Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Start Twittering!
I was inspired by Tim Chang's talk to create a Twitter account and start twittering. So, here's my Twitter account. Please follow me on Twitter!
If you don't have a Twitter account yet, I highly recommend it. You can read about so many things, including the latest news on what's going on in Iran.
Stay connected with people you meet at conferences
A long time ago, I met Tim Chang at an Entertainment and Media conference. Tim is a venture capitalist at Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). My usual habit is to invite the folks that I meet to keep in touch by connecting on LinkedIn. Tim graciously accepted my invitation.
A few months ago, Tim pinged me to see if I was attending a conference that he was speaking at. Although I wasn't planning to attend the conference, I used that opportunity to invite Tim to speak to the Asian American Google Network (AAGN).
Tim spoke to AAGN members from all over the country last week, and it was a smashing success! Tim's basic message to the predominantly Asian American audience was that we should continue to network with people in Asia Pacific, and leverage our unique cultural backgrounds and experiences. Right now in China, there are a lot of opportunities for "returnees".
The main point of this post is to encourage you to stay connected with people you meet at conferences. They can be super helpful in the future for your career development or networking.
Networking with fellow B-School students
It's been almost a year since I posted to this blog!! My excuse was the birth of our second child, Aidan. Well, that's not much of an excuse.
Today I met Michael Ross, who is a student at my alma mater, UCLA Anderson School of Management. Michael is a summer MBA intern with Google, in the group I was in previously, AdWords. Here is Michael's very impressive background on LinkedIn.
One of the first things Michael said was, "I saw your blog, but it's been a while since you posted something!"
OK, that motivated me to post something to this blog. Hopefully, I'll post to this blog a bit more frequently.
-Josh
