Other than the split infinitive, I am very pleased to see the following: March 26, 2009 To the faculties, staffs and students of Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University: We are pleased to announce that the governing boards of Rice and BCM this week approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding that laysContinue reading “Rice + Baylor == Yay!”
Author Archives: Bryan Guido Hassin
Coming and Going
I just dropped my week-long house guest off at the train station (where IMD Professor Dominiq Thurpin was also taking the train to Geneve-Aeroport) for a tearful goodbye. It was a wonderful week with her in town and it felt so, so, so good to cook again–really for the first time in my 15 monthsContinue reading “Coming and Going”
Poken is encroaching on US soil!
One of my coworkers attended SXSW in Austin last week and inadvertently made a big splash for Poken. We found ourselves on the front page of techcrunch, on many US blog sites, and . . . on NPR!!! Our site traffic has doubled since then and we have completely sold out on every continent (LastContinue reading “Poken is encroaching on US soil!”
Another Weekend in Paris
I woke up early Saturday morning to take the TGV up to Paris, where I met my special lady friend, who was flying in from Houston. After some initial confusion about hotel rooms, we finally got settled just outside of the Gare de Lyon and struck out to enjoy the day. Instead of an aggressiveContinue reading “Another Weekend in Paris”
Carmina Burana
Thursday night several of us from the IMD MBA class of 2008 attended the Choire Lausanne’s performance of Carmina Burana. Although it wasn’t an amazingly executed performance, the music was, of course, great. Even better was the chance to catch up with my classmates before the show and afterward over beers at Les Brasseurs. FridayContinue reading “Carmina Burana”
Weekend in Paris Part Deux
Paris was 24 hours of awesome. My favorite wingman met me at Gare de Lyon, we dropped off my stuff–which all fit in my laptop bag–and kicked off the day with lunch in an outdoor cafe near the Louvre. The sun was shining, the people-watching was great, and we won our first battle against grapes,Continue reading “Weekend in Paris Part Deux”
Weekend in Paris
As I write, I am speeding along the French countryside in the TGV. I am following my progress on Google Maps on my cell phone; any of my friends on Google Latitude can see where I am in real-time too. During this 4-hour train ride I have spent my time napping and reflecting on theContinue reading “Weekend in Paris”
My Underwear Is Inside Out
The last time I shared a hotel room with a friend/colleague was in Kenya last summer. My IMD classmate, Dongao, shared both a room AND a tent with me, in fact. Before that I shared a room in Orlando with one of my mom’s NASM coworkers at a Space Shuttle launch. Going even further backContinue reading “My Underwear Is Inside Out”
Can’t Sleep
Even if there weren’t a million things on my plate right now, I would still have a hard time falling asleep. There is just so much excitement going on at Poken right now that my mind is flooded with energizing thoughts each time I close my eyes. Some of them recount what happened today, someContinue reading “Can’t Sleep”
Sunny Saturday
I was woken this morning by a call from a number I didn’t recognize. It turned out to be two Dutch entrepreneurs. They had driven all night from Amsterdam and were ready to take delivery of the 1080 pokens they had ordered. As I live just around the corner from the office, it falls onContinue reading “Sunny Saturday”