Happy New Year!

It's a new year and time for a new post.  Let's take a moment and reflect on 2011.  I graduated from the Walton College, Graduate School of Business.  cycleWood Solutions started as an entrepreneurship class project and became a VC funded start-up.  It was a good year.  The momentum needs to continue through 2012.  cycleWood still has plenty of hurdles to overcome as head towards an official product launch.  Kevin Oden and I have been working hard at it and have quite a few folks pulling for us to succeed.  Our families, friends, and significant others have been patiently cheering us on and supporting us.  We have a couple big milestones coming up in the next few months.  I'll keep you abreast of these happenings as we approach these significant events.

Now let's switch back to the Walton College of Business.  I had the pleasure of meeting this year's incoming class this past Monday.  It's a record breaking class, the largest class in the history of the Walton MBA program.  There are 46 students in this class.  That's over 35% more than my graduating class.  This is a smart, diverse, and motivated group of students.  I'm sure they are anxiously awaiting the first day of class.

In sports and entertainment news, the Arkansas Razorback football team finished the season with a Cotton Bowl Win and a #5 ranking.  Not too shabby.  That provides the team with some momentum going into next season.  Last night I had the opportunity to go see the Blue Man Group at the Walton Arts Center.  They put on quite a show.  It was very entertaining.  I'd recommend anyone to go see them.

The weather has been great so far this winter, unless you love snow.  Today was actually the first day we've seen snow this winter and it was just a light dusting.  It is cold and windy outside though, wind chills are in the teens.  It's supposed to warm back up in the next few days.  If this is all the snow we see this winter it won't bother me much.  I do like to see some snow though.  Maybe we'll get a few inches later this month or in February.

That's about it for now.  Again, I'll try to post more often, but no promises.  Good luck to the incoming class of Walton MBA candidates!