10 things i have to do this week.

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i'm tryin 2 motivate myself to have a productive monday and by extension the week forward. so rather than moleskine my 2do list, i thought why not trick my neural receptors so as to stimulate the electrophysiological process and make the things happen i need and want to. as my mum said last nite about business "if some1 sneezes, those around catch a cold." - i need to approach some matters head on. will need to encode the list but u may be able to parse it thru google reader.

BB's Alpha Edition : 10 things i have to do this week.

1. 2 slide .ppt on transactional + marketing app for high priority 2 x socnets (facebook, google opensocial which includes myspace or doesnt it yet) um, so can u develop apps yet for opensocial and have then run across myspace, linkedin, hi5 and all those other sites google announced ?

2. make call to tech architect guru who will know answers for point1 and can whisper some usual acronyms i can use in meeting. see if client can meet dev while in sydney.

3. do timeline + deliverables for active blog influence project. project manager is 4 weeks from popping out child number 2 so organise to interview alternative PMs. oops also contact sydney pr social media guru for missed call.

4. get status update on northern states geo-local syndication project and identify technical roadblocks, then report back to prospect apologetically. nearly everything comes back to technical platform + customisation issues/requests. oh to have a black box which people pay u to have access to, then they do the mashing up on their side.

5. get a technical roadmap plan together as waiting solely for investment isn't a considered response. lock in tech advisors, roadmaps, spk more to investors about infrastructure funding requirements, one day one will really get the benefit of a hyperlocal enterprise syndication + Intelligence platform ala the localised 2.0 of newsgators/feedburners of this world.

6. point 3 reminds me to re-ping current investor discussions and see if there are any further questions i need to answer. or if maybe they want to write an initial cheque.

7. email lawyers get a status update. the lessons of running your first business are u dont succeed because of the basic fundamentals like people and cashflow, not due to some MBA positioning issues. (in fact u gotta think feature creep, trying to achieve too much in too little time with too little budget is the most common failure path ive seen downunder esp for 1st timers.)

8. figure out how u r goin to make $$$ yerself. spk to some new peeps, contact investors/strategic partners u havent before that u have worked with previously or with high strategic fit. need more dollar$ runnin thru my bendigo bank account :(

9. work on computer monday and thursday, melb on other days is the likely schedule. there goes $100 of petrol by the weekend. do some new meetings that help accelerate your top 3 objectives. (raise capital; focus on syndication-intelligence-influence projects; get paid yourself so i can get aspy pad again)

10. read oscar wao before midnight in bed, watch 2nd half of madmen series 1 on big screen not while distracted by google reader; exercise high bpm cardio beach runs. stay away from cornchips, well within reason. mainly do the work, spend time with ppl u grok, eat well, sleep + exercise, make sure u get paid + do great work. and remember blogging doesnt pay the bills, unless it's public todo lists which make u do it.

Update : Well heck i may as well use this for real:) Extra ones :

11. B2B eco-energy pitch for socnet influence.... how do u use social networks and blogging to reach business decision makers in finance, as opposed to the consumer market. ie the B2B equation. Meet Tuesday.

12. Design Brief for Widget thing u r workn on for client project, oops yes design brief must do that.