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Been using CL for over 10 years and have hired many great people from it. Also rented all of my property through it.
Great advice above. Just to add..,
* post early and often- use 10 different emails and anonomize them with CL and just change co...
Hi Amber-
Thanks for posting these! Don't stop!
So bummed that we are missing some great hikes. We are in Japan and won't be back to maui until the 15th. Look forward to joining when we get back.
Keith
Google Wave Federation: Why it Matters
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 30, 2009 10:00 AM / 5
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_wave_federation_why_it_matters.php
According to The Next Web, the Google Wave team is getting ready ...
Surfing the Wave alone = ?
Lets start a wave about waves...
Add me: keithpowers@googlewave.com
A colleague just launched a company called Solvate... a distributed workforce model (domestic business outsourcing) - perhaps perfect for folks looking for some extra telecommuting work... Just beware that the company is brand new so I have no ide...
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Hi Amber and Brandyn,
Thanks for setting up these hikes! We are heading to Japan for 2 weeks on Thursday but would love to join when we get back.
Keith
Thank you Doug!
Doug - just wanted to thank you for hosting last night at your place. We had a great time! Gracias!
Keith, Michiko and Harmony
Ah - great! Feel free to post your events in the calendar. We are trying to do more to support neighbor island events, so they will be featured.
BTW - We have a team member on Maui - Konstantin Lukin. He is into hiking.
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- Occupation:
- Executive, Investor, Other
- Company:
- REI CAPITAL
- Areas of Interest (Robotics, Software Architecture, Green Energy, Web 2.0, etc.):
- Venture, angels, startups, incubators, prizes, HI tech, algae, biofuels, real estate, etc.
- About Me:
- Keith Powers | Bio
Keith is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence and Investment Director at REI Capital, a private investment and venture capital firm where he identifies and evaluates investment opportunities while working with a number of REI's portfolio companies. He most recently served as the Co-Creator and Chief Operating Officer at Prize Capital, LLC an innovative financial model at the intersection of invention, investment and philanthropy - where he remains a Senior Advisor.
Prior to Prize Capital Keith was the EVP of Strategic Development at the X PRIZE Foundation where he spearheaded an effort to create a modern-day version of the Nobel Prize by expanding the mission of the foundation to include prizes in other areas including energy, the environment/carbon, genomics, medicine, nanotechnology, transportation, education and social entrepreneurship. To support this vision, Keith raised in excess of $20M in less than 18 months and he helped expand the Board of Trustees to include such visionary and luminary leaders as Larry Page, Dean Kamen, Dr. J. Craig Venter, Gil Elbaz, Elon Musk, Takafumi Horie, Jeffrey Shames and Ray Kurzweil.
Keith previously started and sold several companies, including a non-traditional media company in 2000, and a Hispanic DRTV- advertising agency in 2003. From 1996-1999, Keith was the Director of Operations at Sun Apparel-The Polo Jeans Company, a $800M global manufacturer, distributor and retailer of casual apparel.
Civic leadership, youth development and national service has long been a focus for Keith, including a stint at the US Embassy in Mexico City in 1994 and as a volunteer corps member and then later as a national staff member with City Year, an “action tank” for national service. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Kids Korps USA, Prize4life.org, an advisor to several start-ups, and a member of the NRDC's Environmental Entreprenuers (E2).
Keith holds a B.A.from Northeastern University, an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and has attended several executive seminars including Governing for Nonprofit Excellence: Critical Issues for Board Leadership at Harvard Business School. He has lived, worked, studied or traveled to over 30 countries and is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Japanese. He and his wife Michiko have just moved to Maui with their three year old daughter Harmony
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- At 10:49am on November 2, 2009,
Roxanne Darling said… - Welcome Keith - I was just on Maui a week ago...sorry to have missed you. Hope to be back though so there will be more times to connect. I am founder of the Social Media Club - Hawaii Chapter - which we aim to be statewide. LMK if you plan to be on Oahu. Aloha, Rox
- At 3:18pm on October 30, 2009,
Patrick Ahler said…
- What's up Keith? Been here in Hawaii for 5 years and never been to Maui... how sad is that! How do you like it?
- At 3:15am on October 5, 2009,
Moriba Jah said… - Sorry Keith...out of town till Oct 10th.
Will tag up soon.
-M-
- At 1:50pm on October 4, 2009,
Daniel Leuck said…
- Yes, I've had some exchanges with Gina and Kyle (Director of Partner Design & Development) when we did the first 100% complete Japanese localized Ning network and about another unrelated matter.
For something like the email notifications issue I typically just create a ticket in the help center. They are pretty good about responding.
- At 1:21pm on October 4, 2009,
Daniel Leuck said…
- Aloha Keith. Welcome to TechHui and to Hawaii! We are happy to have you in the community.
re: The lack of message content in notification emails
That is my #1 complaint as well. We are more concerned with convenience for our members than clicks. This decision should certainly be left to the network creator.
That being said, we are generally happy with the platform for communities like TechHui. We are also augmenting Ning with widgets from our platform, Ooi (polls, surveys, quote of the day w/ voting, etc.) There are some other, more cutting edge things come soon, including a possible work around for the empty email notifications. We will make sure to keep everyone posted.
Feel free to swing by our office the next time you are on Oahu.
- At 1:34pm on October 3, 2009,
Doug Hagan said… - Hi Keith, I'm bummed we're going to miss. My wife is going to be at the MCC Nursing booth and I need to fly support with our 7 month old. Next time I will read your post more carefully in advance, I was thinking this was a lunch date. Hope to catch you on the next pass. --Doug
- At 9:38am on October 3, 2009,
Anders Friberg said… - Welcome to Maui!
Clearly a great place to live if you have the opportunity. We moved here 2 years ago and love our rainy life on the north shore. Hope to meet up some day. Maybe a Tech Hui Maui group that meets a few times a year?
Aloha,
Anders
- At 2:58pm on September 28, 2009,
Harley Powers Parks said… - Cool. I see how you and Peter Kay would strike it up. Welcome to Hawaii.
- At 12:39am on September 27, 2009,
kauai inventor said… - Welcome to the site, and the islands, if ever on Kauai I would like to invite you to a inventors gathering.
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