Friday,March18,2005_1:46:55PM

Friday, March 18, 2005
1:46:55 PM
Wow, things are still flying really fast, which is really good I guess. I’m not sure what to expect or work on first. Well I guess I do know. Rima took me to the meeting at Jennifer’s house, and seemingly it was just for me. The central conversation was about what I needed to do with building this sidewalk => riverwalk for the city!

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Jan Roberts, President
Founder Institute for Ethics & Meaning

Kimberly Finn, Community Relations Director
Tampa Bay History Center

Hello,
It was great to meet you both at Jennifer’s house on Wednesday. I think you are correct that I need to get this to the right people ASAP. I actually met Mayor Iorio when she was a County Commissioner, and am registered to bike with her tomorrow http://www.hartline.org/news/new_events/bike_bay/, so I’ll bring the attached map/survey my neighbors completed.

This concept of a transit system started with an award from Disney’s Dreams & Doers essay competition when I first came to USF, this is a small piece of it: http://stars.dyndns.info/homestead/files/Transit.htm

I realized I could only build these designs if I patented it myself:
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/engineer/resume/patent2.html

Please feel free to forward this on, or schedule a time we can meet and talk more. I’m currently working on an MBA at USF and can meet very easily.

Thanks you very much
Sincerely

Eric Weaver 237-3705, 679-5195 (cell)
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/engineer/resume/resume.htm
PS. My resume has several links to patents and other websites I’ve published including my business sites.

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So I have these other links i almost put in the above email too... lol.. now what?
http://www.hamclub.org/images/ZoomIn.gif
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/engineer/resume/City_Nursery.gif
I soon started a student group to develop it http://stars.dyndns.info/homestead/files/Minutes87.htm and later incorporated to develop “Projects for Credit” http://www.starsusa.org/
am embroiled in their patent process again http://groups.yahoo.com/group/USF-class/

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Art of the Start Author
A quick Question?

Mr Kawasaki;
Do you think the local university helps or hurts with start-ups? Like, should I visit the VP Sponsored Research about faculty start-ups and patent issues?

Brief Background:
When I started my BSE here in ’83, I began to develop patents and ended up debating student rights with the former VP. I was inspired to change the world and soon realized they would never help. Interesting enough we incorporated to setup “projects for credit”... my favorite is still using donated Mac’s to teach reading and writing in pre-school, my son’s first Project.

They tried to copy our business model TWICE! But still have no clue what they are doing except exploiting people for greed. Now, I’ve got stuff going on my own, meeting with the city about one Patent, while a professor from USF wants to sell another Patent, so I’m not sure I want to get involved with the bureaucrats again. Though I might be doing more research there anyway, and other teachers still here from the 80’s think I can bring the needed changes here anyway.

I recently started an MBA and have audited a class “STRATEGIC MARKET ASSESSMENT for NEW TECHNOLOGIES” where I have been reading your book The Art of the Start. I thought you might have a new perspective on this problem.

Do you think the local university helps or hurts with start-ups? Thanks for your time...

Oh as long as you're here, the book is great, do you give out student scholarships to The Art of the Start Conference on April 21, 2005. I can volunteer to help out, and even video tape it, which was my last trip home too.

Thanks again
Sincerely
Eric Weaver
http://profiles.yahoo.com/stars2man