Launch Pad
Things are starting to heat up at the ChipIn headquarters. We have successfully made it through an early alpha stage for the system and are now gearing up for our Beta testing. I am writing this email from somewhere over the Pacific returning from a week long trip to the Bay Area to do some fundraising and strategic planning. First off, we have brought on a new partner who will be based in San Francisco. He is responsible for business development and maintaining our presence in the thick of Silicon Valley. More about Mike in another post. Our office has been taking a beating this past week as torrential rains continue to fall on Hawaii. Our offices were partially flooded, but Jerome and Song managed to save the equipment. Unfortunately it has hampered coding progress as time was spent keeping the water out the front door. I guess these are the little bumps in the road no one ever writes about in business books. The team is going to have to make a big push the next couple of weeks and months. Certain wheels in motion are hard to stop, particularly the keen interest we generated in Silicon Valley. We also have our own internal deadlines to meet as we anxiously wait for the start of our beta group testing.
I feel like we are now at the launch pad with the fuel tanks filled and the countdown beginning for a shot to the moon. There many variables we can try to control, but it is the unknown about what happens when we begin to liftoff that makes this long strange trip. We just have to remember to have fun and enjoy the ride.