Entrepreneur.com has a great interview with Guy K on his motivations behind truemors. No need to retell, but here’s a random excerpt:
There are four tips here: 1) Make friends [with] vendors before you need them, 2) engage a firm that made a similar product, 3) check references after it’s too late, and 4) work with people from the Midwest [Electric Pulp is in South Dakota; PDG is in Oklahoma].
It’s been a little over a week since we launched makemeamerica.com for Stephen Colbert, and by way of an update, here are a few points of interest:
Speaking of international support, check out Canada — they sure are organized up there:
If the Internet feels slower today, it may be due in part to a new site we just launched called MakeMeAmerica.com.
What started out as a humble effort to sell a few books has turned into something more: a humble effort with big pictures, hero profiles, video excerpts, a petition to Oprah, flickr photo integration, and an interactive world domination map. (And lots of easter eggs.)
The book, I Am America (And So Can You), is written by Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central and namesake of a baby bald eagle in Bonita Springs.
The Colbert team quickly determined that, in addition to being able to read books, the show’s audience also seemed to have ready access to the internets. One idea turned into two, and pretty soon, Electric Pulp was in on the plan. The rest, as they say, is history.
For some reason, this sculpture by Em did not draw any accurate guesses:
p.s. We are working. To the productive sounds of Donna Summer’s ‘Hot Stuff’.
Boo to Nic, for leaving the land of South Dakota, to pursue an Indy lifestlye.
Yay to Nic, for working remotely.
Yay to Dubs for bringing in Going Away treats.
Boo to Dubs for only bringing enough Red Vines for Nic.
