March 5 - Getting a business off the ground

I am so damn tired it is insane. I have been working more hours per day than I am anywhere near used to...and absolutely love it. My friend and I are currently getting a business off the ground (for real this time), and it's been a very busy thus far. On a very related note, I just realized how very little a college degree helps you. I took 4 years at a top school that prides itself on preparing students for “the world of today and tomorrow”...and yet was never taught anything about CPM, SEO, or anything related as a marketing major. Very disappointing.

So I have been spending tons of time doing research on Internet marketing, advertising, monetization, and a thousand and a half other interesting topics. Fun things I've learned:


1.Customers/Viewers want to pay, even for free things. Although they will not do so using currency, they like to vote, leave comments, and gratify the seller/giver.

2.People that read blogs tend to feel odd about leaving comments because they feel that space is reserved for the blogger...(odd because it tends to conflict with #1)

3.Internet marketing has as much to do with targeting a customer base as a keyword

4.The Internet is oddly cult-ish

5.People give insane amounts of information out for free...like...INSANE



So I am in the process of making a new site, expanding upon my basic knowledge of entrepreneurship, and doing a thousand other things. All this while balancing coaching, playing, music, Halo, and whatever else I feel like doing. Feels good, yet semi-stressful to be putting in so many working hours per day.

Not too much else has been going on since this...but that's probably for the best given time constraints (seriously...24 hours in a day is nowhere near enough). I'm going into Boston to hang out with a friend this weekend, which should be fun. Other than that, just grinding away. I want to have a test-track site up within a week, and have only my domain and basic concept hammered out. And if it took me 25hrs to make my bare-basic site (www.splitsuit.com for those visiting from another spot), I can only imagine how many hours this will take all while learning a much more in depth site process. Hurray!

I'm going back to work. I will leave another song for today. Officially my new favorite song ever. I really cannot think of a mood I could be in that this song would not apply well to.

Pendulum – “Hold Your Colour”



PokerStars Game #25488617423: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/03/01 13:48:57 ET
Table 'Edasich' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: tradeveloper ($50.75 in chips)
Seat 2: BIG_EV1L ($25.85 in chips)
Seat 3: schieri2103 ($16.95 in chips)
Seat 4: 7curse ($49.25 in chips)
Seat 5: jeffreymb ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: KIDNIC ($44.20 in chips)
Seat 7: johan75a ($48.20 in chips)
Seat 8: MarcDeFun ($19.65 in chips)
Seat 9: chirak1982 ($50.50 in chips)
jeffreymb: posts small blind $0.25
KIDNIC: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 7curse [Ad 3c]
johan75a: folds
MarcDeFun: folds
chirak1982: folds
tradeveloper: folds
BIG_EV1L: folds
schieri2103: folds
7curse: raises $0.50 to $1
jeffreymb: calls $0.75
KIDNIC: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc 8h Qh]
jeffreymb: bets $2
7curse: raises $4.50 to $6.50
jeffreymb: calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [Qc 8h Qh] [2c]
jeffreymb: checks
7curse: checks
*** RIVER *** [Qc 8h Qh 2c] [6d]
jeffreymb: checks
7curse: bets $41.75 and is all-in
jeffreymb: folds
Uncalled bet ($41.75) returned to 7curse
7curse collected $14.75 from pot
7curse: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15.50 | Rake $0.75

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