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Written by Mike Rundle on May 2, 2006
The other day I was hanging out with some people (some geeky people) and the conversation turned to what we all did for a living. Everyone said their peace then it came to me and I never really know what to say. I normally say something like, “Oh, I run a design firm”, or “Yeah I’m in consulting” or something to that effect, but this time I didn’t. I said, “Oh, I run an internet startup” which instantly got everybody’s attention.
I was immediately asked if there’s still a market for internet companies to launch within after the dotcom crash in the late 90’s, and of course I said yes. I gave some examples of friends of mine who are starting companies or recently sold their company and are now millionaires, and then the topic turned to venture capital. I talked about how companies in the 90s were over-funded and therefore led to the internet bubble’s growth, and how people think there’s a bubble now but there really isn’t, and so on. I was asked if my company was looking for venture capital and I told them that we don’t need it, our revenues are going well. Then I was asked what my company name was and I said, “9rules”, and then came the, “Oh, wow! I know 9rules! You guys have all those blogs, right?”. Somebody I have never met before in my life recognized my company and was genuinely a fan. That’s never happened to me before, but I think it shows that we’re doing something pretty worthwhile and cool, and that’s what drives me to press on and work harder.
Thanks Paul, Colin, Matthew, Tyme, our members, and our readers (especially Paul!) for making me proud to tell people what I do.
May 2nd, 2006 at 4:46 pm
Yeah, I’ve noticed an increase in 9rules awareness. While not everyone truly knows what it is, most people have seen the logo on blogs with great content. That “brand recognition” is what’s going to take 9rules to the next level.
May 2nd, 2006 at 4:54 pm
Same thing happened to me, when I went to that meetup.
May 2nd, 2006 at 5:22 pm
Hahaha. That’s awesome. I totally can’t relate, but it’s nice to dream….
May 2nd, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Less talk, more himike.org launching!
Oh, and that is seriously cool. I had the following exchange with a student at a college I work at:
me: “You should get a release to use those photoshop brushes for t-shirts that are being sold.”
them: “Oh well the site says they are free to use.”
me: “Yeah I know, but that is for print and web use, this is generating money, and the brushes aren’t Cameron’s (Cameron Moll), he is just using them on his portfolio site. I know Cameron, and he is not the author of those brushes.”
them: “Are you sure?”
me: “Yeah I am sure I know Cameron.”
I have those conversations a lot lately. People are so surprised I know all of you cool people.
May 2nd, 2006 at 7:41 pm
Heh, if you want to see a crazy person let them know you know me.
May 2nd, 2006 at 8:04 pm
great story and a reflection upon how well you guys have done in a relatively short time.
Congrats on the success!
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:37 am
“Thanks Paul, Colin, Matthew, Tyme, and all our members”
You missed a rather important group of people off that list…
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:49 am
Bah, fixed! Man I’m an idiot haha.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:13 am
That’s so awesome. Still, you are in the the top 27k sites worldwide.
May 3rd, 2006 at 6:40 am
That’s certainly something to be proud of. You’re lucky you live in the USA though. It’s harder in slightly slower places in the world
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:51 pm
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May 6th, 2006 at 8:56 am
It really is a satisfying experience when us people who live behind computers in a circle of other like minded people encounter “others” who know of us or our work offline.
Though you might want to type 9rules into Google. I’m seeing…
Results 1 - 10 of about 859,000 for 9rules
859,000 that’s crazy! So you better get used to that fame thing because it’ll be happening more and more.
May 7th, 2006 at 1:40 am
Sniff… sniff… damn it smells like success around here. Must be Scrivs.
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