A Coffee Shop Story: Mountain View vs. Fremont

Eavesdropping (not on purpose) @ a Coffee Shop in Mountain View -

The 2 guys sitting next to me are talking about a business idea. Conversation topics included:

• One guy went to the same high school as Mark Zuckerberg - Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. They talked about the issues regarding kids who go to boarding school.
• They hate people from Harvard. Because Harvard churns out douches. (I kind of agree). And these schools have to make up sports that smart people can actually be good at, but the sports that no one cares about - like “crew.” LOL
• Passionate conversation about how Yahoo has failed as a business. They should focus more on value add content, which they have, instead of search. Apparently, Yahoo properties such as Yahoo sports, gets more traffic than ESPN.com. And ESPN, actually syndicates some Yahoo content.
• Back to the business idea, which sounded like a music sharing site – I couldn’t figure out what differentiated it from a Pandora model.

Eavesdropping (not on purpose) @ a Coffee Shop in Fremont -

The 2 Couples sitting near me. Both couples were Indian. I think one of the couples was on a ‘match.com’ date.

• Couple 1 was talking about the issues in our culture related to marriage and how their parents approve of certain types of partners. (I zoned them out pretty quickly).
• Couple 2 – the guy kept asking questions like ‘what is the craziest thing you’ve ever been through’ and the girl kept struggling to answer his questions. It was painful.

Epiphany: I need to get the He!! out of Fremont – STAT.