Thesis Completed! Effects of Globalization on the Poor, by Ryan Pitylak

Direct link to the paper written by Ryan Pitylak (click here).

After spending two semesters reading what seemed like endless sources, I've completed the thesis. Dr. Bencivenga at the University of Texas was an awesome help, providing me with direction, constructive criticism, and corrections.

I strongly believe that poverty can be steadily lowered, and globalization is one way to accomplish this.

I also think that creative entrepreneurs are one of the keys to job creation, which is necessary for developing countries to become more developed. As poor people can find jobs, their wages can increase, and some will most out of poverty. This is crucial to global development, and I feel strongly that finding some way to stop people from starving is one of our most important goals as human beings. This may not be a large contribution to that goal, but it's a start.

Older papers are available at:
http://www.ryanpitylak.com/papers.html

Ryan Pitylak

Working for Good - FLOW Idealism

I am active in Working for Good, which is a project that was born out of FLOW Idealism. I talk about this project in my speech that I gave last night, and I strongly believe in these ideals. John Mackey, the founder of Whole Foods, was at the meeting today and discussed the reasons why we has joined flow as a co-founder. My plea to any entrepreneur out there: be a social entrepreneur.

Social entrepreneurialism is important for me because I feel like business creates jobs. After learning about the negative long-term effects of foreign aid on countries, I decided to look at alternative ways to think about how to help the world. I came across Michael Strong and Phyllis Blees, and they told me about FLOW Idealism. What they're trying to accomplish is great because they are trying to find ways to create socially conscious businesses. My feels are: why have a business that hinders society when you could have a business that helps society. And why stop there? Why not help people in developing countries move out of poverty by helping them find ways to increase their ability to earn a living? One of FLOW's missions, which is very important to me, is to help educate people in developing countries about ways to make more money and become financially stable. I am excited, and proud, to be part of such a great project!

Some helpful links if you are interested:
Working for Good: http://www.causealliancemarketing.com/W4G/a-p-ambassadors.html
Flow Idealsim: http://www.flowproject.org/
Zaadz: http://brian.zaadz.com/blog/tags/working+for+good

Ryan Pitylak

Bootstrap Student Introduction to UT Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Society

Last night I gave a talk to the University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Society http://www.utentrepreneurs.org/index.php The talk was about my experiences as an entrepreneur, to talk about some of the principles of bootstrapping, and to talk about the Bootstrap-Student organization.

This opportunity for me to speak was delightful because I truly enjoy helping my fellow entrepreneurs. I love to hear about other people's business ideas and help them succeed with these business ventures. This group was interesting because several people had started businesses while still in school and were struggling balancing the work with school. I've gone through these same struggles myself, and having this opportunity for me to talk about how to manage all of this is really great.

One of my goals with helping to run the Bootstrap Student Organization is to help students build a community with one another. My pleasure is being able to be a part of that building process. Working with Bijoy Goswami to learn how to build communities has been a great learning experience for me, and I hope to apply this knowledge in practical application for building the Bootstrap Student organization.

The talk in available at this website (click here).

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Ryan Pitylak

Ryan Pitylak launched CombatSpam, Anti-Spam BLOG

Please visit http://combatspam.blogspot.com/

This antispam blog is an opportunity for me to discuss details about how to stop spam. Helping the cause against spam is important to me because I've learned that spam negatively affects society by creating problems for systems administrators and consumers. Although email is a cost-effective way to communicate with consumers, regulations and anti-spam filters are important to keep spam from cluttering mail boxes.

Hopefully through this antispam blog I can help not only systems administrators but also consumers from receiving so much spam in their inbox.

Ryan Pitylak

Ryan Pitylak launched Pitylak Security!

Visit http://www.pitylaksecurity.com/index.html for anti-spam security services.

I've renamed Sky Corp Services to Pitylak Security because I wanted to be clear about the purpose of this business. My goal is to help take the information I've learned over the past few years, and help the anti-spam community in the fight against spam. Stopping spam is a long process that includes many different avenues to be successful, and I can help advise on what avenues should be taken.

Bootstrap Student in Austin Launches!

Leaders: Ryan Pitylak, Michael Griffen, and Jacob Salamon.

For more information, visit www.bootstrapstudent.com

Bootstrap Student is an organization designed to teach students how to start up a company with minimal start-up capital. Most graduates do not have access to venture capital, so this is a practical method to starting up most businesses. We are focused on building a community for students who are entrepreneurially minded.

This experience is one of the most important things I'm doing right now because it's allowing me to help build a community of student entrepreneurs. We're working with Bootstrap-Austin and Bijoy Goswami to guide us through the process of building this community. Our goal is to create an environment where entrepreneurs talk with one another about running companies or about the desire to run companies. Getting everyone together to talk about this, and to give feedback on my personal experience is great, because I enjoy helping other people become successful entrepreneurs.

Ryan Pitylak

Ryan Pitylak's Academic Research

My main focus of research is about economic issues. Namely, I focus most of my academic time on issues related to the poor in developing countries. Many differnet aspects of the economy affect the poor (globalization for example) and a better understanding of these issues might lead to less people living in extreme poverty. If you have any interest in this topic, please engage me in a discussion regarding this so that we can work together to finds solutions to the terrible problem of people having to live in extreme poverty.

Ryan Pitylak's Business Startup Information

Starting up a company can be difficult, especially with little cash. Please ask any questions about how to startup a company and run it on cashflow. Bootstrapping for Students is a University of Texas Organization that Ryan Pitylak helps run that teaches students how to run startup companies on cash flow. We hope to help the community by better educating enterpreneurs to run successful companies.

Ryan Pitylak's Anti-Spam Services

I hope to be able to provide valuable information in the fight against spam. Please ask any quesions ranging from general anti-spam questions to specific anti-spam questions. The intent of this blog is to embrace the opportunity for Ryan Pitylak to be able to talk with members of the community and hopefully provide valuable information to the community.