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Ralphlauren.com has a cool Polo Shirt to support Japan.

Twitter, Groupon

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/03/20/bullock-eastwo...

What might also work is this, from NYU when I was looking for a designer:

Thank you for contacting the Computer Science Department of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. In order to have the position posted, please follow the instructions below…

1. Visit the Wasserman Center website at: www.nyu.edu/careerdevelopment/employers/emp_list_your.php <http://www.nyu.edu/careerdevelopment/employers/emp_list_your...; and post the job at the Wasserman Center for Career Development. Be sure to include the following: Job Description, Skills Sought, Minimum GPA (if required), Major (if required), Hours, Pay/Compensation & Duration of Position

This free, quick, and easy process will generate a reference number.

2. Once you have your reference number, e-mail me at kumar@cs.nyu.edu and be sure to include the following: a. The Wasserman Center reference number for the position b. The Job Description or information about the job c. Contact information for the position

3. After you e-mail me the above information , the Computer Science Department will send an e-mail to all CS Majors & Minors.

--- That is the standard process for NYU. I would suggest checking out the colleges first - most often there are great designers who are still in school and need references.

I have a lot of friends who have BBs because they love BBM and it is a huge phone in Latin America - the go to phone for business and status.

If it is an exciting startup and you don't have much marketing dollars, start a blog, apply to be a HuffPost blogger for the tech section, create a wiki/crunch base page, and brand the business online, and then begin reaching out to your favorite tech writers for mentions in their pieces that has to do with the industry your startup is in.

I do a lot of work with record labels. VCs are incredibly different than labels, labels do not support innovation...they support packaged hits/artists and are on the way out. But I disagree with the comment, "Imagine record labels staffed with nothing but the people from successful bands, using their money to give other artists a faster way to the top." - Not all VCs are staffed with successful entrepreneurs (some not even entrepreneurs) - I mean what even defines a successful band? By your logic - that would be hits and money - which is no longer an appropriate way to judge.

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I suffer from depression too, I have found that communicating - be it in person, on the phone, or online (so many options there!) helps the most. Being around uplifting people helps as well. I would say also not to focus on why we are depressed, but focus on something that you are looking forward to in the future. I was depressed for about two years in college...just moved from FL to Bos and the weather, people, etc sucked. I complained for about 12 months straight and then one day compiled a list of what I was looking forward to and how I would get there....I still have that list and 3/10 of the goals have been accomplished and well before the dates I originally had planned.

One word: passion. If you are not emotionally attached to your idea, which passion is, then you are going to drop it when another idea pops up. Finding something you are passionate about and connecting that to a business or project will allow you to focus on whatever goals you have set. If not then the project will be just another thing in a sea of great ideas...