7/2/2010 - Meeting of the Minds - M3 meets to strategize

Martini Makan Management, (M3) met at the Martini Ranch in Grapevine for an all day strategy meeting.  While we are still hopeful of connecting with James to get the plans, we made an executive decision to start plan B in case we need it.  We go back to or original design and first thing we discover is neither one of us can draw the conceptual model for our presentation but we have a rock star buddy who can - enter Brant Mullen.  We get Brant on the phone and beg him to help us and we would take him to a first class dinner...good thing we didn't say we would buy him a first class dinner because that didn't work.   He referred us to Google's Sketchup program and said it's easy and user friendly, just watch the 9 million training videos on YouTube and you'll have it down in 30 minutes.  Thanks Brant, I guess the referral is at least worth a Happy Meal at McDonald's.  

Here you go Brant, print this out and bring it to McDonald's and tell them I said you deserve a break today.

Off to the training video classroom I go.  I am going to be an expert in 30 minutes according to Brant.  In the meantime, Vishal is researching MLS, Loopnet and others to get comps for our land, retail and residential.  30 minutes later, I am still trying to figure out which video to watch!!! The heck with it, I went ahead and just started pushing buttons and whala, I learned a few keystrokes.  We spent the rest of the day figuring out the program and working on the ppt, the comps, a proforma and at 6pm, I needed a drink and Vishal had to meet his family for dinner.  Not to worry M3 is gonna come thru. 

I'm Makan a Martini, shaken not stirred.  I'm done with this stuff  for today.

Class tomorrow morning, can't have too many!!

J2M

ps.  Did you want to see what we came up with in Sketchup?

Take that to architecture school Brant and sign me up!!!!