MIT^2 Student @406Ventures Fellow @ForteFoundation Fellow 110% Silicon ValleyTumblr (3.0; @tiffanyk)http://tiffanyk.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt5l9jGi51qzr6zbo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Dropbox's eco-friendly cups<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt5l9jGi51qzr6zbo2_500.jpg"/><br/> The next FEED bag for China?<br/><br/> <p><strong>Branding the FEED bag of China</strong></p> <p><em>Above left: At Dropbox (also found @Google), we drank from these eco-friendly cups labeled “This is Not a Cup” and “Karma”, which inspired this post.  The developed world is far more advanced than emerging markets in social responsibility.</em></p> <p>Over the holidays, my Hong Kong extended family invited me to design the site and conceive a marketing/branding strategy for a non-profit foundation’s handicap sheltered workshop in Chengdu, China.  </p> <p>In China, girls and special needs children are often “throwaways” onto the streets under the one-child policy.  The Chinese government had actually granted a building to the credible foundation, whose pilot of graduating handicap residents into the real world with life skills is an innovative concept I deeply believe in.</p> <p>Only taking corporate orders via the foundation’s personal relationships right now, the high-quality laptop bag-sized tote (above right) became the esteemed <a href="http://www.lksf.org/" target="_blank">Li Ka Shing Foundation</a>’s holiday 2011 staff present.  Several other major Hong Kong companies have placed orders for this Kate Spade-like bag, which is not yet available for consumers.</p> <p>Drawing from Lauren Bush’s <a href="http://www.feedprojects.com/" target="_blank">FEED bag</a> and “I’m Not a Plastic Bag” concepts, a next iteration of this tote may have a word on it to reflect the handicap-to-workforce idea.  Target market: Hong Kong.</p> <p>A consensus among friends is “Enable” - any other thoughts?  Thanks in advance :)</p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/15846672962http://tiffanyk.com/post/15846672962Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:41:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt54hhzvD1qzr6zbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.foundersden.com/" target="_blank">Founder’s Den</a></strong></p> <p>With so many incubators/accelerators out there, this is the real deal.  SF Mayor Ed Lee & MC Hammer were here earlier on the day we visited.  Graduated chart.io, cakehealth, kitchit & others.  </p> <p>Loved meeting Stefan of <a href="http://questli.com/" target="_blank">Quest.li</a>, a white-label scavenger hunting game.  </p> <p>Thanks to Amit of Norwest Venture Partners for hosting :)</p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/15846137201http://tiffanyk.com/post/15846137201Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:31:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt4rbiI9i1qzr6zbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Bookspotting @ Philz Coffee, University Ave</strong></p> <p>My mentor’s beautiful iiii n 4S book in commemoration of Steve Jobs:</p> <p>Free preview & purchase at Blurb: <a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2596795" target="_blank">http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2596795</a></p> <p>As Guy Kawasaki <a href="https://plus.google.com/112374836634096795698/posts/EB5LdgxRmFg" target="_blank">posted on Google+ about the book</a>, “<span>Profits from the book go to College Track, the non-profit co-founded by Jobs’s wife, Laurene Powell, and to the The V Foundation for Cancer Research.”</span></p> <p>Thanks to Jacob, the awesome president of Philz Coffee, for the prime display!</p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/15845719295http://tiffanyk.com/post/15845719295Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:23:00 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt2pdf0RR1qzr6zbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://labs.hattery.com/" title="Hattery Labs" target="_blank">Hattery Labs</a></strong></p> <p>My brilliant Xoogler designer friend Josh To’s beautiful holiday postcard.</p> <p>Incubator/accelerator hasn’t even been built yet, and it looks amazing.  Already secured sources of venture funding, yet if anyone’s interested in investing, happy to connect you to this rockstar team of ex-Googlers.</p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/15843412176http://tiffanyk.com/post/15843412176Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:39:00 -0800“<p>“To be beautiful, one must be confidence. To have confidence, one must have intellect. Then, beauty is power.”</p> <p>-Yue-Sai Kan (靳羽西), who introduced makeup to China.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Built China’s first cosmetics company YSK, sold it to L’Oréal, now a UNICEF Ambassador who’s training Miss Chinas to someday win Miss Universe & use their power to convince China’s new millionaires to donate.  She’s the 1st American on a Chinese stamp, dubbed People’s “Most Famous Woman in China”.</p> <p>Shared via my dad in tonight’s call…words of wisdom wrapped in a subtle hint to study up!</p></em>http://tiffanyk.com/post/11892992846http://tiffanyk.com/post/11892992846Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:41:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt2h7fp3jh1qzr6zbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Tencent “Facebook of China” recruits at #MITSloan on day it launches Tencent Weibo (Twitter equivalent) in English. </strong></p> <p><span>Microblogging towards China’s freedom of info: Tencent Weibo & Twitter both have 300M users, yet 50% are </span><span>monthly active on </span><a href="http://t.qq.com" target="_blank">http://t.qq.com</a> vs. 33% of Twitter’s users.</p> <p>Slide is blurry (awaiting iPhone4S), yet it says:</p> <p>- Innovation: Features much richer than Twitter; Celebrity-driven media impact</p> <p>- Transforming Media & SNS landscape: New way of social networking, additional social graph</p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/11441096828http://tiffanyk.com/post/11441096828Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:42:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1odmvXVf1qzr6zbo13_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>The original Airbnb Pitch Deck</strong></p> <p>Honored @nathanblec shared original @airbnb #pitchdeck “AirBed&Breakfast” at #MIT #StartupBootcamp #sb2011.</p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/10611384492http://tiffanyk.com/post/10611384492Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:46:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqir1faHnF1qzr6zbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span> <h2 class="uiHeaderTitle"><span>Required reading for baristas…and b-schoolers to optimize productivity @ Sloan’s new Starbucks cafe?</span></h2> </span></p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/9405343103http://tiffanyk.com/post/9405343103Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:56:03 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp49yp6boK1qzr6zbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span><strong>TechCrunch Mobile First CrunchUp Conference @ AOL</strong></span></strong></p> <p>A rare power lineup of conference speakers in a Q&A (l-r):</p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/howard-hartenbaum" target="_blank">Howard Hartenbaum</a>, partner August Capital</li> <li><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/matias-duarte" target="_blank">Matías Duarte</a>, Director of User Experience, Android</li> <li><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/steve-jang" target="_blank">Steve Jang</a>, CEO Schematic Labs/Soundtracking</li> <li><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/kevin-systrom" target="_blank">Kevin Systrom</a>, CEO Instagram</li> <li><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/jake-mintz" target="_blank">Jake Mintz</a>, co-founder Bump Technologies</li> <li><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/joe-hewitt" target="_blank">Joe Hewitt</a>, software engineer</li> <li><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tristan-walker" target="_blank">Tristan Walker</a>, director business development, Foursquare</li> <li><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-setton" target="_blank">Eric Setton</a>, co-founder Tango</li> <li><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/chi-hua-chien" target="_blank">Chi-Hua Chien</a>, partner, Kleiner Perkins</li> </ul>http://tiffanyk.com/post/8232418460http://tiffanyk.com/post/8232418460Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:47:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll046zcm9X1qzr6zbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Google I/O 2011’s Android-etched Limited Edition Tablet</strong></p> <p>iPad 2, make room for #io2011 limited edition Samsung Galaxy Android tablet 10.1 w/Google I/O branded box.</p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/5372353755http://tiffanyk.com/post/5372353755Tue, 10 May 2011 15:37:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll00ps3OnJ1qzr6zbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Google I/O 2011 Queue @ Moscone Center</p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/5370068635http://tiffanyk.com/post/5370068635Tue, 10 May 2011 14:21:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5tudlvhYPlseszmaiHmfVQQyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>President Barack Obama’s 2009 Historic Inauguration</strong></p> <p><span>Witnessing History.  My MIT roommate </span>and I had the privilege of attending President Obama’s inauguration as 44th President of the United States on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 in Washington D.C.</p> <p><span>The freezing cold 4am subway ride from Maryland to D.C. was rewarded by singing passengers, the warmth of citizenry, and the companionship of my best roommie (her hat’s in blue, mine’s in black).</span></p> <p><span>Making time for life experiences, at their finest.</span></p>http://tiffanyk.com/post/92119729http://tiffanyk.com/post/92119729Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:05:00 -0700