Thursday, February 17, 2005
Since attending the last 50k competition
event last week, I have been receiving emails about upcoming events
relating to 50k competition. Last night's event was an informal pizza
dinner/get-together to discuss about energy related technology as well
as identifying compatible participants to form teams for the
competition. Once again, I was over dressed with suit and tie for the
occasion as I had mistaken the event as a formal dinner. Yeah, I did
appear looking like a sleazy well-dressed student from the management
school. Note to self, unless explicitly told, dont ever wear a tie and
suit to any MIT event. Gosh, I am a geek and I am hanging out with
geeks now. It's ok to be scruffy. Nonetheless, this is the best 50k
meeting that I have attended so far. It was very informative and I
really found myself surrounding by some of the brightest minds in
energy technology and research. I can see why 50k kick-off events are
melting pots of technologists looking for business people to
commercialize their ideas, while business people looking for
opportunities with new technology emerging out from the labs of MIT. We
openly discussed some great novel energy technology and business ideas
on how we can capitalize them. I dont think I am ready for the
competition yet nonetheless it was a good learning experience (and good
pizza).