Welcome to There's No Action!
So I'm working on a project right now called SneakyFeelings.com, and I wanted to have a place on the internet to talk about it and my other comings-and-goings, hence this website. This is my first foray into blogging, so you'll have to let me know how it's going! :)
A little about me: My name is Mike and I live in Washington, DC. I have a little company called 18th Street Software, LLC. Our initial product was a (what else?) content management system that we implemented for a project with a local music shop. The thinking was that we could make something beautiful and scalable and then sell it a bunch of times to other people and businesses throughout the metro area. In time, our many, many users and unparalleled web services architecture would allow us to roll out value-added services that would be impossible for the competition to match. We were able to sign up several solid customers, but we found that between the marketing activities and long implementation times (people bought websites in addition to the CMS service) it was a time-consuming and ultimately unsustainable model. When you are a small company making one-off products and not catering to the very top of the market, it's difficult to grow much.
Around the time I was tossing around new business plans, I met a (beautiful) girl named Demi on an anonymous dating site. She is a very hard-working nurse who also attends graduate school, cares for a sometimes-rambunctious dog, and maintains a gorgeous apartment in Alexandria. Not to gross out you kids in the audience, but it was one of those things where we knew we'd be together for a long time after the first couple dates.
In talking about my business ideas, Demi was particularly interested in one for a dating site. While the details were unclear at that point, the main features were to be a very affordable price and a feedback system for people who have been on dates. So we get to work.
A few months pass. I code the site at night and continue to work during the day, and Demi works and studies. She helps me get through the rough spots in the design, and provides moral support and optimism whenever I need a lift, which due to the sleep schedule is often. She also works out new marketing ideas and does the testing in what little spare time she has. I'm pretty sure she's a keeper. :)
That brings us up to today. We are about a week from going live and we couldn't be more excited. If you're reading this, we hope you will check it out!
So I'm working on a project right now called SneakyFeelings.com, and I wanted to have a place on the internet to talk about it and my other comings-and-goings, hence this website. This is my first foray into blogging, so you'll have to let me know how it's going! :)
A little about me: My name is Mike and I live in Washington, DC. I have a little company called 18th Street Software, LLC. Our initial product was a (what else?) content management system that we implemented for a project with a local music shop. The thinking was that we could make something beautiful and scalable and then sell it a bunch of times to other people and businesses throughout the metro area. In time, our many, many users and unparalleled web services architecture would allow us to roll out value-added services that would be impossible for the competition to match. We were able to sign up several solid customers, but we found that between the marketing activities and long implementation times (people bought websites in addition to the CMS service) it was a time-consuming and ultimately unsustainable model. When you are a small company making one-off products and not catering to the very top of the market, it's difficult to grow much.
Around the time I was tossing around new business plans, I met a (beautiful) girl named Demi on an anonymous dating site. She is a very hard-working nurse who also attends graduate school, cares for a sometimes-rambunctious dog, and maintains a gorgeous apartment in Alexandria. Not to gross out you kids in the audience, but it was one of those things where we knew we'd be together for a long time after the first couple dates.
In talking about my business ideas, Demi was particularly interested in one for a dating site. While the details were unclear at that point, the main features were to be a very affordable price and a feedback system for people who have been on dates. So we get to work.
A few months pass. I code the site at night and continue to work during the day, and Demi works and studies. She helps me get through the rough spots in the design, and provides moral support and optimism whenever I need a lift, which due to the sleep schedule is often. She also works out new marketing ideas and does the testing in what little spare time she has. I'm pretty sure she's a keeper. :)
That brings us up to today. We are about a week from going live and we couldn't be more excited. If you're reading this, we hope you will check it out!
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