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Are you burning out on social media?

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Who's innovation story would you most like to hear?

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Could Smaller Indiana be a player in the "new" media business?

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The Art of Living Life

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Nwokedi C. Idika replied to Pat Coyle's discussion 'Are you burning out on social media?'
I do think I'm burned out by the term "social media." It's used so much that I'm not sure it really means anything...
October 2
Andrew Angle commented on Nwokedi C. Idika's blog post 'Cleanest Internal Combustion Vehicle in the World'
I saw an article about electric cars once that made me go, "Hmmm". It pointed out that by switching to an electric vehicle you are actually replacing gasoline energy with much nastier COAL to supply the energy to drive your car. The vast majority ...
August 21
Scott McKain replied to Nwokedi C. Idika's discussion '"Professional" Speakers?' in the group Professional Speakers Group
Most true professions have three basic standards of qualification: 1) Compensation for performance of the task 2) Specialized body of knowledge 3) Certification or professionalism And, while it's quality can be open for debate, professional spea...
July 30
Jeremy King replied to Nwokedi C. Idika's discussion '"Professional" Speakers?' in the group Professional Speakers Group
It is similar to they "joke teller" at parties versus the stand-up comedian that you pay to see. What I typically see from professional speakers is that it evolved from something extraordinary that they were doing be it personal or professional. Y...
July 20
Brian Morgan commented on Nwokedi C. Idika's video 'Gary Vaynerchuk @ Web 2.0 Expo -- Branding'
... More Gary Vaynerchuk (Vee) right here > Gary Vee - Click Here ...
July 14
Nwokedi C. Idika replied to Brett Davis's discussion 'Is iPhone Development a good skillset to have?' in the group iPhone SDK Developers
I'll assume that what you mean by "good" is "in demand." Personally, I don't know what the current demand is for iPhone Dev in Indy is. However, I take after the pragmatic programmer approach to skills development. That is I treat skills developme...
June 16
Nwokedi C. Idika left a comment for Christina Lear
June 13
Nwokedi C. Idika replied to Jerry McColgin's discussion 'Who's innovation story would you most like to hear?'
James Dyson, Steve Wozniak, Bill Joy, Marc Andreessen, Reid Hoffman, Tim Ferriss, Mark Cuban.
June 13

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How did you hear about Smaller Indiana?
Friend
What is your greatest strength?
Creativity.
What are you working on?
A Website dedicated to giving/getting entrepreneurs more exposure. Talk is cheap. Show the world what you can do.

I'm also working on a Ph.D. in Computer Science (Security).
How big is your business?
small company
What is your Job Title
Student
What is your Company Website?
http://esposure.com
What is your Personal Website?
http://how2livelife.blogspot.com
What is your alma mater?
Purdue University
Why join Smaller Indiana? What are you hoping to experience here ?
I'm hoping to meet others who want to see the Midwest become more like Silicon Valley.

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Gotta Hurry Up, B/c I'm Running Out of Time: FAIL

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." — Mahatma Gandhi

"Man, I really don't get HTML/CSS." "This PHP/AJAX stuff is complicated, I don't think I can do this." "Uh, I don't do linear algebra--I can't wrap my mind around it." All Bullshit. And I'll explain why.

Everything is done in a mad dash these days. If you're driving from home to work and the guy in front of you in your lane is taking his sweet time, you get a little frus… Continue

Posted on March 21, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

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2009 Mantra




Can we say elimination?

Posted on January 8, 2009 at 1:03am —

Nwokedi C. Idika

Making Explicit the Pursuit of Happiness: The To Do List 2.0

The to do list is something that most time management experts would suggest people do. The way people are told to create and use their to do lists is what I refer to as To Do List 1.0 method. The 1.0 strategy consists of the person writing down a list of everything she has/want to do on a piece of paper. After everything is written down, she prioritizes everything on her list as an A, B, or C item where an A item has the highest priority and a C item has the lowest priority (some methods go as l… Continue

Posted on January 5, 2009 at 8:30pm —

Nwokedi C. Idika

Indianapolis Startup Weekend -- A Blast

I can't lie, I didn't know what to *really* expect from startup weekend before I attended. Being one that enjoys uncertainty to a degree larger than the average person, such uncertainty did not bother me, it actually made me more curious. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the weekend. Below, I have outlined some observations I made during and after the weekend. I have a ton of lessons that I'll probably release in a series of posts.


  • There will be a lot of ideas pitched during t

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Posted on December 9, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Nwokedi C. Idika

Startup Weekend IS Starting Tomorrow

Check out the really short video done by one SI's own PK at the bottom of this post.

Look folks, you only live once. Wouldn't it be sweet to tell somebody that you started a company in 54 hours?? That you started with an idea Friday evening, and brought the idea to life by Sunday evening? Oh, I know what some are thinking, "oh, I'll catch it the next time through." New flash: there's no guarantee that this event will be here fo… Continue

Posted on December 4, 2008 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments

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At 11:56am on September 17, 2008, David Mark said…
I read Social Skydiving and I appreciate you sharing this with us. Sometimes i need a nudge and this helped!
At 10:05pm on July 14, 2008, J.M. Scott said…
yes i do come back. i have cousin there. so i have been back more recently lately. i would like to meet up.
At 10:54pm on July 6, 2008, Jack Pincus said…
Sure.
At 7:20am on May 12, 2008, Kim Brand said…
send me a note and we'll work out a time/place: kim@fileengine.com.
At 10:14pm on May 11, 2008, Kim Brand said…
Thanks for the kind remarks...we should meet sometime.

Re raising money and the rest of the chasing capital game: it's nice to have a business model that allows you to scale without wasting 50% of your time chasing VC money. I wish I knew then what I know now :)

There is real joy remaining independent, making money and proving you were right about the market. It may only become a 'life style' business - but it's a nice life.

Kim
At 10:04am on March 11, 2008, Brandon R. Lott said…
Thanks for the comment on my video. Great to see you on Smaller Indiana. I will look forward to a time when we get to meet in person. Don't be surprised if I make the request to get you video and post it on SI.com.
At 6:43am on February 15, 2008, Kyle Lacy said…
streaming turds huh? haha
At 7:51pm on February 6, 2008, Pam Norman said…
Will look forward to hearing your comments.
At 12:13pm on January 26, 2008, Kyle Lacy said…
Nwokedi.
Thanks for investing into this community. You have great insight. Keep it up!
At 2:12pm on January 25, 2008, Chris Lucas said…
Hey Nwokedi welcome and thanks for connecting. I look forward to having more discussions. I will be up to campus a couple times in February for networking events.

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