PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

CES ... Novelty Gift Idea

1月

5日

You must have a clear bag when you go to any event in the US. This is to protect people from possible terrorists. As I understand, the novelty gift for CES (Las Vegas) Press people this year is a clear backpack. This will be a good novelty gift.

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Beginning of The Year Internet Traffic

1月

4日

This is less than half of what we were exception.
Bigger traffic will be coming on the 10th.

I think the true test will be on the 10th of January (9th is Holiday in Japan 成人の日) to test our servers. Today, there are some people in Japan started to work but no as much.

Even new year and after the golden week in May, we have to watch the servers and traffic very carefully.

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Prayer ... Answered

1月

3日

Prayer: I want to go to famous university. Tell me what I need to do.

God: Would you do anything?

Prayer: I will , I will ...

God: "STUDY"

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Happy New Year 2017

1月

2日

Let's ,make it a great year!!!

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Omotenashi - おもてなし

1月

1日

This is my last Bloguru post of 2016.

I was watching a TV and there was a story about Tararaya (Japanese Traditional Inn in Kaori). The owner, Okami, talked about Omotenashi which is Japanese word for hospitality. What she said stack in my mind.

Omotenashi does look like coming from the heart but it comes from the wisdom. If the hospitality comes from the heart, it sometimes comes and sometime it does not. That is not Omotenashi. Moore Ashli must be repeatable and only way it can do so is if it come from the knowledge.

To provide better service, it is not the heart or desire to do so. It must be learned and trained and practiced. That will be something I will think about for 2017.

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New Cars are Amazing!!!

12月

31日

Just three years ago I bought anew car ... Honda Pilot. Just yesterday I bought another car, Subaru Outback 3.6R Touring. Prices are about the same ... but new one has so much gadgets ... I am sure newer Honda has them too. Here are some of the things I gained in three years.

(1) Front collision avoidance ... auto stop
(2) Lane departure Warning
(3) Backup collision avoidance
(4) Lane keep assist
(5) Blind side warning
(6) Adoptive cruise control
(7) Lock/Unlock from the iPhone (Smart Phone)

I wonder what next three year will bring.

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Book of Lists Honorees

12月

30日

The Puget Sound Business Journal Book of Lists 2017 is out! The Book of Lists contains lists of top companies, arranged by industry. Congratulations to Seattle Executives member companies who made the esteemed list.

Accounting Solutions Partners
#12 Eastside Fastest-Growing Private Companies
#31 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Banner Bank
#2 Largest Banks
#3 SBA Lenders
#9 Banks by Marketshare
#15 Fastest-Growing Public Companies

Brown & Brown of WA
#7 Insurance Brokerages

CFO Selections
#36 Eastside Fastest-Growing Private Companies
#89 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Complete Office Furniture
#1 Office Furniture Dealers

Crowne Plaza
#10 Hotel

Gaspar’s Construction
#5 Home Remodelers

John L. Scott Real Estate
#2 Residential Real Estate Firms

Moss Adams
#1 Accounting Firms
#15 Largest Private Companies

NAI Puget Sound Properties
#6 Commercial Real Estate Brokerages

Pacific Software Publishing
#35 Largest Minority Owned Business

PC Bennett Solutions
#18 Fastest-Growing Minority Owned Business

Schwartz Brothers
#80 Largest Private Companies

Windermere Real Estate
#1 Residential Real Estate Firms
#8 Largest Private Companies

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/?t=1483056121

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Omotenashi (More is better then just enough)

12月

29日

How much is enough?

When you order food for people, make sure you order more than enough. The last thing I want our guests to think is "is there enough food?"

I asked the office to buy food for people working on Monday ... Those are the food we had ... that was just enough for everyone but I don't think that was enough. I want to make sure people feel we had too much. Too much is better than just enough or too little.

O MO TE NA SHI (おもてなし）

Omotenashi, loosely defined as the art of selfless hospitality, is a cornerstone of Japanese culture. To welcome someone into your home or establishment and be able to anticipate their every need is seen as a privilege for the host, and working in a service industry is regarded with the utmost seriousness and respect.

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New Bloguru Skin for Winter

12月

28日

Bloguru is

(1) Free to Sign Up and Use
(2) No Advertisement
(3) Large images with no total size limit
(4) Very search engine friendly
(5) Good for SEO

What else do we need to say to convince you?

Today we released a brand new theme for Bloguru called "Winter Snow"! It's available for all Bloguru members. If you're not a member you can sign up for free here: http://en.bloguru.com/home/signup

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Long Long Time Ago, Galaxy Far Far Away ....

12月

26日

No, it's not that long time ago and it's not too far away. My daughter found a business card from about 20 years ago. This was when we were just launching our Internet Hosting Business.

From this business card ...

(1) We had a domain name pspinc.com
(2) The company was known for Double Byte Specialists (Do you know what is mean?)
(3) Telephone number ended 8080 (What is 8080?)
(4) Email address was ken@pspinc.com (It is not used anymore)
(5) My title was president

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