Archive for December, 2008



Dawn to Dusk at Gilroy (the shopper’s version)

Dawn to dusk at Gilroy Premium Outlet… but its not enough!!
Yes it really is not enough, and I am just speaking what every girl (some guys) is thinking. 
As the day starts with our bus turning into the carpark, we were greeted by big brands staring at us. 
 
It is like fighting a war. 
First, we need to [...]

Medical Voyage

Following our visit to Medical Voyage, it was a fruitful one!
The visit to Medical Voyage was an especially meaningful one for me because the company (”ABC” company) at which I interned back in Singapore is also a bioinstrumentation company like Medical Voyage.  Medical Voyage was founded in 2006 and has obtained US3.6million as their first funding [...]

Engelbart and the Dawn of Interactive Computing Event

Engelbart and the Dawn of interactive computing

Quoting that is in celebration of 40th anniversary to the mother of all demos in 1968. Many would naturally assume that the event was for commemoration purpose that probably only appeals to historians or for the dead. However, the truth is definitely much more than what we [...]

[Friendster]

Last Thursday (11th December 2008), we iLeaders were very fortunate to have Jeff Roberto, Marketing/PR Director from Friendster visiting us over at the NOC office.
During that few hours, Jeff talked about Friendster and how it has evolved from the beginning stages till now. We found out that Friendster currently has the highest user engagement and [...]

Benchmark Capital - Our first visit to a Venture Capitalist!

Hi all! Sorry to have uploaded my writeup rather late because of some troubles getting it uploaded! However, below is an overview of the company.
Overview
Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups.
The firm’s strategy is to be the first investor [...]

Put It on YouTube!

 
Be it school performance, birthday celebration or just silly college students pulling stunts on each other, whenever we want to share videos, we put it on YouTube.
 
Everyone knows YouTube. (Well, almost everyone)
Video sharing changes the way we interact online, bringing the evolution of online communication to the next level, from mere texts and [...]

Weekends-Golden Gate, San Fran

Weekends are perhaps the best time!. We visited parts of san fran over the weekends. The day wasnt really a good day for visiting- due to rain and hence it was freezing most of the time. But that wasnt going to stop us from having a great time.
I had one of the most remarkable sight [...]

Trends and Innovations in Energy Efficiency

In its rawest definition, energy efficiency refers to the ‘production of more energy with the same or lesser amount of natural resources’. This process involves increasing the efficiency of energy production means as well as installing appliances that require less energy to attain the same level of operation.

In the recent years, energy efficiency has become [...]

iLead visits Meebo at Castro St

The iLeaders visited the Meebo office on the 11th day of the oversea study trip. The Meebo office is located in the 3rd storey at 215 Castro Street.

History
Meebo was founded in September 2005 by Sandy Jen, Seth Sternberg and Elaine Wherry. It all started in spring 2005 as Sandy had a problem remembering 13 different [...]

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Cataphora
After-thoughts
Cataphora has an extremely employee-friendly company culture that prioritizes its employees’ interest among others. For instance, it provides the employee with the freedom of choosing their own working hours, bringing their pet into their workplace and bringing their kids to their office. And just like most of the company we visited, the company has [...]