2010-06-30

Holy sh*t! We launched!

Holy shit today was intense! I'm sorry but there's just no other way to say it! We've put so much work into NeighborGoods and I've been so honored to work with such amazingly talented people over the past year and finally we all get to celebrate a huge national launch for our tiny startup. And boy did we launch! We launched with a giant bang!

• Over 1000 new members in the last 24 hours


• We're bringing in revenue for the first time

Here are just a few highlights from all of today's amazing press!

Neighborgoods: borrowing, lending, or renting from your neighbors instead of buying new, Boing Boing
NeighborGoods is a Location-Based Lending and Borrowing Network,Lifehacker
NeighborGoods Comes to Your Neighborhood,Shareable.net
NeighborGoods Extends The Sharing Of Actual Things To The National Level, TechCrunch
Share Stuff with Friends and Neighbors, Laughing Squid
Save Money This Summer with NeighborGoods, Mother Nature News
NeighborGoods Launches Across the USA, Wired Blog

And wow, I couldn't have expected more love from Twitter. We spent the whole day in a wash of supportive tweets from folks who want to live more sustainably and help strengthen their communities. This is a movement, people! Each and every one of us can play HAS TO PLAY a part in creating the world we want to live in. And we have to start in our own neighborhoods.

Thank you sooo much to everyone who's helped in the early days. We are just beginning! Your participation and feedback has been invaluable. This means you, beta testers!

Big fat special thanks to my lovely ladies:
@crisdobbins, Designer Extraordinaire
@jessicasumthing, The Best Intern Ever
@spenceke, The better half of @XOXCO

And of course our brilliant and talented developer who I am so freaking lucky to work with, Ben Brown at XOXCO. No, he will not build you a copy of NeighborGoods.