Pretty crazy how much money KP and Sequoia made from the Google deal…

billburnham.blogs.com: Just How Much Did VCs Pocket On Google?

“A reporter asked me the other day what impact Google would have on the two main VCs in the Google deal, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia, and it got me to thinking:  just how much money did those funds really pull out of Google?    Filled with a wistful sense of VC envy, I wondered over to Edgar to try and piece together the details.  In doing so I made some pretty interesting discoveries which I don’t think have been discussed to date.

How to Turn $12.5M into $4.3BN….”

I’m sure this will come in handy for a lot of us: How To Deal With Burnout

This is interesting… I guess maybe I missed one or two… LOL…

I don’t know what it was, maybe it was the transcript of Steve Jobs’ speech, maybe it was things that happened at work lately, but last Thursday and Friday I was really depressed about where I am now, in my professional life.

I thought it was because I hated my job, or that I am in the wrong vocation for my talents and abilities. I had the urge to just quit, sell everything I have, figure out what exactly it is that I should do, and then start over. Maybe I would go to Hallmark and do then do photography for a living, maybe I’ll just do more consulting. I’ve talked to Sherry, my parents, and some of my friends. Nothing really helped. I went to 43 Things, found out that I was definitely not alone in this. After much research I found 3 books that might help me. I picked up 2 of them at Barnes & Noble and began reading one yesterday.

I am not done with the it yet, as it is not just a book, there are exercises to go through, and often I have to go back and re-read parts from a previous chapter. I’d say I’ve finished about 1/5 of it. I feel better already! I think my frustration was due to the fact that I had no serious plans for the future. I believe that was the major problem, I had no plans on how to reach my ultimate goals (and what they really are). I had some vague ideas on what I thought would be fun to do eventually, like my own startup, or venture capital. But I did not plan on how to get there. I guess I was hoping that something really good would happen, like if my previous startup IPO’ed or if it had got a great deal at the acquisition, I could very well be able to not work for a few years and work on my own startup. Or go get my MBA. Same thing with stock options of my current company (and I am still keeping my fingers crossed). But I never planned on what to do if none of those things would happen. I picked up old and old hobbies and things hoping to find joy outside of work, but ultimately,

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Aristotle

First I need to figure out something that I would definitely love doing, a job that sings, then I will plan on how to get there. Like if I find out VC is really what matches my skills, I will make plan to enroll in an MBA program. Or if I find out I really don’t like to follow authority, then I should really do something on my own, like to expand my consulting practice, or open up a coffee shop.

Bottom line is that I need to figure things out. I need to understand myself better, hopefully there is a something out there that suits me.

Venture Fellows – McCombs School of Business – The University of Texas at Austin

Hmm… This is interesting…

Ten Best Loos In The World

Felix Restaurant, Hong Kong
Bar 89, New York
College Hotel, Amsterdam
John Michael Kohler Arts Centre, Sheboygan, Wis.
Seattle Public Library
40/40, New York
Grand Hyatt, Rappongi, Tokyo
3D Gold Store, Hong Kong
Red Bar, Moscow
Public loo, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland

Damn, 2 of them are from Hong Kong, and I don’t think I’ve been to either one, must go check them out next time I’m there.