Finding the Product Love
In a startup there are no shortage of challenges, but we’ve been blessed to have been able to address the issues of capitalization and market desire in our first year (although these two are sure to come back into play again before too long) and are now very focused on what we call, “finding the love.”
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Holiday? What Holiday?
When I started my first company (over 15 years ago), I quickly realized what that wonderfully passionate focus felt like. And it’s still there with company #4, but not just with me – with everyone else on our team as well.
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5 Things We Suck At (for now)
Over the last two weeks I’ve had the opportunity to personally walk 47 companies through our platform for the first time. For the most part the response I get to a new demo is, “We were just getting ready to build this ourselves, I’m glad we found you.” Most companies find that our platform is flexible, can accomplish what they need, and will be a considerably better option than building everything from the ground up internally (even the hard-core “not invented here” CTOs quickly come to this conclusion). A few come up with use-cases that will require some added functionality for our API – which we love to find. Some file the concept away for when they have a bit more time, most seem to dive in immediately.
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I Can’t Accept Not Trying
In 1997 a friend gave me a hard cover copy of Michael Jordan’s book “I Can’t Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence”. I had always been a Jordan fan, but frankly was much more interested in watching him than reading what he had to say. The book sat on my coffee table for about a year before I picked it up one day and read it. Turns out that Michael didn’t have much to say, but what he did say was pretty profound and his message stayed with me.
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A Blessed Father
I absolutely love being an entrepreneur. Starting a company consumes me and fuels my passion for creating something where nothing existed before. Yet as much as I love what I do, it simply doesn’t hold a candle to what it is like being a Father. I distinctly remember being 7 years old and daydreaming about one day owning my own business, as well as being a Dad. I consider myself among the most blessed that I get to do both.