launch Archives • Matt Ryan

This week was excellent! My business, Cap Web Solutions, launched two new sites this week, actually three, if you count the announcement of the completely re-worked service as a service business model on capwebsolutions.com.

First we went live with a website for the local Episcopal church in Downingtown, PA. Check it out: stjameschurch.ws. We are really proud of this site and the initial response from the congregation was overwhelmingly positive. How cool is that?! When I think back to what the site looked like a month ago, I can feel really good about the end result. I worked with a great team at the church, headed by Rich Carango.

Then I went live with the new MattRy.com website. It’s a combination of the Exploring New Opportunities blog from WordPress.com and the blog from CapWebSolutions.com. The more I thought about it, the more realistic it felt to bring the two together. After all, Cap Web Solutions IS my new opportunity. I’m exploring it to it’s fullest. Sometimes, I look at it as my third child. It was born. It lives. It has it’s ups and downs. It has to be fed constantly and occasionally changed. And it needs lots of attention. I’m have to put so much effort into it, but it’s still too early to get the benefits. Let me clarify that – too early for the financial benefits. I’m getting one of the most important benefits I can imagine – strength, confidence, and an opening of my eyes to my abilities.

Will this change as it matures? I’m sure it will. Doesn’t everything?

Spring is right around the corner. The snow is (almost) gone from my yard. I mentioned last night in my men’s bible study group that I can almost hear the crocuses trying to push up through the muck that is my front yard. Almost, but I know they are there, just waiting until the right time to pop up, open their petals and bring me joy.

Now that’s an opportunity to look forward to – joy!

Image credit:
APRIL 2013 CPM Art… by COLORED PENCIL magazine

Today is the day. It is done. Off and running. Let’s rock and roll. Insert any other cliche indicating the start is occurring. I’m excited. Tired. Enthused. Nervous. Pumped. You name it. I’m on that proverbial emotional roller coaster today. Queue the smattering of applause in the background.

Earlier today I launched my business publicly on the web. Cap Web Solutions LLC is officially open for business. The ubiquitous “under construction” page banner is now gone – the effective widget having been deactivated. The SEO widget is turned on and, hopefully, feeding the big G lots of metadata for a mid-afternoon snack.

To do list: Posted an announcement on LinkedIn ✔, Twitter ✔, Google+ ✔, Facebook ✔, and sent to Mom (since she’s not on any of these platforms) ✔.

I’ve set up a unique Google+ page and Twitter feed for the business. I’m not sure if this is a reasonable thing to do or not, but I will try it for a while. I may find that it’s just too much to manage and revert back to using my personal social platforms for these conversations. Do you have any experience in this area? What have you found to be the optimal solution in your world? Feel free to let me know in the comments. I’d love to get your input. Oh, and the new site does have a blog. That will be much more technology and business focused, but it is another path to populate with ideas.

It feels like it has been an extremely long time to get to this point, but in retrospect, I’ve only been aggressively pursuing it for just over 2 months. I’m still fine-tuning the business plan, with the help of the Chester County SCORE office. The official LLC registration paperwork from the Commonwealth is “in process”. The Fed knows I’m real. Oh boy. I’m in talks with a potential established business partner, to see how we might work together. It sounds very promising, but still at the early stages.

This new opportunity is now formally past the “exploratory” stage and into the execution stage. Since I expect that this will be a continuously evolving world for me, I plan to keep on putting my thoughts together here. Please stop back and visit from time to time. I do appreciate it.

Thanks for your love and support.

All the best to you…

An Excellent Week

Cap Web Solutions launched today.