Feb 12 2009
A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur
7:15 AM - Iphone alarm goes off. I hit snooze…
7:27 - First read through of email, in bed, on my phone.
7:43 - Made it downstairs to the gym in my building. Ran 2.6 miles and wailed on my shoulders, bi’s and tris.
8:49 - Fresh and Clean. 1st chat with Carsten regarding daily tasks and goals.
9:16 - Answerd most pressing emails while having breakfast at my desk.
9:24 - Left for Independents Hall to work for the day
9:50 - Settled in at IndyHall and snagged my first cup of coffee. Spoke to Alex Hillman and David Spears about DreamIT and cool Philly momentum in the startup world.
11:09 - Answered 2 phone calls from headhunters regarding placing their people in a new job opening at LTLprints.
12:40 PM - Finished the first draft of the 1 pager proposal I’m writing for a meeting tomorrow with a local design firm.
1:32 - Snagged another cup of coffee not wanting to take lunch until my proposal is finished.
2:29 - Answered an inbound request for a custom quote.
2:58 - Almost done with the proposal.
3:12 - Sent the proposal to Gloria Bell for proof reading. She rocks at a ton of stuff, by the way.
3:22 - Snagged a slice of Pizza for lunch (negating the hard work on the treadmill this morning).
3:48 - Phone conversation with Carsten regarding production, my final proposal, the design competition, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Philly Startup Leaders Meetup, and updates on pleased customer feedback.
4:12 - Stopped to thank Gloria for her help and chatted up a some cool new peeps at IndyHall.
4:20 - Read through my twitter stream
4:29 - Setup an e-voting script for the upcoming design competition. It’s going to rock.
4:43 - Worked with Dallas Shaw to get her designs into the catalog and entered into the design competition.
5:11 - Was invited to dinner at National Mechanics with Gloira Bell some of her friends.
5:39 - Ceaser Salad (due to the late lunch).
6:35 - Left to attend Philly Startup Leaders. We wanted to be there early as Gloria volunteered to help with sign in. Did I mention she rocks?
7:15 - Philly Startup Leaders starts cranking and I meet a ton of interesting people.
9:07 - I left a little ealry as I was pretty tired and I wanted to walk home. It’s unusually warm in Philly tonight.
10:15 - Day recap with Carsten and discussing key events for tomorrow.
10:49 - Checked email
11:43 - Wrote blog post while watching a rerun of the witty show The West Wing.
12:14 AM - Contemplated if this post sums up how much I enjoy what I’m doing.
Goodnight all.
