back from Utah!

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The view of the conference room in utah.


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The convention was EXCELLENT! i saw so many speakers from the industry. one person was even a manager of over 33 billion. yess billion...not million. the CEO of a major bank was there, the CEO of overstock.com, as well as many general partners and founding partners of VC firms from utah, NYC and the silicon valley. Most of the firms were smaller however we did see a few larger ones. i learned sooooo much. it was basically a cram session on Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. each day began at 8 or 9 in the morning with panels and speakers starting rite away and lasting until 5 or 5:30. There were even speakers while we ate lunch. at 5 we were to go to another location for dinner where we had another speaker while we ate. This would last until about 9:00. as if that wasn't enough to tire me out, i was networking like crazy the whole time. met some really amazing people...not just VC people but extremely accomplished students from other schools as well. i must say, going to this conference has motivated me to start a venture fund at cmu. i think we have all the rite resources and environment to make it happen. however this means a lot more work for me...and we all know that i just love more work. (ok well i don't really but i just kinda get involved in things by accident. haha...can't help it!) i still need to see if it's possible first. i know students last year tried and it just didn't take off. so i need to find out what hurdles they had. i talked to the current pres of the VC club and it seems i've been selected to be next year's pres. need to meet with him to discuss the transition. that sounds kool huh? pres mel :)

on another note..looks like i didn't get that burrrrilll internship. booooo.....got an email and it seems like they will not be hiring an intern this summer. i'm assuming their budget has changed and now it doesn't allow for the cost of an intern. i'm pondering asking them if i can work for free. it would be a great learning experience. however money would be nice also....

got back to school...already homework is due. lucky for me my friends got my back and did most of the assignment. but i'll be sure to cover for them as well. yanni's gf is coming next weekend so i'll cover his part. gotta love group work. i kinda feel like i'm playing catch up tho...even though i only missed 2 days of class. i hate feeling like i don't know what's going on. it's like dreaming that you have a test you didn't study for.

found out T got engaged. seems like people were all surprised he popped the question after only a year. but i was not really surprised. he's always known what he wanted and always just goes for it once he knows. always been a good quality of his. and i'm happy for him. truly happy. i had wondered how i would feel once he fell in love with someone else. wondered if i would be jealous. but instead...i'm glad, almost relieved. i think i always felt he wanted to see something in me that wasn't there. and i wanted so much to give that something to him...but i couldn't. so i'm glad and happy that he has found someone who can, because he deserves nothing less. best wishes to you and your fiance T.