Working with our first few customers, Silverlight 2 then 3 then 4. New additions to our families – working hard and playing hard!

I think we can answer our own question “Is it crazy to start a company in this economy?” – and the answer is NO its not crazy it was perfect timing!

Why?

• Because it was a time when many highly experienced friends and colleagues were thinking on how to protect themselves from the economy in the future – allowing us to partner with great people looking to build a strong company building great solutions.
• Customers were looking for ways to bring their applications to the cloud – Silverlight’s advantages in deployment and multiplatform support, made it an easy sell.
• Companies wanted results with minimal investment, so it was easier for them to hire us than consider long training programs and risky projects on a new technology they were not ready for.

So business is good. We are not rich yet, but offers are flowing in, results are being produced and we are doing what we love doing – BUIDLING SOFTWARE.

So if you are thinking of starting a business, by all means GO FOR IT!

The Net Us Up, Team.

A few friends and I decided that we wanted to start a company. The first thoughts that went through our heads were “is this a good time to start a business?” and the answer was yes!

We have all thought about creating our own company, during the many days we have worked hard for others to make other people’s companies grow, but it never happened. Well, the bad economy, people getting fired, and the uncertainty of placing our future in the hands of others was the tipping point.

So we are now the proud founders of Net-Us-Up. We have a set of problems we know how to solve and are working on packaging them in a modern, pay-as-you-go (software as a service, cloud offering or what ever the current acronyms are) package and get users to pay us for our services.

It is exciting, and after only one month of working on this part time, we already have a working prototype of our first offering which is great!

So if you are thinking about it. Just go ahead and do it. Keep your day job, sleep a little less and let your family know that you are going to be busy with a new venture and just give it your all.

Stay tuned, there is more to come.

J.