Berkeley Entrepreneurial Toastmasters

12/14/2021

My pitch about drone delivery:

Dan argues that we should be eagerly deploying drone technology for food delivery services.

10/19/2021

Great meeting tonight, Jenna gave a pitch about her "Earring Fling" business concept, Samantha told us how to do great on our performance reviews, and Elena shared with us the books that changed her life. Quote of evening: "James Bond can't build a data center from scratch, but I can" - Yang

09/29/2021

Very philosophical meeting last night! Michelle gave a pitch about time management, I talked about induction and the philosophy of science, and Elena cautioned us against seeing patterns in randomness. "You can take the human out of the Stone Age, but you can't take the Stone Age out of the human" - Elena

09/07/2021

Great meeting tonight, excellent speech by Jenna, about how to prepare for a speech at the last minute, and by Ashwin Reddy, about stoic philosophy and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Paul pitched his new panda-themed clothing brand, Rulers of the World. "Nature is greater than politics" - Paul

08/31/2021

Smaller but still excellent meeting tonight. Paul gave a speech about his company's branding strategy, and Garrett talked about how life advice also makes good career advice. Quote of day "Manha manha!" - Garrett.

08/25/2021

Really amazing meeting last night, with 3 home runs from our main speakers. Brian made a great pitch for his Chu-lite product, Ashwin gave us a fascinating talk about the semiconductor industry, and Elena spoke about memetic desire. Quote of evening "In French Philosophy, reading 250 pages is like reading a tweet." - Elena.

07/20/2021

Great meeting last night, including a cool speech by Paul about his Power Networking Tips, and Elections! Congratulations to the new officers and big thanks to the previous officers. Quote of evening, from our incoming President Ashwin: "Rest assured, this is only my first step towards world domination."

06/29/2021

This photo is actually from last week, but we had a great meeting tonight as well. Clint gave a great pitch about a more engaging way to make IT training videos (huge market!!), our new member Anuja gave a super useful speech about negotiation, and Ashwin Rammohan gave a very insightful speech about the bad attrition numbers at the big tech companies.

06/15/2021

Excellent meeting tonight, with lovely speeches by Ashwin and Elena, and a fascinating pitch by Brian. Quote of evening: "Our favorite hobby was inventing creative ways to fight the Soviet regime by throwing away the horrible cafeteria food." - Elena

06/08/2021

Lots of fun at tonight's meeting. My great mentee Michelle gave a pitch about her new travel site, Paul talked about his mentor, and Samantha gave a condensed version of a speech she is preparing to deliver at work. Two quotes of evening:

Paul: "For some reason, my professor always had really bloodshot eyes when he was lecturing, so he looked like a kind of burnt-out Santa Claus giving the gift of cynical economic theories."

Jenna: "I remain optimistic that one day my dresser will actually contain clothes."

05/11/2021

Great meeting tonight! Paul gave a pitch for an organizational tool called Notion, Garett talked to us about the great technology his company is working on, and Simon gave a lovely eulogy for his mother (for practice, he will give the real speech in the next week). Quote of the evening: "I have two words for you: biodegradable plastic" - Garett