Friday, April 6, 2007

Peace Corps

27 month commitment

Peace Corps benefits include round trip airfare, 3 months of training, housing, 24 days vacation a year, a living stipend, student loan deferral, $6,075 upon completion of service, and one year of non-competitive eligibility for employment in the federal government.

MUST BE US CITIZEN

Peace Corps

JICA

Peace Corp of Japan

Can go to Ethiopia

Can work for PR for the government or educate people about AIDS.

2 Year commitment

Pay: about $800 to 1300 per month

Submit by 4/10-5/23

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Kimchi Deli

Sells Kimchi in from a van. Have different kinds of Kimchi, ones with squid and different seafood as well as vegetables.



kaosoy

Sells Kaosoy food from Laos.

France Roll


He started by selling "France Roll" in a car.
With a vision, what if you can eat a freshly made cake.
Now he franchises and has stores all over Japan with annual revenue of roughly $2 million.


Romando Roll


Tech Conferences

web 2.0 summit
@ San Francisco 10/17-19/2007
brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the Internet industry together in one place at one time.

mesh
@ toronto 5/30-31/2007

web 2.0 expo
@ San Francisco 4/15-17/ 2007

international conference on weblog and social media
@ Boulder Colorado 3/26/2007

FooA
Future of Online Advertising
@NYC 6/7-8/2007

Search Marketing Media

@NYC 10/16, 17
SMX Social Media is a two-day show covering the social media revolution. It will cover how social media sites Digg, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Netscape and others are serving a new and growing audience that wants to discover information based on community interests, voting and sharing.

Blog and Social Media Forum
@ London 6/5/2007

Media Summit

@NYC 2/7-8/1007
hosted by McGraw Hill

Tech Crunch 20

Date: September 17-18, 2007
Location: The Palace Hotel
2 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Organizing trips - social welfare

Freedomize India
Organizes Trip to India to build community and mutual understanding between India and Toronto.

Something I would love to do with Eritrea and Japan/ US?