Ask El Diablo

[ethan]

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Ethan,

I've had the privilege of drinking Caipirinhas at a party thrown by a Brazilian student. I'll vouch that it's a good drink. I'd definitely go with the substitution of a good white rum over the vodka. At the same party, a guy from Peru had some fine Peruvian Pisco that was out of this world. Also, that Old Cuban sounds amazing. I've long been a fan of the Mojito during the summer, but I def. want to try it with the Champagne substitution.

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The Old Cuban's great. If you like bitters, this is a drink where they add something particularly good.

[ethan]

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Wow awesome those sound so grown up, exactly what I was looking for.

would these be available in most bars?

also pronunciation for Caipirosca?

cap-ir-oh-sca?

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My guess is it would be more widely recognized by bartenders as a vodka gimlet.

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The vodka gimlet's really just not quite the same drink. A gimlet is generally along the lines of:
2oz gin
1/2oz rose's lime

My preferred gimlet recipe is from Charles Schumann's American Bar, as follows:

3/4oz lemon juice
1-1/4oz rose's lime (I use slightly less, probably 3/4-1oz)
2oz gin (I usually go with sapphire)

Either way, it's not quite the same drink as a Caipirosca but they're all good. On a side note, American Bar is a very good cocktail-recipe book and probably the first one I'd recommend.

[Six_of_One]

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I think a lot of my not going is that while I can occasionaly find $400 to spend on this, it's difficult for me to do that while at the same time finding a friend up for it and I usually don't do dinner alone. $400/month is probably pushing it - that's the difference between having my RSX and a Porsche - but once or twice a year should be doable.

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I know what you mean...I have a hard time finding friends willing to drop that kind of money on dinner too. Although I always prefer going to dinner with someone, for this place I'm willing to go alone when I have to. It's a small place (the bar seats 9), and it's actually pretty common to get into conversations with the people around you (even for me, and I'm not exactly the social butterfly type).

[Jake (The Snake)]

Diablo,

1. I have had people tell me that going into entrepreneurship right out of school is a good idea because you have time to recover from financial setbacks. I have also had people tell me that one should get experience working in the industry before starting a company. What is your opinion on this?

2. Do you read many self-improvement books and, if so, what are some of your favorites?

[The4Aces]

El D,

How would you go about putting a value on an internet based business? Would it be similar to the vale of a land based business?

[El Diablo]

mtn: Stick to your plan. Build traffic via word of mouth and hustle. If things start to take off, look into possible financing for expansion. In general, don't expect to see any money for at least six months from the time you start fundraising, often longer.

Wynton: Yes, the major difference between this and any other forum on 2+2 is the restricted group of people able to create new threads.

PITTM: I think he will not be as impressed by Le Bernadin as French Laundry. I haven't been to Le Bernadin, but have been to places that friends say are like it. Tons of restaurants in New York like Daniel, Jean Georges, and others (I could go on for a bit re: NYC fine dining restaurants) are going to generally be incredible execution and taste, but not quite as unique an approach as French Laundry.

B: I don't think there are any shortcuts to networking. You go to business-focused events and have as many conversations as possible. There are tons of small-business focused groups for every possible business or interest group. Groups like The Churchill Club and The Commonwealth Club are good ways to meet people by going to their events.

A: I haven't read that book, but it sounds right up my alley. I'll add it to the list. I haven't really participated in or read much of the mod forum excpet for answering questions about this forum.

CT: I think people should get into things they are really personally interested in and will love devoting ridiculous amounts of their time to.

DDY: I've started a few small companies, no runaway successes yet, and been involved with advising/investing/fundraising for a number more, some of which have done quite well. I think the Well thread I linked is as much detail as I've gone into regarding my background.

me: I'd find a friend in real-life or via online means like 2+2 to help you out with the tech side.

poker: I don't buy wine from TJs, but perhaps others can help. My recommendation for finding the best lower priced stuff is to find a good local wine shop.

Savage: I provided them with some patent-pending sidebar-updating technology.

Barry: I'd make them go through with the 10k fight first, but regardless of results would pick yves.

[censored]: My standard drink is vodka soda w/ a lime. Delicious and refreshing. For real cocktail suggestions, check out this sweet OOT thread: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...age=0&vc=1

KJS: Only way to really know is to get the inside scoop from the exec team. Feel free to PM me the name of the company and I'll give you my best guess.

Aqua: If you truly have something innovative in biometrics, you should PM Boris and give me a referral fee. If you have unique IP in biometrics that fills a market need, that's the perfect type of thing that VCs look for. On the flip side, if you've had a product for years and sales aren't growing, you should have an answer for that first.

Six: Thanks!

nation: Your costs will be almost all based on how much you want to spend on design, ranging from $100 to get it all set up yourself to many thousands to have a professional designer do it all. If I were you I'd poker around 2+2 looking for web designers to help you out. In terms of traffic and orders, go to any e-commerce hosting site (Yahoo! is the most basic of them, Google will provide you with 100 more names) and they'll have tons of packages for very cheap that will support all that stuff for the volumes you'll do.

Tron: Alas, no. On both counts!

X: katy was not excluded for any reason. Just happened to not be on the first list of 100 I picked to start new threads.

Will: Very nice. Which W? All are nice. If I were you I'd hang around the East Village and check out random bars/pubs there. Ask Evan where he goes!

David: 35

[El Diablo]

Jake: 1. I think some experience is a good thing, if only just to learn the basics of how stuff works in the business world. 2. Don't read 'em.

T4: Tons of metrics around for valuing internet businesses. Sometimes revenue-based, sometimes traffic based, sometimes user based. Just depends on the business. Do some googling and you'll find tons of stuff on valuations of Internet companies.

[Reef]

El D,

thoughts on the taste of diet soda vs regular
- can people really tell the difference? Or do they just say that regular tastes better to go with the bandwagon?

[asofel]

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El D,

thoughts on the taste of diet soda vs regular
- can people really tell the difference? Or do they just say that regular tastes better to go with the bandwagon?

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reef,

Can you not taste a difference between diet coke and regular coke? I would think most people can...

I originally switched from regular to diet to try and cut down on sugar.....now after being a diet drinker for years, regular tastes far too sweet and sugary...most people I known feel similarly...

[critikal]

Any thoughts on medicinal marijuana? I get the sense that it's pretty widespread in SF.