Although im in Palo Alto (Silicon Valley) at the moment, I have been doing my best to listen to POD lectures via podcast. I am falling a bit behind on my schedules for doing assignment 2 but will get right onto it as soon as I get back to oz.. In case you are wondering what am I doing in Palo Alto, well I had a meeting with a Law firm here that represent Google and also most of the big name start up companies that have sprouted form Silicon Valley in the past 10 years. I have been able to appoint them to act as my advisor's in a new project that I'm about to initiate (called the Manhattan Project - Top Secret). They will be representing and advising me when it comes time to raise funds from VCs and also to look after all the legal aspects of start ups in Silicon Valley, such as incorporations types, founders shareholders structures, IPs, NDAs and much more, but more importantly they will be providing advice and valuable networking inputs to get the Manhattan Project off the ground and happening. On the project, my next step is to build a Systems Analysis and Design of the Manhattan Project which will be added to my Business Plan along with a non-functional mock up of the system to demonstrate to the VCs. This is the reason why I am undertaking this subject and funny enough, assignment 1 and assignment 2 along with PODs great lectures and teaching ability has given me the confidence and know how to be able to put together a FSR professionally.. But that said, assignment 2 is due in a few weeks so I better get cracking.
Also whilst here, I had the opportunity to visit Stanford University and visited the birthplace of the internet. You will find the school of computer science here a very inspiring place, with the names on the building of William Gates, David Packard, and Mr Hewlett on the buildings, representing just a few of what influences this place has had on the IT industry and the world. I'll post some photos up as soon as i get my SD card out of my camera. The other reason form me being here is to apply for their MBA program.. I was fortunate to sit in some classes and meet with a few students here and one of them being a fellow Australian, so that was nice.
Ohh and for the Space fans out there.. Before I leave this extraordinary place I will be visiting the NASA Ames Space Research Center which is just a short drive from Palo Alto in Mountain View. I love anything to do with space and hopefully I can buy a moon rock or something form them to take home..
More later..
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