Our Japan company manage came over last week but on his boring pass, they printed "SSSS". That meant "Secondary Security Screening Selection" ... for extra security screening.
I got it once. It was not fun.
I hope he will not get that again tomorrow heading back to Tokyo.
Ken Uchikura Newsletter Vol. 13
02/28/2019
NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Dear Reader,
How do you come up with a new business, new product or new service? Sometimes I come up with them while I am sleeping, driving, eating, talking, even using the bathroom…. They usually sound like great ideas when I thought about them. Then I look them up later and say to myself “What was I thinking.” But once in a while you still think an idea is great. I write them up in an email and send it to myself. The current list contains 80 lines and about half of them are crossed out as impossible.
They key is to make something quick and cheap so other people will get the basic idea. We call this quick prototyping. If the idea is so big you need funding, you may have to scale down the project or find Powerpoint investors. I am sure there are people who invest in a product based on Powerpoint but I have never tried to raise money using Powerpoint. I am not discouraging you to do this, but I just want to control things by myself.
You've heard of the saying “The grass is always greener on the other side”, haven’t you? When you read this newsletter you might think 'Ken must have an easy job and not worry about anything'. The company is making money and he is playing golf all the time. That is far from my real life. First of all, I have played golf only once this year. Okay, this may be due to the fact the golf course is closed due to the snow. Not having any problems is something I wish for every day. As a matter of fact, it is super rare that I don’t have something that needs my attention.
So, I have plenty of things that I need to do. But those things do not stop me from thinking about new business opportunities and products. If I don’t think about something new, I go crazy. That is the reason why I would really like to meet you and hear what you think. You are in a different business so chances are you have thought of something different. I would really like to know. Can we explore some new business opportunities together? That is the base of my message.
I met Kim-Fu from my last newsletter. He is with a company called SPF.IO. The company has a very interesting technology and business model. I do not know what I or PSPinc can do. But we will find out. I really love meeting people.
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"Eating your own dog food", also called dogfooding, occurs when an organization uses its own product. This can be a way for an organization to test its products in real-world usage. Hence dogfooding can act as quality control, and eventually a kind of testimonial advertising.
Do not trust the company does not use their own services.
"Arriving fall 2019 to join its GT350 stablemate, Shelby GT500 is designed to be the ultimate driver’s car, ready to attack on all fronts – on the drag strip*, producing more than 700 horsepower** via its first-in-class dual-clutch transmission with launch control, and on the track, with its race-bred chassis, Ford Performance-spec Michelin Pilot tires, massive Brembo brakes and performance aerodynamics, and on the street…"
I am sure I used to be very excited to watch and hear about the car like this. I do still think it looks cool but I am now more interested in quiet comfort and safe ride with as close to autonomous driving capability as possible.
I am very happy with my Subaru Outback. I have avoided at least three accidents because the car stopped by itself. Also I love the fact my car seems to invisible to place. This morning I was doing 10 miles over the limit to move to left lane to let the speeding car pass me. Well, the speeding car was Bellevue Police Car.
Kiroboto allows you to post your sale online for free even if it not being sold at Kiroboto. For instance, you can promote your Amazon sale and eBay sale items on Kiroboto at no cost. And if you decided to sell it at Kiroboto, your fee is limited to 5%.
Today Ezell's celebrates "Ezell's Famous Chicken" 35 Year Anniversary. I was going to attend the celebration, but I came down with nasty cold. So I decided to skip ... I did not want to Gove this to anyone.
I am very happy to know the people at Ezell's and I hope they well. Yesterday, PSPinc. we had monthly staff lunch. We ordered Ezell's.
あさこ 
PSPCF 
さわ 
ウチクラ ケンイチ 
橋本諭弥 
田仲なお美 
神戸のおいさん 
ClockLink 
坂本祐央子（さかもとゆみこ） 
bokushi 
Junya Suzuki