PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Costco Japan ... Top 10 Best Seller

4月

24日

I remember when Costco opened in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan. I used go there and found only few customers. Now, there is a line to get into the parking lot of all Costco. It is one of a success stories by US companies!

#Business #Marketing

I used 99designs.com

4月

24日

I spent $300 to design a logo for a new service at http://99designs.com . I was not sure how it works, but after two week contest and 65 entries, we chose the design we like and the experience was great. For just $300, it turned out to be cheaper than using our creative team for such a small project.

But remember, this is just a design. No explanation of what the design is about or thinking behind it. Fo that you need to hire a professional designer to let him learn about what you are trying to accomplish. But for $300, I think it is good enough for a logo project.

I know the name (screen name) of the person but I have no idea who this is. I thank everybody for submitting the design.

#Computer #Internet

Gas Prices

4月

24日

I filled up my car this morning and it cost me $64. I am not driving a gas guzzler. I am driving an Acoord. The gallon of regular at Safeway is now $3.93. What is with that? Someone is making lots of money. We need to move to something alternate. But out of $3.93, how much of that are taxes?

#Life #Politics #Society

Golf Today

4月

24日

I played golf wearing polo shit, no jacket. It was wonderful. I was playing well but I think I run out of energy later.

#Blog

Beautiful Spring Day

4月

23日

I think today was the best day so far this year. I hope this will continue tomorrow. Mt. Rainier looked so close today.

#Nature

Bloguru Upgrade

4月

22日

We are getting very close to upgrading the database behind the bloguru service. We should be able to do the upgrade sometime next week. Because of the amount data we have, we will be shutting the site down for a period of time, so please bare with us.

We are moving last 7 year worth of data to new database.

#Blog

PSPINC Customer Service Fleet

4月

22日

All our cars gets over 40MPG (with exception of Honda Minivan). We have Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Prius Hybrid., Honda Odyssey, Two Smart for Tow. You can say we are ECO Friendly.

#Business #Marketing

Thanks to US Marine Corp.

4月

21日

Did you know there are 140 US Marines at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant helping Japan dealing with nuclear crisis. They are The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) unit.

They are a member of Fukushima 50. Thank you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_50
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Biological_Incident_Response_Force

#NaturalDisaster

A price of success.

4月

20日

You can not have it both ways, or can you?

You must be willing to pay the price for success.

I heard this from Mr. Ralph Broksos, http://www.rbruksos.com/, who spoke at Seattle Executives Association meeting today. For some people, the price for success is too high to bare. For some, even with the high prices of success, success is out of reach. But one thing for sure, unless you are willing to pay the price, you will never succeed in anything.

I guess it is called "Fair Exchange". Most of us, we cannot have it both.

#Life #Politics #Society