New Blog Focus

Posted by Tom Blue on December 22, 2008 under Companies, Funding, Investing, Marketing, Technology | Be the First to Comment

I am considering changing this blog’s focus.  Right now it is a hodge podge of business/economic opinions and news.  The new idea is to profile growing companies/startups that have not been funded by vc firms.  There are a number of reasons why I want to do this.

1. I am personally interested.

I want to know about companies that are growing quickly without any financial assistance because I can learn so much from their founders/leaders.  I can’t learn much from a startup ceo that has gotten $30M in funding becuase it is so simple to make a company grow when you have that capital.  No offense, but I question how good these so called proven leaders really are at these venture funded startups.  Most have access to this capital and have benefited from the past 25 years economic boom.

2. These stories are not currently covered.

Blogs tracking Silicon Valley startups are a dime a dozen.  Everyone is trying to be the next Michael Arrington.  Tell me about companies that aren’t on the radar of every tech blogger.  That is what I want to know about.  Who is doing well that I haven’t heard of?  Everyone knows about Twitter.  Tell me about the Average Joe’s startup that is making $300K in monthly revenue.

3. Great Markets

It is great to know about self-funded companies because they tell you which markets are growing.  A venture funded company can’t tell you the real state of the market because they are most likely not profitable.  People want to know about where things are headed…