Eisenhower Fellowship acceptance
December 27, 2009
I got a call just before Christmas that I was accepted as a 2010 USA Eisenhower Fellow. I was nominated by Steve Welch (thanks Steve!), applied, was interviewed and accepted. I had never heard of the Fellowship before I was nominated, but it’s an impressive group.Essentially, I get to go abroad (expenses paid) to study topics that I defined myself. Mine are:
- What’s the implication of the flattening of the world on U.S.-based tech start-ups? What are the opportunities and threats? How will we change?
- How will Internet advertising models develop in different geographies?
Fellows study by traveling to one or more countries and doing 3-4 meetings a day with people who can help. The organization has extensive resources and an amazing network of alumni and they help Fellows design and set up these meetings. They are typically with businesspeople, academics, and government officials. My next step is to sign an acceptance letter and request travel dates and a country, or multiples. I’m leaning towards requesting China and Taiwan or maybe Korea, and breaking the trip into two parts to make it manageable for both my family and ClickEquations. I’m extremely excited (Fellows describe the experience as life-changing), honored, and apprehensive about the logistics back home.I’ll blog here as things develop, and try hard to write daily once I’m there.
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Congrats Lu, that’s awesome! Bring back anything but a durian fruit
Alex
Comment by Alex — December 28, 2009 @ 8:31 am
Congrats, Lucinda – great honor and wonderful experience!
Comment by David Szetela — December 28, 2009 @ 11:57 am
Congratulations, Lucinda! The online advertising space in China is developing fast – lots of opportunities. Hope all is going well at ClickEquations!
Comment by Fujun — December 28, 2009 @ 1:12 pm
Lucinda:
Congratulations! Well-deserved I am sure. Please keep us posted as to your travels, your experience and your findings!
Comment by Amy (Kaplan) Parmenter — December 29, 2009 @ 7:21 am
Wow… that’s fabulous! I’m sure you’ll find a creative way to use the travel to further your own development and to make some connections. Do write sometimes to let us know how it goes.
Comment by Michael Chermside — December 29, 2009 @ 3:28 pm
You damn underachievers.
Congrats kid.
Best
Tom
Comment by Tom Fitzsimons — December 29, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
Congratulations, Lucinda! This is wonderful opportunity to explore these important questions. I wonder about the first question quite a bit. After spending time on ODesk this afternoon, I am wondering if the winners will be companies that embrace a true hybrid company with global participants (vs. an “outsourcing approach”)?
Can’t wait to hear the details. Happy travels!
Comment by Skip Shuda — January 3, 2010 @ 7:35 pm
Lucinda, just saw message from LB. Please feel free to call me (86 158 1033 6970) or email. Would be delighted to meet up and hear about what you’re doing.
Comment by Andy Mok — March 9, 2010 @ 1:52 am