Calling on the power of the Otters! Help an old classmate?

talemyn · 03-07-07, 09:27 PM

¡Hola Otters!

Sorry I've been so scarce recenty, but after all of kvrdave's unwanted advances, I just felt like I needed to stay away for a while. The man just doesn't seem to understand that no means no!!!

Anyway, I learned "through the grapevine" today that one of my old schoolmates has a shot at winning a pretty big contest for her business c/o Microsoft and I thought, well if this isn't a job for Otterville, I don't know what is (well, except for propogating an endless number of "Caption This" threads

).

Here's the details from the email that got forwarded to me:

Quote:

Hi!

I wanted to tell you about some really big news that is happening to me. Last November I entered a contest being held by Microsoft to promote their new Accounting software. Microsoft is looking for the best small business idea in the USA and I have been selected as one of 4 finalists. If I win, I receive 100,000 (USD) a retail space in New York City plus the accounting software and support for the year.

The reason I am writing is to ask if you will vote for me to help me win? The online voting is part of the overall decision and is taking place now at www.ideawins.com

Also if you get the Today show on television you can watch the winner being chosen live on air either on March 12 or 13...exact date to be announced. I will let you know as soon as I know.

Cheers and thank you for your support.

Her name is Given Campbell (she was the first finalist when I looked at the site).

Now, I don't know if there are any issues with soliciting votes on a public forum, so I'm not specifically asking you to vote for her, but, honestly, I personally think her business idea is the best of the four (all biases aside). If you think otherwise, feel free to vote as such (like I could stop you

), but if any of you guys would be willing to send a vote her way in your spare time, I'm sure she would appreciate it.

Thanks Otters!!

Bushdog · 03-07-07, 09:35 PM

Done, dude. I really like her idea, too.

girlnextdoor · 03-07-07, 09:35 PM

I voted

crazyronin · 03-07-07, 09:37 PM

Is she hot. I will need pics before voting

Bushdog · 03-07-07, 09:39 PM

Pics on the site. And there's a different chick there who is actually hot. But that's the wrong reason to vote!

Deftones · 03-07-07, 09:40 PM

The chick that's "hot" isn't even really that hot.

Bushdog · 03-07-07, 09:44 PM

Yeah, I changed that from semi-cute. I was trying to entice people to click!

kantonburg · 03-07-07, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyronin

Is she hot. I will need pics before voting

There is about a 4 minute video of her in the link posted. I watched it and voted for her. Sounds like a winner to me.

das Monkey · 03-07-07, 10:04 PM

Alexandra was the only one remotely cute, so I clicked on her video, but it was so damned annoying I didn't get far enough to hear her idea. Given's presentation was simple and easy to follow, although I'm shocked this service isn't widely available already. None of the ideas are interesting, so I vote for whom I'm told.

das

pedagogue · 03-07-07, 10:25 PM

done, though i'd totally bone Alexandra...and if I did that, she'd have to get my vote.

-p

La Bella Rose · 03-07-07, 10:33 PM

I cheated and only watched 3 out of the 4.

I voted for Given.

She really seemed like she knows her stuff.

SPiRAL · 03-07-07, 10:56 PM

It's a Given over here. Tell her she's welcome.

kvrdave · 03-07-07, 11:07 PM

I knew you couldn't stay away....because sometimes no means yes.

lordwow · 03-08-07, 08:11 AM

Done.

It was tough not to vote for the organic beauty bar...

AGuyNamedMike · 03-08-07, 08:42 AM

Voted. Best of luck to the contestants.

The Bus · 03-08-07, 09:11 AM

As always, I went to the one I thought was best and voted for that one.

emanon · 03-08-07, 09:19 AM

Done.

Kittydreamer · 03-08-07, 09:47 AM

Done.

Bandoman · 03-08-07, 09:56 AM

I vote for whomever talemyn tells me to vote for.

Done.

12thmonkey · 03-08-07, 09:57 AM

Done and done

Sonicflood · 03-08-07, 10:04 AM

She got my vote! Great idea!

aerobson · 03-08-07, 10:04 AM

Done.

Rockmjd23 · 03-08-07, 10:05 AM

Voted. Alexandra

LurkerDan · 03-08-07, 10:11 AM

voted. Given did have the most marketable idea.

talemyn · 03-08-07, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Bus

As always, I went to the one I thought was best and voted for that one.

But you're not going to tell us who that was?

03-07-07, 09:35 PM	#2
Bushdog DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Shackled Posts: 35,368	Done, dude. I really like her idea, too. __________________ This Space Reserved for When My Ennui Lifts NearysEpiphany was right.

03-07-07, 09:39 PM	#5
Bushdog DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Shackled Posts: 35,368	Pics on the site. And there's a different chick there who is actually hot. But that's the wrong reason to vote! __________________ This Space Reserved for When My Ennui Lifts NearysEpiphany was right.

03-07-07, 09:40 PM	#6
Deftones DVD Talk Godfather Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Arizona Posts: 59,075	The chick that's "hot" isn't even really that hot. __________________ John Henson: McDonald's has dumped Kobe Bryant as their spokesperson and have replaced him with Yao Ming. Apparently McDonald's prefers Yao because he is a bigger international star, and he doesn't rape so much. "You are everything that's wrong with this forum".---SleepyW

03-07-07, 09:44 PM	#7
Bushdog DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Shackled Posts: 35,368	Yeah, I changed that from semi-cute. I was trying to entice people to click! __________________ This Space Reserved for When My Ennui Lifts NearysEpiphany was right.

03-07-07, 10:04 PM	#9
das Monkey DVD Talk Hero Join Date: May 1999 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 35,881	Alexandra was the only one remotely cute, so I clicked on her video, but it was so damned annoying I didn't get far enough to hear her idea. Given's presentation was simple and easy to follow, although I'm shocked this service isn't widely available already. None of the ideas are interesting, so I vote for whom I'm told. das __________________ DragonCon 2004 - 2005 - Lost in Hawaii - DVD Reviews You are not* entitled to your own opinion. You are only entitled to your own informed opinion.** -- Harlan Ellison quoting Gustave Flaubert

03-07-07, 09:35 PM	#3
girlnextdoor DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Geaux LSU Posts: 1,413	I voted

03-07-07, 10:25 PM	#10
pedagogue DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 27,949	done, though i'd totally bone Alexandra...and if I did that, she'd have to get my vote. -p __________________ Everyone is against racial profiling....unless it is called Affirmative Action. -kvrdave Coors Light is sex in a canoe. Natural Light is masturbating in a puddle. -The Bus Last edited by pedagogue; 03-07-07 at 11:03 PM.

03-07-07, 10:33 PM	#11
La Bella Rose DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: May 2005 Location: Looking for my pants... Posts: 2,029	I cheated and only watched 3 out of the 4. I voted for Given. She really seemed like she knows her stuff. __________________ Shenanigans make the world go round...

03-07-07, 10:56 PM	#12
SPiRAL DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: May 2003 Location: Los Angeles , California Posts: 3,463	It's a Given over here. Tell her she's welcome.

03-07-07, 11:07 PM	#13
kvrdave DVD Talk God Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 79,109	I knew you couldn't stay away....because sometimes no means yes. __________________ Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. - C.S. Lewis

03-08-07, 08:11 AM	#14
lordwow DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 9,413	Done. It was tough not to vote for the organic beauty bar... __________________ Her clam does taste like honey though. Now honey I LOVE. That alone makes her awesome in my book. - Slayer2005 Xbox Live:Wowous\|Twitter\|Join The 360Voice DVDTalk Group

03-08-07, 08:42 AM	#15
AGuyNamedMike DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska! Posts: 13,609	Voted. Best of luck to the contestants. __________________ Groucho - What if, like, we were all living in a mouse neuron man, and what if some mouse neuron in our universe had a universe it. Whoa. Dr Mabuse - You mock, but Sutherland got some fine young stuff off that kind of thing so don't sell it short.

03-08-07, 09:11 AM	#16
The Bus DVD Talk Godfather Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: New York Posts: 51,620	As always, I went to the one I thought was best and voted for that one. __________________ Movies: 2002 / 03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 2013 "Too much disclaiming in this post." – Dr. Mabuse

03-08-07, 09:56 AM	#19
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03-08-07, 09:57 AM	#20
12thmonkey DVD Talk Reviewer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Frankfort, IL Posts: 6,759	Done and done __________________ My DVD Collection Eamus Catuli! Zerstörung durch Fortschritte der Technologie

03-08-07, 10:04 AM	#21
Sonicflood DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: May 2001 Location: In my Home Theater- Foley, AL Posts: 3,496	She got my vote! Great idea! __________________

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03-08-07, 10:05 AM	#23
Rockmjd23 DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MA Posts: 17,241	Voted. Alexandra

03-08-07, 10:11 AM	#24
LurkerDan DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: The People's Republic of Boulder Posts: 17,063	voted. Given did have the most marketable idea. __________________ "I have dictionary facts to support me." - art "we get paid for butt time" - mosquitobite "It felt much more comfortable when I was trying them on. No sharp edge poking my skin." - Buford T. Pusser