Questions
and Answers Session with Andy and Nico
The
Vibes of DJ Nico Gracias:
Real name: Nico
Gressens
Born: Amsterdam,
Holland
Languages: Dutch,
English, and Portunholiano (a mix of Portuguese, Spanish, and
Italian).
Education: Harvard
Business School
Prior work experience:
Bankers Price Investments, Wall Street, NY, NY.
Current gig: "World-on-a-string"
dance music DJ
Musical influences:
Range from Amadeus Mozart to ZZ top.
What's playing in your walkman:
I don't own a walkman anymore (I think I gave it to Andy some
time ago). I have this I-pod that's loaded with an unlimited
music selection.
Best mix you've ever done:
Business and pleasure.
Turntable model:
It's custom-made in Japan.
Most memorable DJ tour:
Brazil.
Color you like the most:
Orange.
Favorite food:
Anything. I'll add hot sauce
if I'm not into it.
Drink of choice:
Caipirinha (Andy makes the best).
My web homepage is set to:
The Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com
Your email password is:
Come on now (Baby, we better try to get it together).
All-time great:
The one and only Ben Franklin.
My mission: To
enlighten and entertain.
Best surprise:
Books about the adventures of Andy and I.
Biggest strength:
Sales
Biggest weakness:
Women
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The 411 on
Andy Clifford:
Born: Mobile,
Alabama
Education: MBA,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Age: Isn't it
illegal to ask about someone's age during an interview?
Age: Thirtysomething…
Okay, I'm thirty-six years old.
Work experience:
Telecommando, Inc., Newark, NJ.
Are you currently employed:
For the time being (but you never know these days).
Job-title: Unless
I was laid-off, or promoted, my title remains Marketing Manager,
Telecommando's Mobile Telecommunications Unit.
Cellphone brand you use:
Telecommando (Model T 4X4); Free-employee edition.
Do you ever turn off your cellphone:
No, but it turns itself off when the battery dies.
Your current ringtone:
Depends on the incoming call. My default is set to a funky remix
that my roommate did.
Long-term ambition: CEO.
Short-term goals:
Remain employed.
Business heroes:
Sir Alan Greenspan, Jack Welch, and Michael Jordan.
Biggest accomplishment:
Thinking outside of the box.
Greatest disappointment:
I've already turned the page on those.
Can we contact your current /
past manager for a reference: Absolutely not.
Marital status:
Still trying to figure that one out.
Personal references:
DJ Nico Gracias.
How do you know Nico?
He's my roommate. We also went to College together.
When can you start?
When I finish
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