So, I mentioned we put $1,000 in a bank account and started Spindustry.  One thing people always ask me is what the name means.  I wish I had a better story but it was truly just a process of combining words and finding a URL that was available.  I thought about a new SPIN on INFORMATION MANAGEMENT and for a few minutes the company was going to be called Spinformation (boring).  But with the idea, at that time, of software still being CD based and possibly even having more of a gaming influence, Spindustry sounded better and everyone seemed to like it.

Jump forward 10 years, and Kim Kardashian really seems to like it and started a show about the PR industry called The Spindustry – thanks for that J  Nothing like a show on E! with your company name to mess up your search engine rankings

But back to how we got started… We made a key decision out of the gate – we would start with contract programming but as Spindustry not as an individual.  After calling many companies only TSC, now Modis, would bill us in that fashion and so they found us a contract at the State of Iowa and off I went.  After several months of billing there, they needed more done and so I got two additional contractors on at the State through Spindustry.  I am happy to say that 13 years later both of them are still on board at Spindustry.  Thank you Jason and Jerad for trusting me then and still being with us!  Ironically the business development person that placed us at the state through Modis, Steve Tommingo, is now working with us as part of Spindustry Staffing – but that’s another post…

So, with three of us contracting at the state, it was time for Stephen Fry, my partner, to take a more day to day role in Spindustry and begin selling project based web development, but again – a post for another day…

I hope you are enjoying hearing about how we began as many people have asked me how we did it – but let me know your thoughts and what other topics you are curious about and we will be happy to offer thoughts…

Bye for now

Bird