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Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition: The Wrap-Up

Last month, we finished up the Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition. The Ray Scherr Business Plan competition is put on with the help of SIFE, Cal Poly, and Ray Scherr, the founder of Guitar Center.  The cash pot was $10,000, divvied up among 3 winners. We were stoked to be among the finalists, and had a great time at the last pitch session.  I wish I’d taken pictures or video, but we were so amped we forgot to.  We ended up not making it to the last round, but I got to stick around and see who won.  The winners were as follows: 1st Place: Brian Riley and Andrew Ouellet with an anti-lock... 

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First press mention!

Yay! First press mention in the Mustang Daily! On December 2nd, we got a nice article in Cal Poly’s Mustang Daily, written by a professional and ambitious Journalism major named Lauren Rabaino.  It goes into good detail about our story and has some of our original concept art on the front page. A huge thanks to Lauren and to the Mustang Daily! [View with PicLens]  Read More →

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Kate White: Seamstress Extraordinaire

A few months ago I walked into Central Coast Surf Shop in downtown San Luis Obispo to buy a candle. Right. Not exactly customary surf shop buying habits, but as I was being rung up I noticed a scissor tattoo on the girl’s wrist. Intrigued, I asked her if there was a story behind it. She replied simply “I’m a seamstress”.  Needing some tailoring anyway, I half-jokingly asked her if she wouldn’t mind tailoring some shirts for me.  She replied “Of course”. And now, 6 shirts in, I wear them almost exclusively compared to the rest of my wardrobe.  I found... 

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A Smattering of Pictures

Here are my photo gallery links in order of size. Flickr (aka personal photo dump) = http://flickr.com/photos/ninjaweasel Picasa = http://picasaweb.google.com/billtrammel Webshots (oldies but goodies) = http://community.webshots.com/user/billtrammel1 Enjoy!  Read More →

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