So ... #TNTML needs some help ...

Jun 15

Written By Jen Friel

A hoi hoi mateys ...

SOO!! Good news - we've gotten BIG! No really, like HUGE ... so huge we are about to BURRSTTTT!!!

Bad news - It's still just me running the biz end, and I am CRRRYINNNGGGG out for help!!!

It seems that I've lost my marbles.

No really ... this is a bit unrelated to the post, but has anyone seen my marbles??

Fine, fine, fine ... No really nerds. I need some serious help. We're currently in that horrible place of being too big to be small, and being too small to be really big.

I need to hire people, I need to pay the writers for this site, I just ... I just ... I just need help!!

I have meetings with 5 potentially new corporate sponsors next week, which is fine and dandy, but in the meantime ... I NEEDDDD HELLPPP!!!!!

I not only produce 90% of the content on this site, I film, livestream, and edit everything else. Let alone, the monetization of it all - and meeting with sponsors, fellow nerds, writers, content providers ... This is just CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY big.

I am writing this as an open post to nerds of all types near and far - that I need help. First off, we need money. Not even a lot - but something to help keep this going.

I need $30 a month for hosting. I am currently paying $20, but I need the extra $10 to allow ALL staff members to get their own logins.

I need $135 a month to keep my cell phone turned on, which enables me to livestream (an important component to the content featured on this site ... aka an awesome way to get sponsors!!).

I need $10 to buy a case for my droid to be placed in one of the OWLE devices for the Ford Fiesta.

I need to hire an editor, and an assistant ... I know we can do this, I KNOOOWWW we can connect these dots - but mannn, I am feeling very overwhelmed.

I reached out to Ford yesterday, to help with the Unapologetically Awesome Spring/ Summer 2010 Tour, as you guys have demanded me to come and hang out all over - so hopefully if they are able to help - that can DEFINITELY alleviate some of this bahhhh I've been feeling.

I honestly never allow stress to take over. Dude, I wake up EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. doing something that I LOVE!! I adore people, and I adore tech ... spending 17 hours a day connecting those dots like I did with the freckles on my face as a kid is just plain AWESOME!!

I'm totally open to any ideas ... or any anything you guys have to offer in terms of advice ... just ANYTHING!! Our traffic has exploded, and I just need to figure all this out. I have NO doubt that I will, but it just takes some serious cleverness.

We've made INTERNET HISTORY!! TNTML is being made into a major motion picture ... with like big, big, big Hollywood peeps ... I need an entertainment lawyer before I have a dentist or friggen health insurance. All this is just NUTS!!

This is why I've been spending a lot of time up at Runyon Canyon aka my FAVVOORRIITTEE spot in LA!!! Looky, looky!