June 2006
I sit here gasping for some clean air here in Hot'lanta. The smog level is code red-- unhealthy for anyone to do anything outside. So there is no reason to go out, and I can stay in and work all day without feeling guilty!
June was the month for some changes. I put my coach on hiatus. Russ is an amazing coach, and I will ever be grateful to him for all he did for me. I found I was getting lazy, relying on him to push me when I needed to push myself. I still have Kathy Keeley as my mentor, and she has been incredibly helpful in getting me finished on all the paperwork I have to do to get these large retailers. At some point I will bring Russ back to help me facilitate the growth and synergy of my company when it is big. Now that I know I don't have him to fall back on, all the excuses come directly back to me. This will be interesting.
So mainly I have been doing paperwork, tedious, tedious paperwork to input all the information on every window treatment in any possible fabric and color combination that can be thought of. I finally smartened up and got Tami, my manager, to do some of it, with me checking it at the end. Duh! We are in the final stages of input with IKEA, and soon we will get our supplier number. We are still getting everything together for another big online retailer, and the proposal is in for a large blinds company whose independent reps would carry our product.
I am still in talks with the big name designer--I should be talking again to his CEO next week--I'll let you know how that's going.
I have several new designers sign up for my partnership program. They are very excited about the product and anxious to sell. They have scheduled Design Home Shows to jump start their selling.
I did an interview with Joan Durand on her radio show, "Startups with Joan Durand", on the Martha Stewart Channel on Sirus 112 last week. It will air on July 22nd at 7 pm. It went very well. I also did a local radio show, "The Mike Sformo Show", earlier this month. I seem to interview very well, according to everybody. That's good.
This has all been made possible through the Count Me In program. Ever since I won, I have been able to make inroads where I normally would have had no way to make contact. Winning this contest has made me become the CEO I needed to be.
Till next month--Cheers.
June was the month for some changes. I put my coach on hiatus. Russ is an amazing coach, and I will ever be grateful to him for all he did for me. I found I was getting lazy, relying on him to push me when I needed to push myself. I still have Kathy Keeley as my mentor, and she has been incredibly helpful in getting me finished on all the paperwork I have to do to get these large retailers. At some point I will bring Russ back to help me facilitate the growth and synergy of my company when it is big. Now that I know I don't have him to fall back on, all the excuses come directly back to me. This will be interesting.
So mainly I have been doing paperwork, tedious, tedious paperwork to input all the information on every window treatment in any possible fabric and color combination that can be thought of. I finally smartened up and got Tami, my manager, to do some of it, with me checking it at the end. Duh! We are in the final stages of input with IKEA, and soon we will get our supplier number. We are still getting everything together for another big online retailer, and the proposal is in for a large blinds company whose independent reps would carry our product.
I am still in talks with the big name designer--I should be talking again to his CEO next week--I'll let you know how that's going.
I have several new designers sign up for my partnership program. They are very excited about the product and anxious to sell. They have scheduled Design Home Shows to jump start their selling.
I did an interview with Joan Durand on her radio show, "Startups with Joan Durand", on the Martha Stewart Channel on Sirus 112 last week. It will air on July 22nd at 7 pm. It went very well. I also did a local radio show, "The Mike Sformo Show", earlier this month. I seem to interview very well, according to everybody. That's good.
This has all been made possible through the Count Me In program. Ever since I won, I have been able to make inroads where I normally would have had no way to make contact. Winning this contest has made me become the CEO I needed to be.
Till next month--Cheers.
posted by Janice Cairns at Monday, July 03, 2006
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