stuff on the internet.
While I was surfing on Digg the other day, I noticed the top stories were composed of mostly stories about Apple.
