Wednesday: Went to UCSF and pitched our business in front of approximately 500 people. I spoke on the same stage as Vinod Khosla and Steve Blank. Kind of stressful, but also very exciting. I didn't even think while I was on stage --it was all over so quickly. I just pitched my 90 second pitch, held up the product, and spoke from the heart. I was a bit nervous walking up there, and the bright lights made it hard to see --but I treated it like having a conversation. As soon as I start to execute, the nervousness goes away. That's the secret about overcoming nervousness in public speaking. Just start doing it and forget about being nervous. Just be in the moment.
We talked to a bunch of VCs and got some good advice on where to take the company. It's exciting.
Yasir (a Flowbit co-founder) and I hung out with some people at the afterparty. We ended up visiting a posh startup incubator called Monkey Inferno over in downtown. That place was ridiculously fancy. It looked even nicer than a rich person's house. Made a lot of friends there --met a reporter from CNET, a photojournalist, some expert product managers and programmers, as well as super cool creative types.
Pretty much spent the whole day in SF. Left at 9 AM, got back home at 2 AM.
Thursday: Took it easy, for the much needed de-stress day after a conference. Interviewed two people who want to join our team, and also was interviewed for someone's class paper on entrepreneurship. Fun stuff.
Anyway, off to bed. I've got to go visit a water treatment plant tomorrow (Friday)!
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