Today was another "normal" day for me. Visited Sweetheart's and did some hard thinking about Flowbit over some boba milk tea. I didn't have any paper, so I actually ended up writing out my ideas on a napkin --hey, that's how startups are born, right? On the back of napkins.
Afterwards, I wandered over to Barrows Hall to get some work done over AirBears wifi. I discovered that the OASES club at Berkeley was having a Poker Night in one of the rooms! I decided to buy in after I finished a chunk of my work. Ended up losing all of my chips after just three rounds! I went all-in on an almost-flush of hearts.
While at the OASES event, I tracked down a guy who had sent us his resume for an internship opportunity. His resume mentioned OASES. I introduced myself to him and said, "Hi, I'm Nick from Flowbit!"
He looked at me, puzzled. Bad sign.
"You sent us your resume," I said. "I saw OASES listed as one of your clubs, so I figured I might be able to find you here. We're interested in you."
We went out into the hall and I talked to him a bit. I asked him how much he knew about our company. "Not much," he said. That's when I realized he probably just spammed us his resume and didn't learn about what we actually do. After about 10 seconds I realized this kid was probably a no-hire. But I decided to give him a chance to think about us.
We booked him an interview time but I later told him that he should only confirm if he's really serious about Flowbit. Hey! I discovered a great way of filtering candidates who apply to your organization. Find out what club/volunteer organization they participate in, go to one of their events, and surprise introduce yourself to the person! If he asks, "What does your company do again?" then he's out.
Finished the night pacing around in front of Wheeler Hall while on the phone with our lawyer, talking about some legal junk. It was kind of stressful and I couldn't go inside --all the buildings were locked. I probably looked crazy pacing around at 10 PM on a Saturday, talking about all sorts of legal. Luckily nobody was around to eavesdrop (I'm very careful about these things).
Staying the night again at the undisclosed fraternity. I'm starting to get to know the bros here pretty well. I always wondered how it would be to be part of a frat --I guess I'm getting a small taste of it this week :P
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