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Introduction
I have been working at Microsoft for the last seven years or so and before that, I ran my own startup company for a few years. I have been planning to start my own company again soon and came across IASE while researching and forming a general direction for my company. The entrepreneur bug has bitten me again and because I decided to focus my business on some kind of space venture, this is a community that is a perfect fit.
In an attempt to keep this information short, you can read more in my blog on this site.
Abdul Wahid Tanner's Blog
Never make customers perform pointless tasks.
I'm going to work this into my business planning somehow. This struck me recently at a doctor's office but I can think of other examples too. I have visited this particular doctor several times already over the last few years but on my last visit was asked to fill out all new paperwork (you know the kind, several pages, front and back, where you have to write your name and address on almost every page). This seemed strange to me because they already had all of my information but I was told that… Continue
Posted on July 18th, 2008 at 2:04am —
Business plan (part 2)
Ok, so I have not focused much lately on the actual business plan but I have solidified my thinking quite a bit. That has to count for something. The first thing I did was setup my accounting software. I am using Peachtree and the first real task is planning and creating the chart of accounts. I spent several weeks on this and think I have settled on a plan. It is amazing how much this got me to think about what the business will be doing and how much detail I wanted to be capturing in the numbe… Continue
Posted on February 27th, 2008 at 4:00am —
There's no turning back now
Yesterday, I talked with my manager at work about my plans to start a company. Probably the most surprising part of this discussion was that I was giving about 10 months notice. Who gives 10 months notice? In this case, I thought it best to be as open about my plans as possible. Other companies might have just terminated things right there but I have been with Microsoft long enough to know that the managers have a sincere interest in the careers of the people reporting to them. It probably also… Continue
Posted on February 2nd, 2008 at 3:17am —
Friends
As many of you noticed, I recently sent an invitation to become friends. For most of you, we have never met, never emailed, and never spoken. Yet we are all initial members of the new IASE community site and I hope that is enough for us to become "friends" on this site. I have known people before though who feel that their friends should only be close acquaintances and if you feel this way, then I hope you are not upset by my invitation; please just ignore it.
I would like to share a st… Continue
Posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 3:01am —
How I came to be an admin
In my introduction, I mentioned finding the IASE site and how this fit in with my company's direction. The first thing that I noticed about the original IASE site though was that the website was full of outdated information and it was clear that it was not being maintained. I did not know at the time that there was an effort to transition the group to an online community but was about to find out. I contacted Guillermo and after a few more emails I convinced him that I really wanted to help. So… Continue
Posted on January 19th, 2008 at 4:54am —
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It's nice to find this community full of interesting projects. I'll try to make some small contributions. Keep the good work.
All the best!
Sebastian