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[janlucanus]

Even though I went to #Tisch... #SternRat #NYU #NYUStern #IAmStern lol not really on that last one, but #ShoutOut to the school. #filmmaker #founder #entrepreneur #ceo #tech #startup #unstoppable (at NYU Stern School of Business)

[cookiesandcoloring]

Human Training Session

Greetings esteemed colleagues,

Sometimes after a long day of filling in spreadsheets, sleeping through our required Ethics course, and counting our money, us Stern students really need to unwind. Thank Wall Street, that we have a club like Cookies and Coloring.

This week we will be practicing normal human interaction - a skill we may need to fool our friends and family into believing we care for them. By doing so we can later exploit these relationships for profit. You know for - money - the only thing we care about.

There are a few ways to simulate humanity:

DO NOT hand out your business card. Apparently financially unsuccessful people don’t do that with friends.

Try wearing plebeian clothes - I think like Polos and loafers or something. Apparently people find suits a bit much in casual settings. If this is too difficult given a closet exclusively of suits, business casual will have to do.

Talk about your “feelings,” “hopes,” and “dreams,” but do not mention anything about money! Pretend you feel something other than greed or longing to do a line off a hooker. For instance, I often say “I want to be a philanthropist because of those poor children who need money” or some other such nonsense. Shit I mentioned money.

No cigars or laughing that sounds like "muhahahaha."

Maybe - if you feel really ambitious - try giving a hug instead of offering a handshake. This seems to suggest you feel more intimately about the person than you actually do.

DO NOT hand out your business card. Apparently financially unsuccessful people don’t do that with friends.

Try wearing plebeian clothes - I think like Polos and loafers or something. Apparently people find suits a bit much in casual settings. If this is too difficult given a closet exclusively of suits, business casual will have to do.

Talk about your “feelings,” “hopes,” and “dreams,” but do not mention anything about money! Pretend you feel something other than greed or longing to do a line off a hooker. For instance, I often say “I want to be a philanthropist because of those poor children who need money” or some other such nonsense. Shit I mentioned money.

Maybe - if you feel really ambitious - try giving a hug instead of offering a handshake. This seems to suggest you feel more intimately about the person than you actually do.

DO NOT hand out your business card. Apparently financially unsuccessful people don’t do that with friends.

Try wearing plebeian clothes - I think like Polos and loafers or something. Apparently people find suits a bit much in casual settings. If this is too difficult given a closet exclusively of suits, business casual will have to do.

Talk about your “feelings,” “hopes,” and “dreams,” but do not mention anything about money! Pretend you feel something other than greed or longing to do a line off a hooker. For instance, I often say “I want to be a philanthropist because of those poor children who need money” or some other such nonsense. Shit I mentioned money.

Maybe - if you feel really ambitious - try giving a hug instead of offering a handshake. This seems to suggest you feel more intimately about the person than you actually do.

After 30 minutes of our human training session, we can resume networking. At that point feel free to hand out your business cards. As usual, this week will be catered by Dominique Ansel Bakery and sponsored by Morgan Stanley.

NOTE: Stern Cookies and Coloring will not be meeting in our usual spot in the Waldorf=Astoria hotel executive suite. Due to scheduling conflicts we will instead slum it temporarily in the Gallatin Art Studio on the 4th Floor. If you encounter a Gallatin student, avoid eye contact at all cost. They may see that you are soulless and vile, and slay you with their psychic powers of “concentration.”

[im-da-real-mvp]

College vs Web Development

Entering a school specifically cultured and created for business development and finance is a huge change for me. I always thought I’d do CompSci or something related to tech management, but this is such a far stretch for me. I’m truly in shock-and-awe in how fast life can change. 

But anyways, this blog is about web development and what changed after college. I’m not going to lie, business has been going slow. I haven’t been posting blogs because: 

1. 50% laziness

2. 40% college

3. 10% lack of business

I guess it’s better late than never, lol. Either way, I told all my clients I wouldn’t be available for the next month (starting February) and I never returned from my hiatus. Thus far, I have had four clients ask me if I was back, and one demanding my return. In my defense, I already finished the work I was supposed to do anyways, and whatever they wanted me to do would have been an entirely new project so I’m not at fault. 

But I digress. As you can probably tell from my previous post, I was accepted into Stern. How? I don’t know. Honestly. I really don’t know how. I wish I did know the crazy thoughts going through their mind. There were a lot going through mine, at least. Thoughts like:

1. “How am I going to explain to my clients that I’m quitting?”

2. “How am I going to sustain an income if I quit?”

3. “How do I pay 40,000 a year for tuition?” 

4. “Seriously, how am I going to explain to my clients that I’m quitting?” 

I guess I won’t, really. I’m too psyched to do anything else. #iamstern

[im-da-real-mvp]

#iamstern

[turneverythingrandomin]

30 minutes of free wifi during transit in Porto, obviously this is what I do In portugal with obrigado as the only word I know courtesy of @carolourivio #SternISP #iamstern @sternuc #travelattire #dapperQ

[adayjchen]

What if we took the empty retail space next to Gramercy Green and turned it into a student-run business?

There is an unused retail space between the entrances to HSBC and NYU's Gramercy Green dorm that has been vacant for the past two years. In my time here, I've never seen a tenant occupy the space - not even for a day.

Assuming that NYU owns the space, based on articles from ~2008-2009 about the building, it would be the perfect opportunity for the University to open another teaching environment. (Or at least if NYU doesn't own the space, it probably exerts significant influence over it since the entire building above is occupied by NYU students.) 

Imagine using this space as a student-run thrift store or other business. It could be entirely owned by NYU, but managed and staffed by students. A thrift store would be a good option, since NYU students tend to have a lot of clothing/miscellaneous items that they go through throughout the year - and they love thrift stores, from personal experience. Also - this chunk of 23rd Street on the East side is full of thirft stores, and even though they're all next to each other (Goodwill, the Met Opera Store, a pet-charity thrift store, Housing Works, Salvation Army), they're all moderately successful. A student-run thrift store would add to the thrift ecosystem here and optimize an underutilized space.

The proceeds from the thrift store could go back to paying students to work there (or supplementing work study money, if it's available for wages), or scholarships for entrepreneurial students, or a number of other education-related causes. 

The people I've talked to who have worked at similar school-affiliated and student-run stores at their schools have had a blast. They learned how to run a business, how to lead an organization, how to manage conflict, how to work with other people, etc. - all of which are applicable skills for the real world, whether or not students end up being entrepreneurs. Other schools have student-run coffee stores and bookstores, but a thrift (or even consignment) store could be an interesting and unique opportunity - especially in New York.

I realize this would be a significant undertaking for NYU and would require a lot of time and unprecedented amount of inter-departmental collaboration for this institution, but I think it's worth a shot. This idea has the potential to bring together all of the entrepreneurship programs scattered throughout NYU - and implement a lot of tech solutions (imagine a 21st century thrift store that uses Square and all forms of social media and new loyalty programs like Belly!) along the way. For this to be successful though, there needs to be someone on campus to champion it through all of the administrative and bureaucratic tape. 

A live experiment social entrepreneurship could be an invaluable resource and learning opportunity for students. Think about it - if we can make it here, we can make it anywhere - why not prove it to ourselves and to the world?