Growing as a startup

I’ve been on vacation this week, wandering around San Diego (where I grew up) with my wife who had never been there. It was great – we went to Sea World, a Padres game, Balboa Park, the beach, Roberto’s (twice), Pipes, Pizza Port, downtown, Seaport Village, Old Town, Tijuana, and everywhere else. It was spectacular. Now we’re in Chicago, getting ready to drive to a wedding in Iowa.

One of the great things about this vacation is how Clickshift continued to execute in a big way this week. In the early life of a company, little happens when a founder is away. It’s extremely gratifying to reach the point in a startup’s life where it moves forward whether a founder is there or not. It’s a real company now. I’d like to think I still have some impact when I’m not on vacation, but the reality is that we’ll never be able to scale to the size we want to be if my daily presence makes a big difference. I’m thrilled that we have such a strong team in place.

We announced that team on Monday:

“ClickShift, an emerging leader in online advertising optimization, today announced the addition of Eddie Smith, Jeff Goodman, and John Pacholski to the company's management team. Mr. Smith joins as Vice President of Marketing, Mr. Goodman as Vice President of Sales, and Mr. Pacholski as Vice President of Finance. All three gentlemen are seasoned industry executives who join CEO John Rodkin and CTO Leo Chang, ClickShift's co-founders, in leading and managing the company's explosive growth.”

The rest of the press release on how our team is adding the discipline of search engine marketing to online marketing generally is available here

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