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One Month

November 1, 2007

Today I will have completed one month as a new business at Headstand Media. That’s something to feel good about. A lot was accomplished, but there is a long way to go yet ahead. I am encouraged with the progress, and trying not to be anxious about the future.
Not only am I now working with [...]

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Week Three

October 26, 2007

MORNING
Week three is almost over. Today I need to finish up a scope document for our first client: Sunshine Gospel Ministries, as well as meet with Derek Taylor and Benjamin over lunch.
I remembered to bring in my tools today, so we can take down a workstation wall that will allow Benjamin and me to see [...]

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Lunch with Chris

October 25, 2007

Today I had lunch with a friend named Chris, who worked for me a short while at BIRKEY.COM. Chris was a recommendation from another friend, Steve T, and did some web design work for us on a freelance basis when we were going through a busy spell. We met at the second floor food court [...]

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My SEO Friend

October 24, 2007

A former employee who worked for me at BIRKEY.COM came to visit with Benjamin and me today. Kyle W’s first task at BIRKEY.COM in 2000, was the production of the Scholle Corporation website. Ironically, Scholle was a customer who eventually hired Benjamin. We talked together about search engine optimization (SEO) as it related to the [...]

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Week 2 Retrospective

October 19, 2007

Well, it’s been two weeks since I officially launched a new business. In the process, I’ve rediscovered that building a new business is really fun and exciting. There are a ton of things to do and to think about. It gets my creative thinking engaged and energizes me. I already have more than I can [...]

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Friends

October 17, 2007

MORNING
This morning, I had a great email exchange with a former employee named Josh Frank, who worked for me at BIRKEY.COM. He took a job at Michigan State University as a Project Manager in the Health Information Technology department. He loves the new job and is doing well! He’s trying to sell his home in [...]

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A Big Day!

October 16, 2007

It was great to have my old friend Chuck Thomas of CTCreative come by the new office for a visit today! Chuck and I go back to 1980, when my wife and I got married and located in Oak Park, Illinois. We heard about this guy in the music business who might have some contacts [...]

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Testimonies

October 6, 2007

We had some friends over for dinner last night. It was a beautiful Fall evening to spend eating and drinking in the backyard garden and Gazebo by candlelight. Our conversation moved to sharing our “stories” – meaning our personal journey’s that had brought us to where we are today. There is an old word for [...]

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Oak Park Dining

October 5, 2007

I had lunch with a friend named Derek Taylor yesterday. I met Derek in 1998 when I was running for Illinois State Senate as a candidate in the Republican Party. Derek was a recent design graduate from U of I, and he offered to help us with web design on the local Republican party OakParkGOP.org [...]

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Randy’s “First Ten” Lists

October 4, 2007

Since I have a new phone number for my new business, I’ve decided to log who the first ten callers are to 312-768-7450:
1 – Corey Wilkinson: October 3, 2007
2 – Debbie Birkey: October 3, 2007
3 – Ken Vandenbroucke: October 4, 2007
4 – Tim Traxinger: October 4, 2007
5 – Emily at HBN Design: October 4, 2007
6 [...]

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