Glued to It

Week two is shaping up to be even busier than week one. As priorities get shifted up and down the endless to-do-list, I find it amusing that I am using web 2.0 products to do my job launching a web company. So I'm actually making Ta-Da-Lists from 37signals.com and I am bookmarking stuff that I want to come back to on Blue Dot (www.bluedot.us). Anyway we are implementing functionality on our test server this week. Our encode, transcode and upload features are working- which is a step in the right direction. We are tweaking design and user interface as we go and are making adjustments to the flash player to name a few. Overall there is a ton of work ahead, not to mention the tasks related to marketing, logo design and promotion. All of which need dire attention and are getting worked into the mix in answers (some) and questions (many). But overall even after my 13th hour on the laptop today - its very cool.

Week One: Free Dan

Free The Fan is a reality! What started as a little idea will now come to life. I left the security of my career behind for what I believe is a far more rewarding and courageous endeavor. Bottom Line: No more working for the man. Thanks to that little idea and some good people that trust in me as much as my opinions, we are off to the races to launch September 15th, 2006.

This is my first week as an unabashed entrepreneur. I am slinging emails from my luxurious home office. Getting used to it slowly but surely. Overall its an unbelievable opportunity. I am immersed in branding, site layout, design, guerilla marketing efforts and tailoring events for sponsorship opportunities. I could probably work 20 hours a day but then I wouldn't be working as smart as I could be. So I am trying to prioritize, delegate and push on. The clock feels like it ticks louder now but with that sound comes the greatest challenge I've ever faced.

I'm ready and willing.