Monthly Archives: July 2011

This past week has been insane. A week ago this past Friday I sat in a room with 59 other aspiring entrepreneurs and formed teams to compete in the S.P.A.R.K competition. Here’s a brief overview of what I learned:

Running out of time. Lots of priorities.

I sent a 2am email to my team when I realized that we are in crunch mode to get our website launched. Below is how I structured it. Let me know what you think of this approach, it was mostly a freestyle kind of thing but it just felt right.

“If you don’t ask, the answer’s always no.”

Ambitious journey, windy city, 12 weeks of rigorous learning, difficult problems to solve, return to an ordinary life impossible, unique skill set, career opportunities, and personal happiness in case of success.