A Tale of Mind Petals (part 1)

Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 06:08pm by David Askaripour in Featured Articles

Figured I�d do a mini 3 Part series focused on the last few months from the day I thought of starting an entrepreneur blog network up to now.

Here we go�.

Ok, so I graduated from college a semester early in Jan. 2006. I moved back home to Long Island with my parents and brothers. There I was, back at home just after completing 3 � years of college. What a fun 3 years!

Around the time of early January I started really exploring this �blog� movement that seemed to be all over the internet. I knew that I needed to jump on this new way of expressing yourself over the net, so I created a blog called �Flush the Toilet� to speak about something I really felt passionate about: entrepreneurism!

For days and days I was just be blogging the hell out of the internet. Interviewing other successful entrepreneurs, networking like a storm, writing tutorials, just about anything that came into my head. I was a beast.

After about a month of blogging on FTT and realizing that it�s been almost a year since closing the book on my last project, I knew that it was time to get back to the drawing table and create something new.

I started thinking about all of the great entrepreneurs that I have been meeting over the last few weeks and how I enjoyed networking with all of them so much. I wanted there to be some type of unification of all these savvy guys that I�ve been chatting with.

So what do you know�. I said to myself� �I should create some type of network.� I wasn�t exactly sure how it would work or anything. At that point, it was more of a fundamental concept in my head. I just knew that there was something there and I needed to get into it right away.

BUT�before doing ANYTHING�. I had to do some studying up and research. As you can see from my garage back at home, my wall was packed with all types of information: ideas, connections, articles, emails, stats, whatever�

For a few weeks straight I was basically just brainstorming, researching, innovating, and thinking about the future of what�s to come next in the Blogosphere. Just letting my mind run wild. On the train, after taking a shower, while on the phone, basically everywhere, I carried my handy notebook with me to jot down ideas and improving, improving, improving on former ideas and concepts.

I was in the zone and I knew that creating a network was a promising idea as my vision began to unfold and grow.

Stay tuned for part 2 �..

Until then, here are some shots of my new place in NYC.

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