http://www.gettingtolaunch.com From Idea to Website. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:08:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know.... The economy is awful. Unemployment is at near record highs. I should feel blessed just to have a job, even if I'm bored/unfulfilled/insert whatever criteria here... I have a mentor/coach that is fond of saying "leap and the net shall appear". And I believe there are some elements of ... http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2009/10/15/i-quit-my-job-today/ I just moved this blog from a Wordpress.com site to a site hosted on the Rackspace Cloud (Cloudsites).  AND I'm amazed how easy it was! The steps I followed: Set up the site on Rackspace Cloudsites. Select Linux as your OS. PHP as the language and set up a MySQL database.  Remember/write ... http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2009/10/02/piece-of-cake-moving-from-wordpress-com-to-rackspace/ Found this cool posting on ReadWriteWeb. Are you really an Entrepreneur? Are You Really An Entrepreneur? http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2009/07/02/72/ I had coffee this morning with a very successful entrepreneurial woman to discuss my latest venture StartupChicks (http://www.startupchicks.net). As most of you know, StartupChicks is a networking organization for female entrepreneurs. StartupChicks seems to have taken on a life of it's own. Our first meeting had @ 50 women ... http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2009/03/27/start-with-the-end-in-mind/ In the last month, I have launched two of my initiatives: the relaunch of http://www.buytough.com and Startup Chicks. It's been a crazy busy month! In addition, I'm on what I'm calling "the startup circuit". At least 2 nights per week, I'm at some event related to technology and/or startups to ... http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2009/02/28/perfecting-the-pitch/ One of the "ventures" I alluded to earlier (in this blog) is LIVE. StartupChicks.Net. For several years now, connecting with (or trying to connect with) like minded people has been a passion of mine. It's not always easy, and depending on where you live might be impossible. I am lucky that ... http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2009/02/10/wow/ I've been thinking about this for a while... but, it really hit home yesterday when I read a post by Seth Godin called You're Boring. Remarkable costs time and money and effort, but most of all, remarkable costs a willingness to be wrong." - Seth Godin Are you bold or boring? ... http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2009/01/16/bold-or-boring/ It's a New Year. And like most people I've spent some time reflecting about the past year and looking forward towards the New Year. Unlike most people, I made ZERO Resolutions. Resolutions don't work. Instead, I've been focusing on Outcomes. An outcome is different from a goal. With ... http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2009/01/10/whats-your-outcome/ I spent most of today reviewing web and call stats for our primary breadwinner (http://www.buytough.com).  And what I found ain't pretty... [caption id="attachment_49" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Google Stats - 4th Quarter"][/caption] Visits down over 21%. Page Views down. Everything down. Now, I knew things were slow due to the "economy". But, I (and the rest ... http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2009/01/05/are-you-or-your-business-pulling-a-turtle/ "The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray." - Robert Burns Well, here we are 34 hours from New Year's.  And neither of my projects are ready to launch. On the work front (the re-launch of www.buytough.com), we've had quite a bit go astray: First, the designer delivered the ... http://www.gettingtolaunch.com/2008/12/30/best-laid-plans/