Rack One up for Santa Cruz and 12seconds.tv

I thought it worth throwing out there that bootstrapped www.12seconds.tv, out of Santa Cruz, CA, with 1 full time developer, 1 mostly full time CEO, 1 part time UI Designer and an endless supply of good Karma and Community Capital backing them have managed to surpass the likes www.seesmic.com in unique visitors per month… Seesmic, who has been around for twice as long and landed over $14M in funding.

Yes, Seesmic has “changed their focus” recently by embedding their video player on desktops, but IMHO, I would be freaking pissed if I were an investor in Seesmic and be all over 12seconds.tv right now as this is a simple case study in doing more with less and that the people running your business are far more important than business model.

I simply can’t wait to see what continues to go down in 2009. I strongly feel we’re going to see a dramatic shift in perceptions and in the way business actually gets done from a grassroots level. Specifically, count on those who understand that Business is Personal to start exceeding like never before.

12seconds.tv takes Runner-up at The Crunchies 2008

Had a freaking phenominal time at The Crunchies 2008 Award Ceremonies Friday night with Margaret Rosas, Mr. and Mrs. Beach, Shai Goldman, Brandon Peele (and his new wife!), Jacob Knobel, Mr. and Mrs. Lipman, ZTrip and many others.

Though 12seconds.tv did not win the trophy for Best Bootstrapped Startup of 2008, for a company that literally only started 7 months ago, in my opinion, to even be nominated and then place 2nd is simply awesome and something the whole team and community should be proud of.

Highlights for me were:

-Hanging with the crew pre/post event with our sweet 12second.tv trucker hats

-Seeing ZTrip live and then getting to talk to him toward the end of the after party

-Finally having the opportunity to sit down and play with the Microsoft Surface

-Watching MC Hammer get swarmed for pictures all night long

-Driving back with @mrosas and @jakey12 from SF to Santa Cruz via Hwy 1 with a full moon out

Passion is Recession Proof

My friend Sol Lipman wrote a masterpiece that speaks to the core of what I believe we are building here in Santa Cruz is all about.  I encourage you to take the time and give it a read.  Thank you Sol for your friendship and your passion.

http://12seconds.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/passion-is-recession-proof/