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Next Steps
Posted on October 14th, 2008 No commentsLord Jesus, I thank you for all of the blessings you have bestowed upon me and my family. I can’t begin to express my gratitude for your provision of such a blessed life. I thank you for our health and I pray that you would work in each of our lives to draw us closer every day to you.I pray that you would reveal to me what my next steps are with regard to the website diary project. If this is your will, please continue to reveal where you would like me to act. I wait expectantly for your direction, Lord. I also pray, Lord, that you would keep [my wife] and the baby healthy, and if at all possible relieve [my wife] from the nausea that she has been struggling with. Please guide my actions and help her realize that I am here to support her every step of the way and that she means everything to me.
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Heard from agencies
Posted on October 14th, 2008 No commentsIn the last two days, I have heard back from both agencies about the website project. One agency seems to be more strongly geared toward web development, while the other seems to be more strongly geared toward the marketing aspects. These two companies may turn out to be a good fit with each other.
The company focused on marketing will likely propose supporting the project by putting together a marketing kit for investment proposals, in order to raise the capital that will be needed to build the site to the extent that would be best for launch. The website-focused company estimated (off-the-cuff) $100k-$300k, including much of the latter phase requirements / vision. I re-focused him more toward core functionality for Phase 1, which he then saw and seemed to agree that we’d be able to accomplish much more cost effectively. The marketing kit idea struck me positively, and that company also seemed to have a better handle on my needs as a startup, in needing to approach investors and establish partnerships.