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My Adventure in Soho with Hugh Simpson Wells

Posted in personal stories, tagged , , , on January 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I lived in London during the early 2000’s, where I  had some of my best memories ever. Now, I’m  back in West London visiting where it took about a half a day to get my bearings to feel as if I had never left.
Much of my focus here this time is work, but tonight I [...]

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8 Lessons from the ARIS Experience

Posted in business, tagged , , on May 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »

In my last blog post, I reminisced about the ARIS days. Now, maybe I can share some of the lessons learned during those times.

It’s about the TEAM: No matter if you are MIT smart like Paul Song, it’s the collective ability of the leadership team, not one individual. You cannot scale without having a cohesive [...]

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Sharing a Drink, Sharing ARIS Memories

Posted in business, tagged , , , on May 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Just the other day, I had drinks with a long time friend, Kendall Kunz, at the Roanoke on Mercer Island. He’s not just another friend, he was part of our executive team that took ARIS public on the NASDAQ  in 1997. ARIS was founded by my brother, Paul Song, after which Kendall and I joined [...]

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Life is but Series of Experiences

Posted in Entrepreneurs, People, business, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Guest Post by Paul Song
When John asked me to share one of my business experiences as a guest contributor to his blog a few months ago, I started to think which one would be the most interesting and relevant. Should I talk about starting an IT services company in my 20’s and what [...]

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Professor Leverages Corporate Experience to help Students

Posted in People, education, entrepreneur, tagged , , on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Meet Jeff Gilles, a professor and so much more. He is a professor at Seattle University’s Computer Science department.

Jeff is a part of the wonderful higher education system in the Seattle area that is producing talented, capable young people for the vibrant local tech sector. There is a reason why so many Silicon Valley powerhouse [...]

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IT Trainer Focuses on Math in Elementary Education

Posted in People, business, education, society, tagged , , , , , , on April 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

MEET MR. EDUCATION, otherwise known as Steve Brugger. For the past 19 years, Steve has been providing IT Professional Training through his company, SQL*Soft.

Many technical professionals around the greater Puget Sound area have gotten their IT certifications through SQL*Soft. Steve’s company is one of the largest and longest-standing training providers in the Pacific Northwest.

During [...]

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A Recovering "Deal Junkie" Makes Good as a Business Executive

Posted in People, business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »

MEET Brad Furber, a recovering “deal junkie”.

Those recovering deal junkies can be hard to spot. Brad looks calm, clean cut, not too stressed out. His round wire-frame glasses and deliberate manner of speaking give slight clues of his past career as a corporate and securities attorney. Otherwise, he looks like another internet entrepreneur. [...]

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Father, Son Venture into Vietnam

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »

MEET Paul Song, a father, a world traveler and a visionary entrepreneur. Oh yeah, he’s also my brother. Paul’s been part of the Seattle business community since 1990 when he started ARIS, an IT consulting firm that listed on NASDAQ in 1997. He was 34 years-old then.
Today, he’s more fashionable, still in good shape, more [...]

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