140 characters and a few thousand emails later

We’re excited, to say the least, that SendSocial will be launching to our investors in just over 24 hours’ time.  I’ve just been reading through some of the very first emails that the team exchanged when Ben first floated the idea, and it really is remarkable that, in the 8 months since then, we’ve built and are preparing to launch this thing.

I had butterflies in my stomach when a myHermes courier turned up at my house bright and early on Monday morning to collect an address-less parcel.  Even the courier was impressed – the first time she’s collected something like this, she said, but most definitely not the last.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: one of the things I love about SendSocial is that we’re all entrepreneurs.  We’re all passionate about what we’re doing and what we’re trying to achieve.  I glanced at my watch the other night to see that it was 4.30am.  Quite how I was still bursting with energy at that time, I’m not too sure.

It might have been the coffee, but even at that time of night, emails were flying into my inbox:  “What if we do this?”, “That could work…”.  There’s such a buzz within the team at the moment, I think it highlights the fact that launches are always fun and we’re really grasping this one by the horns.

Most people I speak to love the concept, but a concept is of course a very different thing from a business that people will use and appreciate.  That’s why tomorrow is very important to us – it’s the first time that real people can see what we’ve been working on, and you’ll be able to send and receive requests from the off.

We’re conscious, as well, that people are going to come up with ways of using SendSocial that we’d never even have thought of.  And, for our investors, it all starts tomorrow.  We can’t wait to hear your feedback – good and bad – on the site.

Oh, and if you’re not an investor, there’s no need to feel jealous (well, maybe a little): we’ll be opening our doors to you before long.