The story of theportlander.com is one of insight not only into how to start a business with nothing more than an idea.But also into ones soul. When the founders of theportlander first met to discuss ideas for what they thought would be the next big thing they never realized that what they were putting together would transform not only the news world in there city but also themselves. Sometime in November 2006 two men met to discuss a website idea for downloading free mp3's and generating revenue from the google adsense program. Little did they know google was about to buy YouTube and offer a way for anyone to grab some of there popularity with adsense. So needless to say after doing some research they found that there idea was already out there in the form of Reever.Com and other notable websites. What to do give up or push on with more brainstorming. Then New Years night roughly 10 minutes after the crystal ball dropped in times square one of the founders had an idea. Why not create a website where all of the news and information for Portland OR, flood into one main site and use Web 2.0 technology to run it all. how could it fail . Well it could and from that they ran with there idea.Over the next 6 months the idea of theportlander transformed from something akin to Myspace to what it is now and what it will become over the next few months. They had no money and very little programming knowledge.But they had a dream and would find any means possible to build it. Through this they gradually pieced together what is now theportlander. One founder told me that throughout the experience he gained more into who he was than he ever thought possible. here is a quote from one of the Co-Founders " Holding onto this idea and never losing site of it even when others were saying you'll never launch it pulled me down sometimes but it changed me in that I said no I will do this and I will make it successful, because of this my whole outlook on life changed and my life went from I hope I can do this to I will do this and every aspect of my life has changed because of it" . I think alot of startups don't always have a chance to go through this, as most go into it with funding or some type of guidance. From theportlanders point of view they had nothing and had to create something with nothing more than an idea and the perseverance to crawl and scratch there way to a successful launch. Because of this they now have pride and respect for the business they have created and will work harder to make it a success and to top it off they have no debt going into it. This blogger wishes all of the crew over at ThePortlander.Com all of the success that they wholeheartedly deserve. Congrats guys on a successful launch :)
Monday, March 26, 2007
ThePortlander.Com From idea to a soul changing event
The story of theportlander.com is one of insight not only into how to start a business with nothing more than an idea.But also into ones soul. When the founders of theportlander first met to discuss ideas for what they thought would be the next big thing they never realized that what they were putting together would transform not only the news world in there city but also themselves. Sometime in November 2006 two men met to discuss a website idea for downloading free mp3's and generating revenue from the google adsense program. Little did they know google was about to buy YouTube and offer a way for anyone to grab some of there popularity with adsense. So needless to say after doing some research they found that there idea was already out there in the form of Reever.Com and other notable websites. What to do give up or push on with more brainstorming. Then New Years night roughly 10 minutes after the crystal ball dropped in times square one of the founders had an idea. Why not create a website where all of the news and information for Portland OR, flood into one main site and use Web 2.0 technology to run it all. how could it fail . Well it could and from that they ran with there idea.Over the next 6 months the idea of theportlander transformed from something akin to Myspace to what it is now and what it will become over the next few months. They had no money and very little programming knowledge.But they had a dream and would find any means possible to build it. Through this they gradually pieced together what is now theportlander. One founder told me that throughout the experience he gained more into who he was than he ever thought possible. here is a quote from one of the Co-Founders " Holding onto this idea and never losing site of it even when others were saying you'll never launch it pulled me down sometimes but it changed me in that I said no I will do this and I will make it successful, because of this my whole outlook on life changed and my life went from I hope I can do this to I will do this and every aspect of my life has changed because of it" . I think alot of startups don't always have a chance to go through this, as most go into it with funding or some type of guidance. From theportlanders point of view they had nothing and had to create something with nothing more than an idea and the perseverance to crawl and scratch there way to a successful launch. Because of this they now have pride and respect for the business they have created and will work harder to make it a success and to top it off they have no debt going into it. This blogger wishes all of the crew over at ThePortlander.Com all of the success that they wholeheartedly deserve. Congrats guys on a successful launch :)
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