June 2nd, 2010 8

The Opportunity Donkey

Some people are graced with the ability to predict technology and market shifts. Do I posses this inner “genie-in-a-bottle” where every wish I touch comes true? <cough>Steve Jobs</cough>

NO.

My superhuman abilities come by way of being able to withstand continual, hard knocks (or kicks in this case) from opportunity… Pretty impressive eh?

It was thru this series of blows to the head that the idea of “my opportunity” (FireHost) manged to break through my thick skull and become the up and coming secure hosting company it is today.

After several years at an absolutely fun job with a fast-growing agency (where I was building large websites for large clients during the dot-com hay day), I set sail and started my own interactive marketing agency. Soon after, the dot-come bubble burst <pop>, and all the large clients with large agencies pulled back on spending. Good thing for me because I was now an agency of one and could undercut any Gucci wearing group that had monstrous overhead to feed.

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• Pull-Quote: Catching lightning is tough. Stop for a second and look up, the lightning just might catch you.