Bob Parsons
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Yeah, I like that. I like that. And I like to risk, but not too much risk. So I started that. And at the time, I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew the internet was going to be something. I knew that was going to be an area where there was going to be opportunity. So what I did was I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't know exactly what. So I hired about maybe 10 or 15 people.
And we tried a bunch of things. I named the company Jomax Technologies, believe it or not, after a dirt road. Now, why did I name it after a dirt road? Name didn't matter. We didn't do anything. I would send people to, they would go to a business meeting at the Chamber of Commerce and people would ask you, what do you do? And I said, we don't know yet.
And we tried a bunch of things. I named the company Jomax Technologies, believe it or not, after a dirt road. Now, why did I name it after a dirt road? Name didn't matter. We didn't do anything. I would send people to, they would go to a business meeting at the Chamber of Commerce and people would ask you, what do you do? And I said, we don't know yet.
And we tried a bunch of things. I named the company Jomax Technologies, believe it or not, after a dirt road. Now, why did I name it after a dirt road? Name didn't matter. We didn't do anything. I would send people to, they would go to a business meeting at the Chamber of Commerce and people would ask you, what do you do? And I said, we don't know yet.
And I said, you know, I have never talked to anybody that don't know what they do.
And I said, you know, I have never talked to anybody that don't know what they do.
And I said, you know, I have never talked to anybody that don't know what they do.
Well, I just would look for people that were looking for work.
Well, I just would look for people that were looking for work.
Well, I just would look for people that were looking for work.
Not really. Not really. I mean, people that knew a little bit about tech and that sort of thing. And they were the people that I hired. And some of them actually were with me till the last day. Not many of them, but some of them. And so I went ahead and we tried all sorts of things. We tried buying... building intranets, extranets. We tried doing education.
Not really. Not really. I mean, people that knew a little bit about tech and that sort of thing. And they were the people that I hired. And some of them actually were with me till the last day. Not many of them, but some of them. And so I went ahead and we tried all sorts of things. We tried buying... building intranets, extranets. We tried doing education.
Not really. Not really. I mean, people that knew a little bit about tech and that sort of thing. And they were the people that I hired. And some of them actually were with me till the last day. Not many of them, but some of them. And so I went ahead and we tried all sorts of things. We tried buying... building intranets, extranets. We tried doing education.
We tried selling other people's software, tried selling hardware. None of that stuff worked, but one thing worked. And the one thing that worked was building websites. We could build websites and make some money, not a lot, make some money. And the money that we made when we start doing these websites, there was one problem with them though, and that is they didn't scale.
We tried selling other people's software, tried selling hardware. None of that stuff worked, but one thing worked. And the one thing that worked was building websites. We could build websites and make some money, not a lot, make some money. And the money that we made when we start doing these websites, there was one problem with them though, and that is they didn't scale.
We tried selling other people's software, tried selling hardware. None of that stuff worked, but one thing worked. And the one thing that worked was building websites. We could build websites and make some money, not a lot, make some money. And the money that we made when we start doing these websites, there was one problem with them though, and that is they didn't scale.
You had to do the work of building a website in order to make the money. And so what we did was we built, a software program called, we called it Website Complete. It was the very first one. It was one of the first companies and guys in the world to do this. And that would be, you could take and do, just put some fill in the blanks and this and that.
You had to do the work of building a website in order to make the money. And so what we did was we built, a software program called, we called it Website Complete. It was the very first one. It was one of the first companies and guys in the world to do this. And that would be, you could take and do, just put some fill in the blanks and this and that.
You had to do the work of building a website in order to make the money. And so what we did was we built, a software program called, we called it Website Complete. It was the very first one. It was one of the first companies and guys in the world to do this. And that would be, you could take and do, just put some fill in the blanks and this and that.
I just think you'd write the code for a website, very primitive, but you'd have a website. So we'd do that. And then the next step was where things looked like they were gonna, Joe is, every website needs a domain name, needs an address. needs seanryan.com, right?