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

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?

Gel ("Good Experience Live")

GEL

community exploring good experience in all its forms -- in business, art, society, technology, and life.

maybe something I can attend to get a better idea of this industry

street vendor project

street vendor project
There are more than 10,000 street vendors in New York City
Most are recent immigrants and people of color. They work long hours under harsh conditions, asking for nothing more than a chance to sell their goods and services on the public sidewalk.
The Street Vendor Project works to correct the social and economic injustice faced by these hardworking entrepreneurs.

NYC current vendors

- Bagel Cart - breakfast stuff cheap coffee and danishes, bagels and juice etc
- Falafel Cart - falafel, gyro, chicken other pita/ rice combo
ex. platter cart
http://www.53rdand6th.com/index.html
-Burrito Cart
-Nuts 4 Nuts
- Fruit Cart
- German Sauerkraut and sausage cart (Next to Moma)
-Crepe Cart - Nutella $4 or $5
-Fresh juice cart

Chinatown Vendors
-Fresh Tofu
-Coconut Juice
-鈴カステラ suzu castella Ping-Pong-ball-size wafflelike cakes
-Chinese food cart

NYC street vendors regulation

Mobile Food Vending

To sell food on the street you must obtain BOTH a license from the Department of Health AND a permit for the Food Cart as well. While there is no limit on the number of licenses granted, there is a cap of 3,000 Food Cart Permits. All of the authorized permits have already been issued and there is a long waiting list.

That said, there are a few options you may want to consider:

• Borough Food Vending Permits
  There are borough specific permits available. There will be 100 positions on the Brooklyn-only waiting list, 100 positions on the Staten Island-only waiting list, 100 position on the persons (non-veterans)waiting list, 100 positions on the veterans (non-disabled) waiting list and 1,000 positions on the temporary (seasonal) citywide waiting list.
• Seasonal Food Vending Permits
  Each year an additional 1,000 annually renewable seasonal permits are granted for the period from April to October. These permits are awarded on a lottery system

To obtain a license and permit, contact the Department of Health directly. Before applying for a Food Vending License you must take a 20 hour course on Food Handling given by Department of Health.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/nycbiz/html/starting/street_vendors.shtml

Donation - one laptop per child

Give money to this cause so everyone can have a laptop

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Home

Curry Van

Shimokita zawa Curry van
http://www.asianlunch.co.jp/
Can order your lunch via cell phone
-Published a book
-Donates to Island of Java
-About 600 yen per lunch