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Drew Meyers currently runs ESM Exec Designs, a design shop specializing in corporate and personal blog design. Travel addict managing Oh Hey World, a travel blog focused on generation X & Y, and real estate technology enthusiast. In his free time, Drew enjoys reading, traveling the world, spending time with passionate people, and is active member of the microfinance community.
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Congrats to Yelp for Raising $15 Million
Sorry for another short post, but I wanted to say congrats to the team at Yelp for raising another $15 million in funding!
My Thoughts on The Changes in Rob’s Business Thoughts
BusinessPundit, which my boss got me hooked on, is one of the blogs that I follow regularly. Rob May, the guy behind the blog for the past 5 years, is moving on to do other things — and he wrote a fantastic post titled “The Top 10 Changes in my Business Thinking” summing up his business learnings over the past 5 years. There’s so much good stuff, that it was hard to not quote the whole thing. Here are his 10 learnings, and my quick thoughts on each of them. I quoted his complete text on the bullet points that really struck a chord in me. 10. Luck Matters I’m pretty torn on this, but … Continue reading
Esperanza Opens a New Branch in Santiago, Dominican Republic
Esperanza is opening a new office in Santiago, DR – On Monday, February 11, 2008 Esperanza International inaugurated its ninth office in the Dominican Republic, and tenth office branch overall. This new branch is located in Santiago de los Caballeros, a city of roughly 2 million people—the second largest city behind the capital of Santo Domingo. Congrats!! And yes, for the record, one of my best friends wrote the article I linked to (she’s working down in the DR right now).
This is What Social Entrepreneurship is All About
Here’s a great video that shows what is possible via social entrepreneurship. The project is by Playpumps International. This begs the question — why aren’t we seeing more projects like this getting some attention? [via Guy Kawasaki]
Halong Bay – Can You Say Beautiful?
I’m traveling to Southeast Asia next month for a couple weeks, and my buddy and I are starting to figure out which places we want to visit in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong while we’re there — Halong Bay in Vietnam is one of the early finds. Picture via Village Voices Photo by Kristupa Saragih (found here) If you have any suggestions about specific places to visit, please leave a comment or e-mail me.
