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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Those Brilliant Drop Outs
Today's San Jose Mercury News profiled the educational background of the valley's CEOs.
Today's San Jose Mercury News profiled the educational background of the valley's CEOs.A total of 145 of 150 CEO's of the top 150 Valley companies are represented. Only two of these CEO's did not earn a college degree.
Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs.
Coincidence? Not likely. Larry and Steve have a lot in common. They are both aggressive, fearless, feared, and billionaires. Besides being brilliant, these guys are born leaders and full of self-confidence. They are also good friends.
When you consider these characteristics, it is not surprising the "collegiate" atmosphere lacked the excitement of the rough and tumble corporate world for Jobs and Ellison.
That being said, many valley CEOs have more than one degree and often have a technical degree. The other Larry and Sergey route if you will. These techie CEOs love the problem solving aspects of running a technology company, and have the ability to apply these technologies to real world requirements.
The article's writer Mark Schwanhausser sums it up best with this statement:
"The reality is that although Grade A, Type A students can succeed no matter where they go to college, attending an elite university can pay off, especially early in one's career."
So good education, top school = "+", but not a guarantee or requirement for huge success. Just ask Steve or Larry.
Labels: ceo, larry ellison, mark schwanhausser, mercury news, steve jobs
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Monday, November 19, 2007
A New Look
The GetQuik user interface is currently being updated. Through the course of our first year, we introduced a number of features. Mobile orders, my meals (saved orders), group orders and restaurant reviews to name a few. As we added these features, our user interface was getting cluttered. We mocked up a new UI design in August/September, and are now currently refining and completing the new UI roll-out.
The GetQuik user interface is currently being updated. Through the course of our first year, we introduced a number of features. Mobile orders, my meals (saved orders), group orders and restaurant reviews to name a few. As we added these features, our user interface was getting cluttered. We mocked up a new UI design in August/September, and are now currently refining and completing the new UI roll-out.We have added tabs to the merchant menu pages to simplify menu browsing and better organize features such as group orders and reviews. We have also improved our "Guest Check" to provide better order summary views.
We are a few months out from a new customer tools revision, and will be introducing new functionality and usabilty to this section. Next up, improving GetQuik's performance and responsiveness. We have a mid-December target for this project.
Labels: GetQuik, new ui, performance, user interface
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Three in a row, go for one more.
Hey everyone!
My name is Brian, and I recently came on as the newest member of GetQuik. I'm completely new to the Bay Area, and while I do miss my friends, I love it all the same. Who knew there was a place where the sun actually shone past October? (For those out of the loop, I came from Oregon, where fall, winter, and spring are one season known as "rain").
I've got a background in Economics (a degree, you might even say!) and I'm hoping I can apply some of the business know-how to the growth of GetQuik. When I'm not pretending to be a financial genius though, I tend to play video games, listen to music, socialize, and write. I'm working on my first novel - think Kurt Vonnegut, but vastly less skilled. Delivering a message under layers of enjoyable fiction; the best kind of art. I say that not because my skill at painting is atrocious, but because I'm a total book lover. Really, I swear!
Thanks to everyone reading, and remember to use GetQuik for all your catering and meal ordering needs! (Cheap plug, I know. I just can't help myself!) ¶ 2:57 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
My name is Brian, and I recently came on as the newest member of GetQuik. I'm completely new to the Bay Area, and while I do miss my friends, I love it all the same. Who knew there was a place where the sun actually shone past October? (For those out of the loop, I came from Oregon, where fall, winter, and spring are one season known as "rain").
I've got a background in Economics (a degree, you might even say!) and I'm hoping I can apply some of the business know-how to the growth of GetQuik. When I'm not pretending to be a financial genius though, I tend to play video games, listen to music, socialize, and write. I'm working on my first novel - think Kurt Vonnegut, but vastly less skilled. Delivering a message under layers of enjoyable fiction; the best kind of art. I say that not because my skill at painting is atrocious, but because I'm a total book lover. Really, I swear!
Thanks to everyone reading, and remember to use GetQuik for all your catering and meal ordering needs! (Cheap plug, I know. I just can't help myself!) ¶ 2:57 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
Monday, November 5, 2007
Happy Birthday to Us
GetQuik went live November 3rd, 2006. It has been a year of experimentation, foundation building, and rapid development cycles.
GetQuik went live November 3rd, 2006. It has been a year of experimentation, foundation building, and rapid development cycles. Year 2 is shaping up to be a growth, resourcing and scaling year. The top challenge will be to recruit talented and dedicated employees. Although we have come a long way, there are still many improvements and features that we have scheduled and will be introducing in year 2.
Wenhan has made some major improvements to our user interface, and the first release of this new UI will go live this month. We are working hard to improve the ordering process with this new design. We are also looking at ways to provide a faster site, and are looking at our hardware infrastructure and software algorithms in order to provide a faster and more responsive site.
Stay tuned for more developments.
Labels: GetQuik, new ui, one year anniversary
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