Wasatch Girl - Latest Comments

Re: Ted Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz

tombrennanjr — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:12:56 -0000

Her optimism is refreshing. It seems obvious that the dissemination of potentially life - improving technology has always been limited by primarily financial and political factors, rather than any morally or socially driven concerns. What she proposes could perhaps help to change this paradigm...

Re: Ted Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz

WasatchGirl — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:39:08 -0000

This is a great list! Thank you for sharing, Peter.
Best.
Rachel

Re: Ted Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz

pchristensen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:49:05 -0000

Off the top of my head:

http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_stone_explores_th...

http://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthet...

http://www.ted.com/talks/eva_vertes_looks_to_th...

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_scho...

http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_g...

http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_...

Re: Volunteer Work (August & September): Arup Blood Services & University Venture Fund

pang — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:21:35 -0000

great post and nice pic! it was fun donating with you that day. fun arm wrestling, too. =)

my last volunteer stint was a couple of weeks ago at the yosemite facelift in yosemite national park. i helped clean up around the historic camp 4, the base of half dome, and a few other places in the valley. together, we volunteers removed over 60,000 POUNDS of trash from the park over the course of 5 days. it was hot, sweaty work but well worth it. as a climber, it means a lot to me to help preserve one of the most beautiful and unique climbing areas in the world. the yosemite facelift is an annual event and i will be sure to go again next year.

i also won a new rope at one of the facelift raffles. =)

~pang

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

Jordan Gunderson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:14:11 -0000

I also have a deep desire to be in the microfinance industry someday.

Here's a great microfinance documentary, in case you'd like to add it to your mind map:
http://www.kbyutv.org/smallfortunes/

I have a copy if you'dlike to borrow it.

There's actually quite a deal of additional info on that site as well.

Anyway, thanks for putting such a great resource together. I hope to use it (and contribute) more fully someday.

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:14:01 -0000

Just came upon this Lifehacker post and thought I would share since relevant: http://lifehacker.com/5364596/reduce-your-inbox...

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

WasatchGirl — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:13:00 -0000

Matt,
Thanks for stopping by and reading.

Usually microfinance has the connotation of being used for helping others alleviate themselves out of poverty, so not sure I would consider Prosper and Zopa to fall into this realm as the financings can be used for anything, not necessarily to address a social ill. However, they definitely COULD be used in this sense. So perhaps not a direct microfinance player, but definitely an outlying competitor?

I had yet to run across these two companies and greatly appreciate you bringing them to my attention!

Thanks.
Rachel

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

matthewreinbold — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:14:32 -0000

Not sure if it was on the map - I didn't see a search function. However, would you consider crowd-sourced funding from like Prosper.com or Zopa.com as micro-finance? While not explicitly limited to small amounts there's nothing stopping a person from only getting a small loan from either service.

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

WasatchGirl — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:46:53 -0000

Thanks for this comment. I am not seeing the access denied, but I am seeing that people have to log-in. Boo! That's not what I wanted. Let me look around and work on that.

Thanks for commenting.
Rachel

Re: Microfinance Breakdown (DRAFT)

Name — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:56:36 -0000

Mindmeister sais access denied

Re: http://www.wasatchgirl.com/2008/01/22/4/

swingtrading — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:47:52 -0000

Interesting post. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.

Re: Rachel Strate: The Wasatch Girl

jherrin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:06:05 -0000

Hi Rachel,
I came upon your site was impressed with what you have written and your experience. I co-founded a company a couple of years ago focused on developing a HPV preventive with technology we've licensed from the University of Utah. We've raised over $300,000 friends/family and were recently awarded a Centers of Excellence Grant and a VIP grant from the U. We are now gearing up to raise funding from angels/ventures. I would love to meet with you to pick your brain related to our strategy and contacts you may have that could be helpful. If you are interested, of course. We are also in discussions with a major India group for its humanitarian utility.

My email is jherrin@viropan.com. I would love to hear from you.
Thank you.
Jim Herrin

Re: Volunteer Work (Week of May 21): Utah Blood

Sweet_Home_Improvement — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:11:33 -0000

Thanks for sharing the information. I am very amazed at the confidence level of you guys, so i have to

refer your blog to my friends because it’s really a help full blog.
Good Day

Cheers,
sweethomeimprove.com

Re: Current State of Venture Capital

WasatchGirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:51:43 -0000

Today on the PEHUB Wire there was some data on IPOs. I still don't have Q2 data as that will be released at month's end, but I thought I would include this blurb in case of interest to any of you readers.

" There are only 16 VC-backed companies left in IPO registration. This includes LogMeIn, which is road-showing and expects to price within the next few weeks. I know P&L is king -- and LogMeIn's is great -- but I also wonder if a successful LogMeIn IPO could have broader ramifications.

After all, it's a techie type of tech deal, rather than a consumer type of tech deal (i.e., OpenTable). A majority of venture deals in the IT sector belong to the former class, but investors have been beaten down by talk that the public markets don't love them anymore. Perhaps LogMeIn could serve as an emboldening flirtation."

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:17:56 -0000

Gabe,
Ah, this is a great tip. Thanks for sharing.
Best.
Rachel

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

Gabriel Gunderson — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:59:20 -0000

I'm a little late on this, but I still need to share my fav Google mail tip for a clean INBOX...

Check out "Send & Archive" in Google Labs by "Pal T"

"""
Adds a button to the compose form that lets you send a reply message and archive the email conversation in a single action.
"""

Best,
Gabe

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:48:17 -0000

Nice! Good luck. =)

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

mcquain2 — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:29:10 -0000

Worst-case, my inbox is usually up to about 20. Makes my life feel a little more sane by doing so :) what can I say, I like order! :)

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

jiffylu — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:39:47 -0000

Ahhh... I've got it now. Thanks for answering my question. I'll be working my way to Zen now.

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:09:17 -0000

Jeff,
Thanks for stopping by the blog and for commenting.

The "say" category is for those emails that need a thoughtful answer but aren't a true task that would fall into the "do" category. Tim, explains it nice on his ReSaDoTh post as "If someone needs a two-line answer to a question, send that e-mail, archive the question, and be done with it. If an e-mail requires more talk than that, file it under “Say” for the moment, because you should put a higher priority on . . ."
Hope that helps. If not, feel free to drop me a line.
Cheers.
Rachel

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:05:12 -0000

Wow, you keep yours between 5 - 10 regularly?! You are amazing! =)

Yeah, the spare moments are perfect for jamming through an email or two.
Thanks for commenting, Neal.
Rachel

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

jiffylu — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:12:54 -0000

Great post. I've been organizing my emails by mandate / company and I try flagging the action items but there have definitely been emails that fall through the cracks.

I'm going to try your "do, read, say, think" suggestion. Just curious, what type of emails do you put under "say"?

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

mcquain2 — Sat, 23 May 2009 22:16:58 -0000

Nice post. I manage to keep mine consistently below about 5-10 emails so not too shabby. It rarely ever makes to zero however.

I'm definitely a big believer in having access to email by mobile also - I found by having it near to me whenever I wanted to check, or had a moment to spare, actually took some of the stress out of checking my inbox (I'm sure we all know the moment of holding your breath before your inbox opens up....).
Like you, I swear by filters. For some emails (mailing list, etc.), I treat them like an RSS feed - read them if I have time, or else just delete!

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:44:10 -0000

MJ,
Ha ha... if I get bored I will swing through Zions Park to organize your email and pics. =)

Keep me posted with your zero inbox progress.
Rach

Re: The Zen of the Zero Inbox

WasatchGirl — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:43:07 -0000

Sterling,
Thanks for stopping by the blog and for commenting. Yeah, it can be quite the task to get the inbox to zero... but it is definitely worth it. I feel like I can focus on other tasks and projects because I know that I don't have a single email. =)

Let me know what you think of Tim's post. And keep me updated with your zero inbox progress. =)
Best.
Rachel