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<p>Oct, 1985 Dear diary<br /></p><p>I’m washing dishes in the college cafeteria for $4.85/hour. Lots of blisters. I need a new job.</p><p>Oct, 1985 Dear diary<br /></p><p>I sold 100 t-shirts in two hours knocking door-door in our dorm. I think I found my new job.</p><p>Feb, 1990 Dear diary<br /></p><p>I opened my college clothing store, Campus Rags, today. Woohoo!</p><p>Jan, 1992 Dear Fortune Magazine<br /></p><p>“I closed my store. I was a great marketer but a financial failure.” Time to go to work for Corporate America.</p><p>11/12/03 @blog<br /></p><p>Living The Good Life. Spunky wife, adorable son, making good money running a division that <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/12/hairball.html" target="_blank">Orbits the Giant Hairball</a>.</p><p>01/19/05 @blog<br /></p><p>Monthly reviews, all-day meetings, and budget battles. Ugh. I haven’t been true to myself. Must get some guts, life is short.</p><p>11/1/07 @LinkedIn <br /></p><p>Am running marketing for a start-up. Working with great people, especially Tracy, the product management leader.</p><p>5/26/08 @LinkedIn<br /></p><p>Not happy working for someone else. It’s time.</p><p>8/22/08 @LinkedIn<br /></p><p>Tracy and I resign to co-found our new business, <a href="http://www.fanminder.com" target="_blank">FanMinder</a>. Finally did it!</p><p>9/10/08 @blog<br /></p><p>Just conducted research with potential customers. <a href="http://fanminder.typepad.com/diary_of_a_mobile_startup/2008/09/the-best-day-ev.html" target="_blank">We are on to something big</a>.</p><p>10/8/08 @Facebook<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/26717762" target="_blank">Economy spectacularly collapses</a><br /></p><p>Ooops.</p><p>10/8/08 @Facebook<br /></p><p>No more eating out. Cut the housecleaner, etc…I luv Subway $5 FootLongs.</p><p>10/27/08 @Facebook<br /></p><p>Is my <a href="http://fanminder.typepad.com/diary_of_a_mobile_startup/2008/10/a-partial-to-do-list.html" target="_blank">To-Do List</a> too focused on gaining funding?<br /></p><p>My daughter just came into the office and gave me a big kiss ☺</p><p>11/7/08 @blog<br /></p><p>Wednesday was one of those moments when <a href="http://fanminder.typepad.com/diary_of_a_mobile_startup/2008/11/twenty-years-later-back-in-the-saddle-again.html" target="_blank">your dream feels so much more real...</a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>11/14/08 @blog<br /></p><p>Attended great <a href="http://fanminder.typepad.com/diary_of_a_mobile_startup/2008/11/great-day-high-quality-presentersgretaetcadvanced-our-business-aloteclectic-mix-of-companies-only-mobile-there-lots-of.html" target="_blank">Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs</a> on how to get funding.</p><p>12/1/09 (ummm, not posted)<br /></p><p>Economy heading off cliff. Wife is still supportive…up to a point. Lots of sacrifices and worry about our future to pursue a dream.</p><p>12/6/08 @TechCrunch<br /></p><p>Fundraising just got a lot harder: <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/06/the-end-of-venture-capital-as-we-know-it/" target="_blank">The End of Venture Capital As We Know It</a></p><p>12/31/08 @Facebook<br /></p><p>Why the heck would anyone use twitter?</p><p>1/3/09 5:40 PM @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/supapaul" target="_blank">twitter</a><br /></p><p>My VOIP phone stinks. “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws" target="_blank">Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic</a>”</p><p>1/12/09 @blog<br /></p><p>Team is up to 12 people, all putting in <a href="http://fanminder.typepad.com/diary_of_a_mobile_startup/2009/01/how-not-to-hire-people.html" target="_blank">sweat equity</a></p><p>1/16/09 1:29 PM @twitter<br /></p><p><a href="http://fanminder.typepad.com/diary_of_a_mobile_startup/2009/01/1991-and-2009-18-years.html" target="_blank">What a difference 18 years make</a></p><p>@date unknown 3 AM<br /></p><p>cant think strayt anymre…must slee</p><p>3/6/09 4:12 PM @twitter<br /></p><p>Just three weeks until beta launches. Can’t wait to see how it will go…</p><p><strong>March 3rd, 2014</strong> @ my WiiiPhoneKindle<br /></p><p>It’s been five years since we launched.<br /></p><p>Today 450,000 ecstatic merchants electronically connect with 65 million consumers through FanMinder. In 2013 we had $200 million in revenues.<br /></p><p>250 employees love it here. Me too.</p>
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