What Will Happen When The World Is Flat?

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jan 15 2011 | Comments (0)
I am a believer in the idea that “the world is flat” where as the global economy will continue to advance and costs of goods and labor will be the same everywhere……and I have this feeling that it is happen at a much more rapid pace than anyone expected… Maybe...

USA Immigration, We Can’t Save The World By Importing People

Posted by Michael Michelini | Dec 27 2010 | Comments (5)
Watched this youtube video Can mass immigration into USA help world poverty? Its really a struggle in my mind…. Below he outlines the report from the world bank, giving the amount of people who earn less than $2 a day. Africa 650 million ppl India –...

I have to learn to Master the Chinese language!

Posted by Michael Michelini | Dec 09 2010 | Comments (10)
Damnnit Americans, why aren’t you learning Chinese? My friend Abiy just sent me this newsweek article Americans still aren’t studying Chinese in school? I like this paragraph in the middle of the article: But the sad fact is that Americans are not...

Social Media Growing – Facebook Seen As Important to Business

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 29 2010 | Comments (2)
Guess I am in the right zone…or just following what people are demanding – but more and more people want help promoting the facebook pages, their twitter accounts, improving their reputation online….and building a brand. I am perfectly positioned...

Summary + Reflection of My 2 Month USA Trip

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 11 2010 | Comments (4)
Writing this on my China eastern flight to Hong Kong. I’m so addicted to blogging! Well it would have been a paper journal if not online. What an exhausting 2 months in USA….reflecting about it is rewarding for me to reflect on. For those of you following...

In San Diego, Remembering A Few Years Ago

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 07 2010 | Comments (2)
Been an unusual few days so unable to post for a while. Was in Los Angeles with Abiy for a day, then rushed down to San Diego for the weekend. Remembering the same route in San Diego May 2007 when I was just getting here after leaving my day job at Deutsche Bank....

Recap of my Last Day in NYC

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 04 2010 | Comments (0)
Yesterday, man, what a rush…started bright and early in the morning with catching up on tons of emails, and phone calls.  Lunch with Jason Perez, my fraternity big bro, and his client for financial services that is looking for advice and help with his...

New York Bar Store Looking For Investors, Buyers, Partners

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 04 2010 | Comments (1)
Just been holding this back the last couple weeks, but in an effort for me to better focus my energies, I have to look for more strategic alternatives for the first business I started up, this is the letter to marie Hi Marie, Thanks for talking to wholesalers,...

Startup Entrepreneurs Pitching Their Dreams, Their Passions

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 28 2010 | Comments (4)
Was invited by a Stevens Tech friend to FundingUniverse.com’s CrowdPitch event, the first one its had in the New York City area. It is quite an interesting concept, like the “American idol for Entrepreneurs” they have a panel of judges that moderate and...

When Family + Business Collide – A new born baby while running a business

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 27 2010 | Comments (5)
Met my good friend, Mike Andrews today, who went to Stevens Tech with me, at his company Hudson Digital Systems for internet marketing training and SEO consulting for his business.  Again, trying to use public transportation has been difficult…looked to...

People Watch Too Much TV in America!

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 21 2010 | Comments (12)
I guess I never really was a big TV watcher, back when I was younger, maybe in grade school, I remember getting my first computer, a 25 MHZ PC (I am not so techy now, back then it seemed easier) and Brian and William helped me overclock it to 33MHZ and upgrade...

Maybe I’ve Been in China Too Long – Readjusting to USA

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 20 2010 | Comments (6)
A few times while I’ve been back in America, my friends have had to slow me down and remind me “dude, you’re not in China anymore”. And not just my friends reminding me, but my finding out myself. Here are some of the bullet points (better...

The Main Thing Holding you back is YOU!

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 19 2010 | Comments (8)
As I run all over the place like crazy, of course I am getting frustrated. And some things don’t go as I planned, and I get angry – but there is a saying “A man can fail, but he isn’t a failure until he blames someone else.” – J. Paul Getty I...

What a week between Connecticut, New York, New Jersey

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 15 2010 | Comments (0)
Running around like a maniac, seriously. If I didn’t have data on my mobile to chat and check email I would be so screwed, at least my business would be, so I am fortunate to have “bitten the bullet” and gotten an unlimited data plan a couple weeks ago. Being...

Speaking About China Business Experience at Stevens Institute of Technology

Posted by Michael Michelini | Oct 14 2010 | Comments (12)
Definitely feel I have gone “full circle” in life….I went to engineering school to get to Wall street, to go to China to do manufacturing, to get into internet, to come back to engineering school in NY/NJ, Stevens Institute of Technology where I studied,...

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