Beginning a new chapter in my life
AT 12:01 am on June 1st Lisa, Brad, Jeff, and I popped a bottle of Champagne and celebrated flipping the switch on Sweat365.com Beta to live. I am confident we will look back on this date and say our lives were never the same from that point forward.
This whole thing started while Brad and I were working at the startup RSI (the one I am still at for the next 60 days). One of the conversations we would have over lunch is what we would do if RSI were “Bradco” or “Philco”. Although these conversations were designed to make RSI better, it was apparent that Brad and I both thought alike and worked well together. At the time we had no idea it would lead to us starting our own company a short time later.
I look back at my 2007 resolutions and starting my own company was not something I planned at the time. Brad left RSI at the end of last year. I knew Brad wanted to start his own company, and he had many of the ideas that became Sweat365. At the beginning of the year we started having conversations about what a new company could look like. It really wasn’t until mid-February or March that we really got serious about co-founding something. Since then it has been full steam ahead. It has been long hours - will continue to be long hours - but I have enjoyed every minute.
An added bonus has been getting to work with Lisa at Sweat365. Lisa has always been very supportive of me in my career, and since I moved from large corporations to startups about 15 years ago, she has had to tolerate a fair amount of risk with my jobs. But this time it’s different as we both are sharing in the venture. Lisa has been putting in an incredible amount of hours getting us ready for beta. Lisa, as a personal trainer, is as passionate about fitness as anyone. Both of us would gladly be involved in this as individuals - getting to share it with each other just makes it that much better.
One last thought. Our beta is really just the beginning. There are so many cool things that we will be adding to our service over the next several months. Stay tuned. . . it’s going to be a fun ride.
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Beginning a new chapter in my life
June 2nd, 2007 3:08 pm
Karen says:
Congratulations Phil, Lisa and Brad. Mark and I think this is a really coll venture and wish you success! And see, you even got us “old school” folks to get interested. I am having fun trying to set up my home page.
Karen
June 4th, 2007 11:07 am
rayk says:
Ditto on the Congrats folks! This will be a lot of fun!
June 5th, 2007 3:41 pm
regivizz says:
I have to add my “ditto” of congratulations as well.
Great concept and I’m glad to be a part of it!