Fun

I am really having fun.
Honestly.
It is amazing how almost magically after 3 months I become adjusted to my surroundings.
But I do.
And I am completely feeling on top of it.....in lots of places.
In my classes- I did well and learned a lot.
Teammates- I know who I like to work with and am slowly meeting all my cohort.
My company- we are making some real progress and I almost have a BUSINESS PLAN!!  and I am going to do the elevator pitch competition!  Which is exciting too!!
It is nice to have my feet under me again.

Starting a New Quarter

Well....I officially made it through my first quarter.
I did quite well in my classes and learned a ton!
I have tried to capture what I was learning- real time.

This quarter I have:  Advanced Information Systems, Organizational Management, Marketing, and Commercialization and Innovation......should be interesting.

Doing case studies which should be interesting!
Yesterday and today were soooo action packed!
I can barely believe it!

We are applying for 2 grants and doing a biz plan competition!
I just need to finish up that biz plan.......

Big Problems in the world...

a local Oregon company tackling a big problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx0z5OBq3Hg

Professor Me.

I think it is funny the last time I wrote was CEO Me.

Today is definitely Professor Me.

I spoke as a guest speaker in a business ethics in engineering class.  I am not sure if it is because I was doing public speaking or because I skipped lunch, but I feel a little out of it.  Probably it is a combination of both.

I like the idea of being a professor and today was a little bit of my "dipping a toe" into it to see what it felt like to be in front of a class.....and now that I am not in front of the class I just feel tired.  (Also could be low blood sugar from skipping lunch.)

I am such an interesting phase right now because I keep defining and redefining myself.
Imagining and re-imagining my future.
That is probably a little bit of my personality....I am definitely learning that that is a pattern with me.

I was rather excited about the idea of being CEO until I met one of the  perspective CEO's....and he was really impressive......tons of experience and ideas.

But now I'm living the life of student/project manager and learning a ton along the way...

Trying to manage this software project is no simple feat.  Many things make it challenging.  Mostly I think I need to REALLY facilitate better communication on the tech team.  That is the part where things slow.  I do like how we are trying Scrum Management.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)    The next sprint is going to be better.