Yesterday was a big day for FanMinder. We secured both our first investor and a very talented, new engineer.

On the investor front, things seemed to go quite easy to get to the finish line of a relationship. We both remarked “should it be this easy?” and questioned when the “other shoe was going to drop.”

But it never did.

Instead, Rob and I got to know each other of the last 2-3 months from a mutual acquaintance. He brings tremendous experience in telemarketing, as the founder and CEO of a large telemarketing firm. We hope to use telemarketing to acquire customers. Between us at FanMinder and his background, I’m looking forward to doing whatever it takes to make telemarketing pay off. Rob’s pretty sure it will – which is a huge vote of confidence for our business and strategy.

We’re running our first test once beta is up. If the test proves out, it should be a heckuva lot easier to secure angel or vc funding.

Our new engineer is Norman. I met Norman through an ex-colleague who worked with him at his last company. Norman seems terrific – great “do anything” attitude, loves our mission, seems to have strong engineering skills, and has some free time. Perfect combination.

All in all a good day. A big step forward.