Prolution Updates
A few weeks ago I proposed that we all do some goals by the end of the year. My goals were:
1- Lose 10 pounds
2- Get 1 new client
Your goals included:
1- Dmitry - figure a better way to manage his life and get the foundation laid out for the startup he is working on.
2- Jon - close first round of funding and qualify for the Boston Marathon.
3- Sian - be 180 pounds and CCNA certified.
4- Wendy - stop eating burritos (I think this is a horrible idea).
5- Skip Tracer - get into sales and double traffic to his site.
6- Joe Suh - 10,000 members on Mychurch.org
7- You: Feel free to leave a comment and I will add you to the next update. Putting things out in the open makes me more accountable and helps me follow through. Maybe it will help you as well.
My updates:
1- I signed up for the Napa Valley Marathon in March. I setup a schedule with my trainer and have been active on eating relatively more healthy and exercising almost every day.
2- I am working hard and following up with leads to close that one sale
How is everyone’s progress so far?
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18 Responses to “Prolution Updates”
November 29th, 2006
3:32 pm
What, you’re calling us out? 4200 members now, but Nov was a completely idle month of marketing. We’ve got an interesting distribution channel in Dec, plus back-to-the-grind marketing in Dec. I’ll check back in with you on 12/31
November 29th, 2006
8:16 pm
Ah, I guess I’m halfway there. I’m much better about managing things in my life and find myself much more motivated than ever before.
As to the startup… I first just want to finish this semester up. Schooling out of the way will make it much easier to move ahead with these plans.
I would love to do a marathon! Keep us updated on how it goes.
Dimitry
November 30th, 2006
2:26 am
I didn’t want to be 180 pounds (I put that one when I pigged out when I was in China 3 months ago) but rather wanted to kick the 180 pounds. I am fortunate (really fortunate) to have a high metabolism so I am back to 160 pounds now through constant walking, weekly runs, and working. My CCNA plan has been solidified and I the schedule I have mapped out is realistic.
November 30th, 2006
4:18 am
I want to hand out 20 dollars to 10 people around down town.
Then I want to hide away outside Silicon Valley to work on my startup.
November 30th, 2006
4:48 pm
Marathon - Ask me around noon on Sunday when I’m wrapping up 26.2.
Funding - Shifted gears a little bit and planning to launch a separate site/company for which I’m raising money for. Prolly won’t close by 12/31/06 but super excited about where we’re headed (as are our potential investors!).
-J
November 30th, 2006
5:04 pm
Moving in the right direction, but not there yet.
December 3rd, 2006
1:21 pm
Sitting down and figuring out short term and long term goals is so vitally important to success. It’s such a motivating factor even if you don’t always reach the goal. It also helps if you make the goals public because then you have to be somewhat accountable.
I definitely need to get myself on an exercise program - I don’t care about the weight so much, but sitting in front of a computer all day is not good for my health - so that’s my goal. Get the routine started this month to include a break every hour for a least 5 minutes and outside to exercise at least 3 times a week.
Well, announced it…better get to making it happen…
December 4th, 2006
3:21 am
I was doing really well with the “stop eating burritos” because I had switched to rolled tacos, then the other afternoon I was starving and a carne asada burrito sounded soooo good so I split one with my friend….
So I’ll make excuses. I meant “stop eating burritos at night.”
December 6th, 2006
7:39 am
1. Get off of blogspot
2. Pay off $5,000 in debt
January 10th, 2007
2:48 am
I lost 10 pounds yay! I went from 183 and now I weigh 169…woot.
I left the company I was consulting for so I did not get any clients.
January 10th, 2007
9:32 am
Congrats on the weight loss! Would love to hear some of your learnings re: your former company sometime…
We didn’t hit our membership goal, unfortunately. We ended the year just under 7000 users. We’ll get to 10K in a couple weeks - this time, for real
January 10th, 2007
9:55 am
What are you planning on doing to reach that 10K and by when?
January 10th, 2007
10:13 am
The campaign we’re currently doing (for which we know the expected return) is going to get us to the 10K - you know the campaign I’m talking about
We should get there by Jan 30 - or else I owe you burrito+beer 
January 11th, 2007
12:12 pm
I haven’t had a burrito in a while.
January 14th, 2007
1:44 am
Congrats on your loss Noah.
Ran a 3:22 at Sac-town. Boston will have to wait for another day but I’m pretty proud of that time.
On pace to raise our $250K by my birthday (02/21). Plus, we have a kick-ass co-founder officially onboard.
-J
January 31st, 2007
1:35 am
9400
Looks like I owe you a burrito and beer
January 31st, 2007
1:38 am
Joe, Thanks for being honest. I think that is great. What went wrong/right and what are you going to do differently now?
January 31st, 2007
1:49 am
Overly optimistic projections. Since we’re trying all these new marketing strategies, its hard to be accurate. (for example, its really hard to predict what impact SEO will have). We’re going to have to re-forecast our 12-month outlook to be more realistic based on the percentage growth we’ve had so far.
On the bright side, I’m glad I’m not sitting in a VC’s office explaining why I didn’t hit my projections!
What am I going to do differently now? Besides the new forecasts, we’ve learned a lot more about what works and what doesn’t. So we’ll continue to exploit the effective channels while either throwing away or tweaking those that didn’t work so well.
Constantly learning,
joe
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