March 24th, Industrial Engineering Building at 18:30 and the full info here: http://eclub.technion.ac.il/?p=1524

George Carlin’s Views on Aging when he was 102:

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and a half, going on five! That’s the key.

You get into your teens, now they can’t hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m gonna be 16!’ You could be 13, but hey, you’re gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life … . You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony. YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There’s no fun now, you’re Just a sour-dumpling. What’s wrong? What’s changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you’re PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it’s all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn’t think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You’ve built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it’s a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You GET INTO your 80′s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn’t end there Into the 90s, you start going backwards; ‘I JUST WAS 92.’

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. ‘I’m 100 and a half!’

Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay ‘them’.

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!

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and to all the other teams of wonderful people who worked on our house for your endless creativity, the amazingly professional work and for being such supportive friends throughout the process.

And congrats to  Sharon Edery on the great article in this month’s Trend Magazine!

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on> their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.  A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work. The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it.   No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people.

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The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

Magical bed time moments is just one thing we’re missing when we’re rushing life,  as put wittily in this fascinating TED talk:

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Above is the second movement: 08 Piano Concerto No. 5 BWV 1056, II

This is the first: 07 Piano Concerto No. 5 BWV 1056, I

and this the third: 09 Piano Concerto No. 5 BWV 1056, III

1. The pros and cons of different equity capital sources (financing by founders, friends and family, angels and Venture Capitals).
2. How to create and deliver effective investment raising presentations.
3. The big DOs and DON’Ts of investment raising presentations.

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Here’s a list recommended resources for entrepreneurs looking to get deeper understanding of the subject:

1. The Startup Company Bible For Entrepreneurs: The Complete Guide For Building Successful Companies And Raising Venture Capital
2. Angel Investing: Matching Startup Funds with Startup Companies – A Guide for Entrepreneurs, Individual Investors, and Venture Capitalists
3. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Finance & Business: Wealth Creation Techniques for Growing a Business
4. The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
5. The Four Steps to the Epiphany
6. Deal Terms – The Finer Points of Venture Capital Deal Structures, Valuations, Term Sheets, Stock Options and Getting VC Deals Done (Inside the Minds)

Sure enough, with every idea that didn’t cut it, expectations built up, till eventually, no post could measure up. No post was quite “sponge worthy”…

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Today, on my morning Netvibes routine, I stumbled upon this post: Getting Writing Done: How to Stop Thinking About It and Write . Copyblogger, one of my favorite copy writing blogs, gave me the much needed kick in the butt and there you have it, my first post, the one I’ve been saving myself for, is about nothing. But it’s out there and it feels great!