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A big part of what I love about working for Lijit is the tech startup community that we belong to here in Boulder. I may joke about having our investors in the same building, but it’s amazing how much support we receive from everyone in the area. Case in point: Kary and Gerhard Rivera
I met Kary at a local women in tech meetup and her husband at the second Boulder Startup Weekend. Besides just being awesome people, the two of them have teamed up to start their own venture, Fling it Girl, which is a cool way of sharing online finds. They understand the value of the Lijit search application and it was one of the first things they installed on their new blog.
After our meeting, I made sure to get them outfitted in Lijit shirts so that they could help out with our evangelism efforts. Seeing this picture made my heart flutter in appreciation. (Now that we have a Rockies picture and a Broncos picture, I’m wondering who’s going to step up and provide us with our next sporting Lijit shot.)
Big thanks to the Riveras for their support. With a community like we have here in the Silicon Mountain, it’s exciting to think just what they might accomplish with Fling it Girl.
[Full disclosure: I'm helping the Riveras out as a beta girl, testing their new site and providing feedback.]
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With growth comes the need for more people in order to get more done. We have been feeling the growing pains and have gone through a bit of a hiring streak as of late. Our little startup is definitely getting bigger. While our office is almost at capacity, it only means I have even more people to profile. Today’s victim recipient of this honor is Bill.
Bill is one of those guys that you immediately feel comfortable around. I’m not sure if it’s his easy smile, laid back demeanor or quick wit, but this guy fits in wonderfully around here. I asked him a couple of questions and he was kind enough to provide me with some answers.
1. What is your Lijit contribution?
I’m a software developer-I help build the software that powers Lijit. Currently, I’m working on the search engine side, but in the future I expect to work on all components-search engine, website and adserver.
2. What is your least favorite sound and why?
The theme to ‘Law & Order’ (sheer repetition). Or, the sound of the woodpecker that is currently attacking my house.
3. What turns you on (emotionally, spiritually or creatively) and why?
I really like building things: bicycles, software systems, whatever. When I get to that point where it almost works, I get obsessive about it and have trouble sleeping til it’s done.
4. What profession, other than your own, would you like to attempt and why?
Bike shop owner or record store owner. I’d love to spend every day playing with my favorite toys (bikes, records) and hanging out with people that share the same interests.
5. Something you’re guilty of…
I still love Devo.
[Interesting side note: Bill and Charlie both hate 'Law & Order' and when he does open his bike shop, Bill can hire Charlie to work as a mechanic.]
It’s obvious that Bill has what it takes to hang with our company. I mean, anyone who can juggle like this…
has got to be good. We’re glad to have Bill around even though there have been a few times when he’s walked in to the office wearing his bike “tights”.
There are all kinds of measures of success in the business world — revenue, customers, market share, and so on. While those are certainly important for little startup companies like Lijit, other measures of success can sometimes be more meaningful to teams at this stage. At Lijit, we recently achieved something that none of us has ever achieved before in our working lives and we’re pretty sure few, if any, other startups have EVER achieved EVER.
Oh yes, friends, Lijit has its own cocktail.
We have our own drink. We have tried it. It is tasty.
Many thanks to our wonderful user, Jonas, who authors Drink of the Week, for creating our namesake concoction and helping Lijit achieve a very memorable milestone in our company’s life. So go ahead, give the Lijit a try. And for bars in the greater Boulder metropolitan area, you’d better study up on that recipe, because everyone’s surely going to start coming in and ordering rounds of Lijits.
