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Startups go through many phases and while at most the experiences, the people, the offering and the path to success have to be agile and adapt in some unique manner to the effort at hand, the one thing that is consistent is that success comes more in slow and steady rises than in huge spikes until a tipping point is achieved. These tipping points are the holy grail as each one changes the day to day numbers and plans of the company.

What happens all to often however is that a startup will get some recognition that creates a spike in activity and mistake this moment in the sun for a tipping point.

Sometimes a new startup will see a spike in activity from a good event showing or  a positive review. All too often this spike is confused for a tipping point and when things settle down after the excitement it bursts all the bubbles from the prematurely popped bottle. These spikes in isolation are just small building blocks towards the true scale tippers that change the way you get to play the game.

I am excited because over the last six months Teambox has had many spikes and watched as the growth simmered back to steady. Exhilarating, but far from any tipping points. We have worked hard to align on several fronts and all of our effort has finally led to the precipice of an explosion. It is an exciting time at any startup and well I just want to say thanks.

To my partners in building the plans, thank you for being patient and trusting our process.

To the developers, thanks for making an amazing product.

To the users, thanks for all the well, use. We hope you continue to love us.

To the media, thank you for all the positive reviews and validation.

I know this might seem premature, but if things continue this week and next, I may not have time to say it then.