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Monday, November 22, 2010
Local App Developers in China
A number of low-end local app stores have emerged in China.
Sky-Mobi is backed by Sequoia China
Roads to Success of Some Successful Tech Figures
Alumni event, University of Illinois annual Silicon Valley dinner.
Someone who had a big hand in developing FarmVille.
Alumnus Tom Siebel - co-founded Siebel Systems in 1993.
Jerry Sanders, worked at Fairchild and then co-founded AMD.
Larry Ellison, left Illinois after two years, and became one of the world's richest men.
Maybe two years is the way to go? Seibel put in 4 years, and then even went on to get an MBA and a Master's at Urbana-Champaign.....but Larry Ellison got the company .
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape, is now a big time venture guy and king maker who serves on the boards of HP, Facebook, and eBay.
Prith Banerjee, directs HP Labs.
Martin Eberhard, co-founded Tesla.
Jeremy Karim and Jawed Karim are founders of Yelp.
Max Levchin co-founded PayPal.
Alan Braverman co-founded Geni.
Steve Chen and Jawed Karim co-founded Youtube.
Mike Cassidy of San Jose Mercury News
Reference: "Top Techies Show Value of a College Education" article in San Jose Mercury News, by Mike Cassidy
Someone who had a big hand in developing FarmVille.
Alumnus Tom Siebel - co-founded Siebel Systems in 1993.
Jerry Sanders, worked at Fairchild and then co-founded AMD.
Larry Ellison, left Illinois after two years, and became one of the world's richest men.
Maybe two years is the way to go? Seibel put in 4 years, and then even went on to get an MBA and a Master's at Urbana-Champaign.....but Larry Ellison got the company .
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape, is now a big time venture guy and king maker who serves on the boards of HP, Facebook, and eBay.
Prith Banerjee, directs HP Labs.
Martin Eberhard, co-founded Tesla.
Jeremy Karim and Jawed Karim are founders of Yelp.
Max Levchin co-founded PayPal.
Alan Braverman co-founded Geni.
Steve Chen and Jawed Karim co-founded Youtube.
Mike Cassidy of San Jose Mercury News
Reference: "Top Techies Show Value of a College Education" article in San Jose Mercury News, by Mike Cassidy
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Apple's Risk in China
Some industry analysts think that Apple risk in China is the fact that is App stores offer few applications created with specifically the Chinese consumer/user in mind.
Two thirds of the Apple apps downloads are for apps from the US.
The rest are from apps from Japan and the EU.
The percentage of apps from China itself is almost zero.
There are companies and efforts under way to try to change this.
Reference: "Apple revamps its China App Store" article in San Jose Mercury News, by John Boudreau
Apple hopes to Create Massive New Market for its Products in China
Apple currently has two Apple stores in Beijing and also two in Shanghai.
It plans to open 25 stores in China by 2011.
**Apple has revamped its iTunes and App Store, allowing Chinese locals to shop online in Chinese for the first time.
China has 800 million mobile users and 400 million internet users. But, so far, Western companies have not yet been able to profit much from this huge market due to a culture of piracy.
Apple relaunched its Chinese iTunes Store and App Store in October, and is making an effort to highlight localized apps.
****Previously, people had to use a US-based credit card, or one with dual currency capability, to make online purchases in the App Store or iTunes Store. The new revamped stores allow people to directly transfer money from banks, which is the preferred method for making Internet purchases in China.
It plans to open 25 stores in China by 2011.
**Apple has revamped its iTunes and App Store, allowing Chinese locals to shop online in Chinese for the first time.
China has 800 million mobile users and 400 million internet users. But, so far, Western companies have not yet been able to profit much from this huge market due to a culture of piracy.
Apple relaunched its Chinese iTunes Store and App Store in October, and is making an effort to highlight localized apps.
****Previously, people had to use a US-based credit card, or one with dual currency capability, to make online purchases in the App Store or iTunes Store. The new revamped stores allow people to directly transfer money from banks, which is the preferred method for making Internet purchases in China.
Reference: "Apple revamps its China App Store" article in San Jose Mercury News, by John Boudreau
Smartphone Market Share in China
Nokia 78.5 %
Motorola 9.2%
Apple 5.7%
HTC 3.9%
YULONG 2.0%
source: Gartner, second quarter 2010
Motorola 9.2%
Apple 5.7%
HTC 3.9%
YULONG 2.0%
source: Gartner, second quarter 2010
Reference: "Apple revamps its China App Store" article in San Jose Mercury News, by John Boudreau
Friday, November 19, 2010
10 Tips to an Excellent Resume - By PricewaterhouseCoopers
PWC PricewaterhouseCoopers held a seminar on how to take advantage of LinkedIn to find a Job, and during that seminar they handed out fliers with the following 10 tips on how to build an excellent resume:
1. Limit Your Brilliance to One Page
Your resume is a marketing tool and not a laundry list of everything you've ever done. By keeping your resume short, you're demonstrating that you can edit yourself and sell your skills clearly and concisely.
2. Professionalize Your Contact Info
Resumes with email addreses like ILovePuppies@internetserviceprovider.com may not seem profesional to the company you are applying to. Make sure your email addresses are professional and appropriate. The same goes for vioce mail messages.
3. Include Unpaid Experience
Just because you didn't get compensated for certain work doesn't mean it shouldn't count as experience for your resume. By all means include internships, volunteer work, and part-time jobs if you achieved significant results or learned important skills in those positions.
4. Quantify Your Results
Employers dont just want to know what you did; they also want to know what results you accomplished. How many people did you oversee as a store manager? How much money did you save the junior class as treasurer? Quantifying your accomplishments demonstrates not only what you acheived, but also the fact that you track your results.
5. Prioritize Your Points
When you list bullet points under each position or activity on your resume, be sure to place the most important task, accomplishment, or responsibility first. Most readers of your resume will pay close attention to what you've chosen to feature as the first item on each list.
6. Customize Your Resume for Different Opportunities
You need to customize your resume for various opportunities by featuring the experience, keywords, and activities that best suite the requirements of that particular position.
7. Include Only Interesting Interests
When it comes to listing interests or hobbies on your resume, only mention something that is particularly unique, uncommon, or memorable. For example, "Founding president of first-ever Tae Kwon Do Club at my university" or "three-time finisher of Chicago marathon." Generic interests such as "travel and reading" are nice, but they don;t add much.
8. Delete the Reference References
Dont wast precious space on your resume with "References available upon request." Potential employers will request a list of references if they want one.
9. Never Lie, Exaggerate, or Twist the Truth
There are so many reasons not to lie on a resume. First of all, if your lie or truth stretching gets discovered, you'll lose a job opportunity with tha company forever. Second, if you exaggerate your skills, such as being fluent in French when you really just studied it in junior high school, your lie will be extremely obvious the day you start your job and you lack the skills you said you had. You should certainly cast yourself in the most positive light, but never, ever take it too far.
10. Proofread, and then proofread again
Finally, there is absolutely, positively no excuse for a single typo or grammar mistake on a resume. Once you've proofread your resume and feel confident it's perfect, have at least two other people review it for mistakes, misspellings, and formatting glitches. You can never check your resume too many times.
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http://www.pwc.tv/
1. Limit Your Brilliance to One Page
Your resume is a marketing tool and not a laundry list of everything you've ever done. By keeping your resume short, you're demonstrating that you can edit yourself and sell your skills clearly and concisely.
2. Professionalize Your Contact Info
Resumes with email addreses like ILovePuppies@internetserviceprovider.com may not seem profesional to the company you are applying to. Make sure your email addresses are professional and appropriate. The same goes for vioce mail messages.
3. Include Unpaid Experience
Just because you didn't get compensated for certain work doesn't mean it shouldn't count as experience for your resume. By all means include internships, volunteer work, and part-time jobs if you achieved significant results or learned important skills in those positions.
4. Quantify Your Results
Employers dont just want to know what you did; they also want to know what results you accomplished. How many people did you oversee as a store manager? How much money did you save the junior class as treasurer? Quantifying your accomplishments demonstrates not only what you acheived, but also the fact that you track your results.
5. Prioritize Your Points
When you list bullet points under each position or activity on your resume, be sure to place the most important task, accomplishment, or responsibility first. Most readers of your resume will pay close attention to what you've chosen to feature as the first item on each list.
6. Customize Your Resume for Different Opportunities
You need to customize your resume for various opportunities by featuring the experience, keywords, and activities that best suite the requirements of that particular position.
7. Include Only Interesting Interests
When it comes to listing interests or hobbies on your resume, only mention something that is particularly unique, uncommon, or memorable. For example, "Founding president of first-ever Tae Kwon Do Club at my university" or "three-time finisher of Chicago marathon." Generic interests such as "travel and reading" are nice, but they don;t add much.
8. Delete the Reference References
Dont wast precious space on your resume with "References available upon request." Potential employers will request a list of references if they want one.
9. Never Lie, Exaggerate, or Twist the Truth
There are so many reasons not to lie on a resume. First of all, if your lie or truth stretching gets discovered, you'll lose a job opportunity with tha company forever. Second, if you exaggerate your skills, such as being fluent in French when you really just studied it in junior high school, your lie will be extremely obvious the day you start your job and you lack the skills you said you had. You should certainly cast yourself in the most positive light, but never, ever take it too far.
10. Proofread, and then proofread again
Finally, there is absolutely, positively no excuse for a single typo or grammar mistake on a resume. Once you've proofread your resume and feel confident it's perfect, have at least two other people review it for mistakes, misspellings, and formatting glitches. You can never check your resume too many times.
career.linkedin.com
http://www.pwc.tv/
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