As they say, the fun is not in the destination but in the journey. Certainly a lot of people are following Empire Avenue, not just because they enjoy the concept and the application, but because they are interested in the birth of a new site and company like ours. So let me talk about our [...]
Read more →We’ve now been online three months with Empire Avenue. To those that have been with us since the very beginning, I say a heartfelt thank you. Every single individual who has been on Empire Avenue in the past three months – whether for a few minutes, a few weeks or the whole time – has [...]
Read more →The contexts of a relationship, whether it is online or offline, matter greatly. This might seem quite an obvious statement, but it’s something to be aware of as you wander around the web and join communities, whether it be Facebook, Twitter or even our own Empire Avenue. The context in any relationship matters. Be wary [...]
Read more →Yesterday was a pretty big milestone for our small company. We surpassed 1000 active registered non-employee users on our site. Considering we started with just 250 friends and family on February 23rd and opened the invite beta just last week with 500 active users, this was a pretty big deal. Of course, we had to [...]
Read more →Wow. We launched our closed beta for “Friends and Family” on Tuesday, February 23rd, and we are extremely impressed! We currently have about 250 people on the site, testing and working through the system, who have provided fantastic feedback that we are starting to act on. We’ve learned quite a bit about how our [...]
Read more →“He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.” – Elbert G. Hubbard. Today is a day I’ve been looking forward to with great anticipation. It is with great pleasure that we announce the opening of The People’s Market on Empire Avenue. Now, granted, it is currently only open to a [...]
Read more →Well, the invites are out for our launch event at Transcend Coffee, lists of Beta Invitees are being prepped for their site invites next week, and the press releases are being written. I don’t even know what else to write! We’re going to open up the site to a Friends and Family Beta on February [...]
Read more →Announcing that we will soon be announcing our Friends and Family Beta (Woah, we’ll actually tell people what the hell we’re doing). But yes here are some instructions on getting to be a part of that Beta, even if you might not strictly be a “Friend” or “Family”… yet!
Read more →One of the beauties of creating a startup in the early part of this century is the ability to prototype and create your application rapidly and at almost no cost other than some elbow grease. Really, the best friend of any startup these days is the world of Open Source.
Read more →Looking at technology evolution and how what we look at has changed in the post-Google world and how things have not changed. Ideas on technology, applications and gaming. Did I say games? Yes games.
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