30 December 2008

Finding your inner demon of lack of productivity

As soon as I find my inner demon and begin the extraction process I begin to have an inner turmoil.

The first stage is 'yeah lets go for it.'
The second stage is 'see you can be different.'
The third stage is 'well you've put off those things you "need" to do long enough we need to get them done.'
The fourth stage is I return to the exact same behaviors and way of life I had.

So today I'm going to change the approach.  I'm not going to "go for it."
I'm not going to make a commitment.
I'm not going to solicite advise.
I'm going to instead focus on my visions and focus on them.

Right now is my time and I want nothing more than to accomplish my goals.


15 December 2008

WTF, over!?!?

 heard one of my co-workers use this line the other day and it made me laugh. 

But I didn't realize how often this can used. On Saturday we got notice of a lien being put on our house. Apparently the builder hadn't paid someone that needed payment and this person put a lien on the house.  

Our response to our agent, escro person, seller's agent, and seller is:

WTF, OVER!?!?

LOL - it communicates so much in so little. 

I see a potential F1337 Command product being born.



11 December 2008

F1337 Command gets a first customer

Well so my idea for F1337 Command has been making some progress and I thought I'd share some of it here as a way of keeping track of it as well as communicating with you my beloved internet audience.

Basically I have continued to noodle the ideas surrounding the products of this company as well as my concepts on the business organization. What has come out is that the most obvious start for this business which will serve multiple purposes is an online Apparel company.

Purposes served:
1. Bring to life the basic underlying principles of the company.
2. Bring about a way of sharing what the business is and how it works through concrete implemented elements.
3. Create a tool for market research.
4. Begin the process of refining the marketing elements and product ideas.
5. Allow for the initial community to form virtually which will establish a wider reaching area than a single gift shop could create.
6. Allow for the initial relationships with full-fillment organizations to be established and customer communication norms to be created and established.
7. Design and implement critical customer service processes.
8. Design and implement critical product development processes.
9. Establish the business structure of F1337 Command.
10. Create a vehicle to attract investment capital.

To begin the juices flowing and start on this path i have a 3 pronged strategy that I'm implementing now:
1. Create some basic product ideas.
2. Identify potential fullfillment partner organizations here Washington state.
3. Document the full business plan in a non-traditional manor.

If you are interested in some of the early product ideas I have created a cafepress.com shop to try out some ideas.


Here are some of the ideas inspired so far:





Some aditional ideas in development are a number of T-Shirt ideas along the lines of the current shop products;

F1337 Command
WTS Used Space Suit

F1337 Command
Schrödinger's Cat Needs Food Badly

F1337 Command
Creat your own Cherenkov radiation