Anyway, things at Tapiture are going well. We are in the process of closing our latest round of investors which includes some names you would all know. In addition to adding more money, we'll be adding more bodies. It is a bit weird to have an office that is bursting at the seems, when at one point, we were a team of four. They all bring some expertise that we most certainly need to get to the next level and bring the rest of the world into the tapisphere, but I must say, there are definitely times I miss all being able to fit at one table.
I have finally transitioned out of having to answer every soul crushing email from customers and users and am now managing a small team of representatives who now have to deal with the crazies. Well, not all people who write in are crazies, in fact, a lot of them are nice, but the few who are awful, are really awful. In addition to that, I am back into the editorial world leading a team of editors whose job it is to keep the content flowing and to find the best of the best. I also am still involved with the operations side of things as the Operations Manager. That's my title, but I feel more like Kordell Stewart. His nickname is "Slash", if you didn't catch the reference.
This doesn't have anything to do with anything, but I sold my car a while ago. I am strictly a pedestrian now, which is interesting, but becoming easier and easier. One drawback to not having a car is that it makes it exponentially harder to get to the golf course. I miss playing desperately so I am going to really start making an effort to get back out there.
Back to work for a moment. The best thing about the experience to this point is the amount I am learning about the internet/entertainment space as well as business. I have learned more in this year+ than I have in the rest of my working years, and probably schooling as well. Hopefully I will be able to take all of this knowledge and apply it to the next big thing after Tapiture.
I wouldn't say that is a make-it or break-it year for us, but I do believe this is the year that everyone will hear about us. Big things happening without a doubt.
My friend Eddie and I are working hard to bring back some of the culture that was lost when theCHIVE moved to Austin, and will be throwing a Super Bowl party. I am hoping we can get the fun-loving-who-knows-what-will-happen-next atmosphere running rampant again in and around the office. Some of the engineers are probably less than excited about that, but hey, we gotta have fun, right?
While everything is going great, I am disappointed about a particular piece of information, which I can't share, but it has been on my mind this last week. I've had a number of different thoughts about it and I think I've landed on my own solution. There are going to be times when things don't go exactly how you would want them to, and sometimes there is nothing you can do to change that. However, the one thing you can control is giving everything you have and strive daily to get better. Maybe there won't be immediate results from your efforts, but the things that you learn both about what you're doing and about yourself will without a doubt better prepare you to be a force down the road. You can't always get what you want. But, if you try sometime, you just might find, you get what you need. Someone said/sang that once before.
That was sort of an emo paragraph and it may seem out of place, but it's as important as anything else that has happened to me recently.
I'd like to reiterate that everything is really actually going great, so don't freak out or anything. I am very much looking forward to what is to come in the next few months, and I believe it will probably inspire more frequent posts. So really, everyone wins.
Also, I am very much looking forward to Parts 2 and 3 of LDL's posts.
Tappin out, for now.
