Saying Thank You for the intangible

charles@ceointern.com — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Hi America I am back, sorry I left you for so long. As is always the case when we speak I have mountains share so sit, read, envision, and engage this blog for time is its spine and immortality is its reward. This past week has served to be another awakening for me, you may ask how many times will I wake? To that question, my response is simple; I will stop when the sun has finally set.

Lets m [...]

The Horn

gabe@ceointern.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Our producer deliberately kept us in the dark about how the phone system worked. As a result, we had all kinds of funny solutions to get things done. For instance, in lieu of hanging up a call on speakerphone properly, I figured out that hanging the receiver up five times in rapid succession would do the trick. For the first two weeks this was the only way to ensure that we weren’t still on speaker with someone.

My CEO glasses came in the mail today courtesy of�..

charles@ceointern.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Hello ladies and gents I know it has been a while since my last blog but I haven’t forgot about you. I have just been thinking so much that my fingers have been paralyzed. Since we last spoke I have been through a weekend and two days of work. On the weekend I went out for my first ever game of golf. It goes without saying that I am not tiger, even though I promised nick that I would go three under par my first time out. I did not go three under par and that’ [...]

Leave it all out on the floor

charles@ceointern.com — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Yesterday after working in the office I had a feeling that I could not explain but after CrossFit this morning I understand what I was feeling. CrossFit this morning was a seventeen minute workout designed to leave you on the floor. I completed the workout and stood just fine waiting for the next round, which obviously means that I didn’t push hard enough. I view this as a problem but I also see how this habit of mine works in my favor at tim [...]

Working Late Has Its Reasons

prescottp@gmail.com — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Well, I'm still at the office working to get everything prepped for tomorrow. Everyone was a bit tired today from staying up until 2am and playing RockBand, and I certainly felt their pain after waking up at 5:30am for our CrossFit workout in Decatur at 6am. We've had a very productive week on the production side and we continue to get help from entrepreneurs and CEOs around the nation. Xerox continues to be most helpful (the new Solid Ink Phaser printers they sent a [...]

Less time equals compressed experiences

charles@ceointern.com — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

A lot has happened this weekend and rather than explain day by day, I will explain the weekend to you as one whole. I believe I left you hanging a few days ago when I mentioned that we presented our industry research and financial analysis to the chairman. So to summarize the presentation let me say it went well, for practice that is. I don’t say that to discredit the time and effort put into the making of the presentation but instead to say that I knew that the bar fo [...]

The Midwest

gabe@ceointern.com — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised with the Midwest. Being born on long island and having spent most of my life within 20 minutes of Boston, I grew up with the stereotype that there’s nothing to do here. If you like shopping for expensive clothes and surfing, you're right, but if you like tractor pulls and dirt track, you'll fit right in. Truth be told, I have a strong preference for races that occur on pavement, but I'd take dirt tra [...]

Long Day Late Blog

charles@ceointern.com — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Today was the longest days by far and it was long because we went scuba diving into the financials. We did not complete our analysis and we are not ready to present a proposal for doubling the company’s revenue to the chairman yet. We are however mentally drained; I would like to share something with you that I said today on a phone interview with the Heralds review. The reporter asked me to share something that I have learned so far, I was taken by the question and he [...]

Call of Duty

charles@ceointern.com — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Today what we needed to do and how we needed to do it was felt by all. We sat down with Mr. Paulin today after lunch and it was his last fifteen minutes with us until the upcoming Thursday since he was flying to Washington D.C. . Mr. Paulin let us know that he was aware that the group was on idol but not because of lack of drive or understanding on our part but instead because there are so many forces between [...]

Strapped for time makes today yesterday

charles@ceointern.com — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Ladies and gentlemen, horses and cows, I come before you to stand behind you to tell you something I know nothing about. This Thursday the day after Friday there will be a ladies meeting. Men aren’t allowed but they are still permitted. Wear your best cloths, if you have none still come. Seats will be provided to sit on the floor, thank you for this wonderful announcement. Well I am strapped for time right now so I am typing and thinking a mile a minute so [...]

A bridge over troubled water...

nick@ceointern.com — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Wow, what a day! Up until today, I thought we could function without any conflict. But any successful group must face conflict, and well, today was our day. Just as we entered the office and said our greetings, we began our first daily meeting. Within moments, we drafted a quick agenda and began discussing various topics such as our WiFi situation, our Ebay sales challenge, the possibility of hiring a Cryogenic’s specialist and creating a code of conduct for appro [...]

Day 2

charles@ceointern.com — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Today was the first day with structure, ahhh sweet discipline. Today unlike the first day we sat down together and talked about the actions for the day. This process which I call “down to earth” will happen every morning from 8-9am, we sit, talk and develop an action plan. I call it a process because that is the impression I have of it so far since it needs polishing. I understand that today was the first day of this developed structure [...]

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