PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Another Company

4月

7日

I had to go to the bank after the lunch. One of my banks is Bank of America and their branch in downtown Bellevue is this building. The building is called PACCAR Building. I know the name for along time but I never thought this is the world HQ for PACCAR, Inc.

When you think of Seattle, you think of Boeing, Microsoft, Nordstrom but you never think about PACCAR. I knew PACCAR started here, but I never thought their HQ is still here in Bellevue. WOW.

This is another company that I would love to work with.

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Steve Jobs for $28.00

4月

2日

I found Steve Jobs figure for $28 + Shipping. I am a Macintosh user and I supposed buy anything that has something to do with Apple.

For this ... I don't think so. But it is kinda fun.

podbrix.com

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PLUMBING SERVICE

3月

31日

I has problem with the drain in my house. When it rains, it goes down the gutter but the drain in the ground was clogged. I try to fix it by digging around the drain, but it was too deep and I do not have tools needed to fix.

I called Fox Plumbing (http://www.foxph.com/) because Fox is a member of Seattle Executives Association. They came over next day and fixed it right there. It cost little over $600 but I dont have to worry about water any more.

PS: I kind of think they need little better web site but they do a good job.

PPS: I forgot to use my coupon that I got from them.

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FREE PC TUNE-UP (SOME REPAIR) SERVICE

3月

29日

FREE PC TUNE-UP

Every first Tuesday of the month, PSP will provide PC tune-up service for no labor charge. For instance, if you wish to reinstall your operating system on your PC, we usually charge $150 in labor, but on this day 100% of labor is free. If you bring in your own hard disk drive, we will swap out the old one and place the new one and install an operating system for free. We can increase your memory (you must provide the memory chips), clean up your hard disk drive, check for virus and spyware at no charge.

We limit one computer per household. You must bring your computer to PSP in Bellevue, Washington. And one more thing, you must RSVP. We can only do this for first 10 people, so please reserve early. Please call 425-957-0808 for reservation or question. Ask for FREE PC TUNE-UP

We have been providing this service for last three years.

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Mr. Yoshida - Introduction Video

3月

26日

This is the video used at the beginning of Mr. Yoshida's presentaion yesterday at Seattle Executives Association.

This video is streamed from the free video streaming service of Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. called "Web de Video". For more information, please contact me.

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Seattle Executives Association

3月

26日

Today, we have invited Mr. Yoshida of Yoshida Group to Seattle Executives Association (SEA). SEA invites only few speakers to talk to their weekly meetings. I was very dynamic, funny and motivating. I think everyone at the meeting enjoyed. I will try to post his video as soon as I can.

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Do you know this person?

3月

24日

Do you know this man?

He is one of the most successful business people that I personally know. He is Mr. Junki Yoshida. We went to meet Yoshida-san, chairman of Yoshida Group, in Oregon. He owns and operates 18 companies including Yoshida Foods, Oregon International Airfreight. He is an extremely busy person, but he always spend entire afternoon. He sits on the board of directors of my company.

He will be involved more with the company that I am creating too. He is coming to Seattle to speak at Seattle Executives Association where I am a second VP. I will get to introduce him tomorrow.

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The Great Wolf Lodge

3月

24日

We went on a day trip to Portland Oregon. It is about 180 miles (290km) one way. It usually takes little less than three hours on Interstate 5. About a half way there, there is a place called Tenino and we saw great building being built for last several trips. The place is called The Great Wolf Lodge.

We decided to visit and have breakfast there. It was an amusement park with huge indoor swimming pools and rides. There are a lot of customers. It was a lot more than we were expecting. We had buffet style breakfast ($13 each). We all thought it was an Indian Tribal Casino, but no casino there. We were really surprised by the amount of businesses they are generating being in middle of Seattle and Portland.

No recession there! It is a good sight to see.

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Interesting Marketing Tactics

3月

21日

I received an interesting direct mail from one of the premier online golf store. It says, IF SERGIO WINS IN AUGUSTA, YOUR TAYLOR MADE DRIVER IS FREE.

Is it only me, it sounds like they are so confident that Sergio cannot win, Taylor Made is willing bet on it. I personally use Taylor Made Irons and like them very much. I am thinking about getting r9 Driver, but after seeing this I dont know if I want to buy this.

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Cyber Marketing

3月

19日

Cyber marketing. I have been spending last few weeks exploring what Linked In can do, or I should say what I do in Linked In. first of, I needed to join groups and participate in discussions. It is not easy. You so not want to SPAM people. So, I stayed away from creating a discussion. Instead, I focus on responding to some of the discussions. I try not to sell anything, but it is hard.

Like real networking, if you are quiet, nothing will come to you. You must be active in updating your profile, making sure you enter what you are working on and actively searching for people to link to. You also want to join groups. I have joined, eMarketing Association Network, Golf Executive Club, Hosting Industry, Linked:Seattle, Seattle Executives Association, SMB Technology Network, Software as a Service (SaaS) Group, Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and Web Standards Design + Development groups within Linked In.

Now I must spend time to check each group and read discussions and reply to relevant postings. That is in addition to my personal blogs in English and Japanese. I am spending a lot of time in front of computer. But I am starting to realize that there is a real business potential in cyber space. Many of the sites are free but you need to account for time you spent. When you start generating leads from your participation in Linked In and other sites, you may need someone full time to just do that.

I never thought about cyber marketing can be a business by it self, but it is real. I seriously need to think about this and act very quickly.

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