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Jessica Mah studied computer science at Berkeley, and is now the founder of inDinero.com, the easiest way for businesses to manage their finances.

Archive for March, 2008

Not all things happen for a reason. Lessons from failure and loss.

I’m not sure if I believe in the saying, “all things happen for a reason.” It seems as if people tend to say that in order to justify for a loss. However, it IS possible to justify for a loss by doing something about it. The time that you would have spent [...]

Missed my flight to San Fran… Schedule for the next week

I over-schedule myself way too much. Today alone, I had to cancel a meeting and my flight to San Francisco. I’ve been working long and hard this afternoon trying to perfect this presentation I have to present at the Next Web conference. I loved the ideas you guys submitted, but they were [...]

Invitation of ideas: what’s in the future of web? I’m starting a wiki for all of us to collaborate!

Hey All,
I decided to try something unique — As you probably know, I’m speaking at the next web conference in Amsterdam! I’m working on my presentation and I’ll hopefully finish by the end of this weekend, but I’m looking for some advice from you guys. To clear up any misconceptions, I am not [...]

Mah blog just got a face-lift

I’ve kept this same theme since starting my blog, and I think I’ll keep it for now. However, I’ve decided to give my blog a minor face-lift as you’ve probably seen in the past few days. Here are the new things:
1) New and updated ABOUT ME page! I’ve added info about my [...]

Random facebook application email

Here’s a random email I got from Spark, a silly Facebook application.
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Spark: People think these friends of yours should hook up:
1. Justine Ezarik and Robert Scoble
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If you’re a geek, you’d know what the above meant
To the rest of you, I’ll write something of value tomorrow.
Jessica Mah is a [...]

Blogging is my addiction

I am totally addicted to blogging. I’ve asked hundreds of people if they have a blog, and about half of the people who say no tell me that they tried starting a blog and weren’t able to remain disciplined. They’d blog once or twice a month because they “couldn’t find time.” Personally, [...]

Mommy, when I grow up, I want to be a consultant!

Clarification: I’ve received lots of emails from people (mainly consultants) who tell me that I should reconsider what I wrote. I want to reassert that I have nothing wrong with there being consultants. I’ve done it, and I still do it on a very part time basis. For young grads, it’s [...]

Dear Entrepreneurs: Please talk to your customers. Love, Jessica.

Businesses often fail when it comes to doing something as simple as talking to their customers. I’m not sure if it’s because they’re lazy or if because they don’t feel the need to, but it’s probably the one big thing that can make or break a company Don’t ignore your customers! Few [...]

Failure = Good! Without it, we’d be couch potatoes.

My young entrepreneur friend Mazy told me about a Facebook group where everybody was talking about what they would do if they knew they couldn’t fail in life. In anything! Of course, the majority of the people in this group were raving about how awesome it would be not to fail, but my [...]

The high school diploma arrives!

Finally! I got my HS diploma. To make a very very long story short, I decided to cut through high school when I was 15 years old and since then, I’ve been attending Bard College at Simon’s Rock. I get my associates degree in two months, but I’ve been attending college without an [...]

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