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Rome wasn’t built in a day, but we weren’t on that job.
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It’s totally coming together. With our hard launch set for August I feel like we are in decent shape to roll out something awesome. The past few months have been really exciting for If We Ran It. We’ve managed to draw up the blueprints, fine tune our business model, build this website (it’s nearly there), hit up our friends for some spec, and polish our pistols cause the takeover is coming faster than you think.
In the last week we’ve come so far and the sense that this just might work is beginning to kick in. Big shout out to my girl Maris who has been amazing throughout. What y’all don’t see is how many nights and weekends we dedicate to this. We’ll post a time line sooner or later of how this came to be, but what you see here is the culmination of a years worth of planning and who knows how many conversations. Nevertheless, it’s all going exactly as we expected (we are even ahead of schedule) and our initial response in this test phase has been overwhelmingly positive.
Quick Tip, Loic Le Meur’s Ten Rules For Startup Success really helped us get traction. I suggest you check this dude out.
So, just as when we started, we’ll continue to live this out in constant beta. You’ll see us, literally, building this organization so that we may serve as a case study for people trying to do the same. Hopefully we’ll run into some like minded kids along the way.
We’ll be checking in often, I look forward to meeting you all.
We Run This!
Mr. & Ms.
People
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- 13.May
- Too Cool for School
Waaaay <30 green thumber Hunter Gross is inspired to inspire others his age (and then some) after learning about the effects that global warming has on the planet. The 12-year-old entrepreneur is eager to demonstrate how small changes can add up to make a big impact. To do this Hunter and his parents created Project […]
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- 07.May
- The Game Speaks About The Kids and Justice…
The New York City Police accused of murdering Sean Bell were acquitted last week and rapper The Game (29) responded with a powerful video. Nothing conveys urgency and desperation like a well-executed Dead Presidents reference, but the message here is particularly interesting for IWRI. If Game Ran It, young communities would use technology to communicate, […]
Thinking
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- 08.May
- IWRI x ‘Steampunk’
The New York Times published an article on Steampunk culture that’s getting a lot of buzz on the Internets. Steampunk originated as a term for science fiction based on Victorian-era themed concepts - and the literature has birthed a rich lifestyle culture with a unique fashion aesthetic and product modification styles (some references & […]
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- 08.May
- Chamillionaire on Social Media, Going to the People, & the Music Industry
<30 artist, Chamillionaire speaks to Pete Cashmore @ Mashable! about his success in social media (he set the record for ringtone downloads @ 4 million) and why he wasn’t hating when Weird Al Yankovich wanted to turn “Riding Dirty” into “White and Nerdy.” At the Digital Hollywood Conference in LA, he made a few […]
Doing
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- 14.May
- All Day Buffet Throws Battle of the Bands Tomorrow Night
It all goes down tomorrow night. The Canal Room, 4 bands of kids, 4 celebrity artists, lots of fun and a ton of good.
In an early entrée to the Canal Room, four bands of students from Education Through Music will be performing with their celebrity coaches. The night features Weekend Top 30 and WKTU’s “Hollywood” […]-
- 13.May
- Designers, Get Paid.
Kids, getting paid is like a game of chutes and ladders. Some of us had to do it the hard way figure out all the tricks on our own without getting a step up. For you though, here is the cheat sheet and how to get there fast. Job-getting guru, Rita Sue Siegal, has just […]
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