Thank You Everyone on our 3rd Anniversary
Posted on July 4, 2011 in Filmmaking 360 | 4 Comments
by Dennis
I can’t believe its been three years already. It seems like yesterday our rowdy bunch of banned MySpace users created this little home and declared our independence.
It all started with a forum post of the video above. Most of those that where here that day still post regularly.
That first day on July 4th 2008 we had a total of 54 visitors. It was months before we broke 100 in a day. A year went by before we started to break 1000 per day. Now we will have over a 1000 in the time it takes me to write this.
Had I known at the time how much work it would be and how long it would take to get to this point I doubt we would be here today. But, there was one thing far more important I didn’t know then that I know today… how fulfilling and fun it would be.
I’ve been involved in more businesses and ventures than I care to remember. The reward was always money. To steel a line from Citizen Kane: “Well, it’s no trick to make a lot of money…if all you want…is to make a lot of money.” Now, I’m not getting all pinko commie on you. I still love to make money. Having said that, I never would have dreamed the one venture (IQ) that loses money each month would be the most rewarding.
Almost every waking hour of the day I check our numbers, re-tweets, likes and more. Not just because I want to adjust and improve, it’s because my reward is watching all of you getting use of all our hard work.
I never wanted to be the face of IQ. I’ll leave that to John. :) My role is to keep the trains running on time and to provide a guiding hand and a platform for others to shine their brightest. That’s what I have always enjoyed doing and why I became a venture capitalist.
I have always had big plans for IQ. We are just now at a point where I can start to implement those big ideas.
Today we where planning on launching the new IQ design (v5), but because there are so many third parties involved you will have to wait another week. That will be the first step in a much bigger plan that will be rolled out over the course of this year.
I guess what I’m trying to say in this rambling post is, I want to thank everyone that has stuck with us and welcome all of the new members that have discovered our little home. And stay tuned because you haven’t seen anything yet!
Sincerely,
Dennis
Big Kahuna Burger, Filmmaker IQ
4 Comments
Well it has been a wild, interesting ride. I can’t wait to see what happens next….
Now if you could ever figure out how to deliver Wild Turkey via gmail…
I know how dismal the filmmaking world would be without people like you, So keep it up, lose a little each month…. and watch how this place blossoms…. We do owe you a lot!
I’ll get you that invoice right away. :P Seriously, no one here owes me anything. I’m glad I’m in a position where I can do this with the help of John and others.
Turkey mail is still in the IQ Labs at the moment, but maybe in v6. :P
PS
Here is a tip from your Uncle Dennis. Never launch a website on a Holiday because that always means you will be working that day while others are partying. And now that I have tomorrows posts ready it’s time for that meeting with Austin Nichols. :P
One of the only sites I visit every day at least a half dozen times. Congrat on 3 and many, many effin’ more!
It’s amazing what’s happened in this time, and how this site got started. Watching everyone learn and grow has been a ton of fun.