Happy New Year, all! 2008 was a challenging year (at least, that's what the marketers say... I think it was just a really tough year). On the down side, there was -- and continues to be -- too much pain and turmoil in the world. On the positive side, we launched Humanety in an effort to bring folks together to make some very positive change for people everywhere. The good news is that we raised thousands of dollars for some very worthwhile charities, and helped spread their messages to tens of thousands of people on every continent. (Except Antarctica; there must not much Broadband there yet.)
Launching a company is hard. Much harder than I imagined. I heard a good quote the other day that applies to us: "Everyone who starts a company must have some naivete about them. If they knew how hard it would be, they wouldn't do it." I can say from experience now that it was all worth it. Just today we conducted the session with Gary Vaynerchuk and Aaron. They had a great conversation (we'll post it soon), but the truly inspiring aspect of it involves people who were not on the call. There are 10 children who are currently crawling because they can't afford wheelchairs who will soon receive the gift of mobility because of Gary and Aaron. Two people enjoyed meeting each other and ten people's lives are radically changed for the better.
Launching a company is hard, but it's nothing compared to what so many people must deal with every day of their lives. We are fortunate and honored to help provide support to those organizations that do so much good for humanity.
With very best wishes for a peaceful 2009,
Michael
