ACM Members,<div><br></div><div>Interested in starting your own software company? Or just want to learn more from a successful software business? We will be hosting a very exciting talk from Carl Erickson, the President of Atomic Object, on <b>Wednesday, November 30</b> from<b> 7 to 8PM</b> in <b>1279 Anthony Hall</b>. Carl will be sharing his experiences of starting a company (Atomic Object: <a href="http://www.atomicobject.com/">http://www.atomicobject.com/</a>) and the secret to a happy life. Atomic Object is a 10-year-old company of 33 employees, based out of Grand Rapids.</div>
<div>We will again provide free food, so <b>please RSVP so that we can be sure to have enough this time</b>! Just enter your name in the following link:</div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHU5eHBETmtZN2ZoZU41VlQwQzZucHc6MQ">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHU5eHBETmtZN2ZoZU41VlQwQzZucHc6MQ</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666">About Carl Erickson:</font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666">PhD Michigan State 1991, professor at Grand Valley State University, 1991-2000, VP Development deltamode (software startup) 2000-2001, Co-founder & President Atomic Object, 2001-present</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666">About Atomic Object:</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666">Based in Grand Rapids, Atomic Object is a 10 year old, employee-owned company of 33 makers (developers, designers, engineers, testers) that creates custom web, mobile and embedded applications for clients ranging from startups to the Fortune 500.</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666"><br></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); ">Talk Summary: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><u>Starting up: considerations for that first job out of school</u></span></font></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666">Everyone knows you need a brilliant idea to launch a startup. Fortunately, everyone is wrong. It's both easier and more difficult than that. The truth is that you need to get three things right to create a successful company: idea, execution, and culture. Carl will share his personal experience with startup companies, lessons learned from Atomic's startup customers, and the secret to a happy life.</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><u>Other News</u>:</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Donut Break</b>: Tuesday, November 29th, 9:30AM outside the CSE office on the 3rd floor</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">Save the Date:</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Microsoft Hackaton</b>: Information Session: 1/13/2012, 24 hour hackathon: 2/4/2012</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">More details will be sent out later this semester!</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>ACM T-Shirts</b>: We are taking orders for the rest of the semester through the first week of next semester, shirts are just $8 and the design is on our website: </font><a href="http://www.acm.cse.msu.edu/">http://www.acm.cse.msu.edu/</a></div>
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