Looking to 2008, for Millions of Us and Virtual Worlds

I always find these last weeks of the year daunting, reflective and (when I’m lucky) inspirational.¬† The photo below, taken at MoU”s Holiday Party.¬† To see more of these, start here and just go forward in the photostream.

Looking back to 1 year ago, it amazes and humbles me at the progress we’ve made and the degree to which we’ve begun fulfilling our dreams.¬† 18 months ago we were some guys in a garage, a year ago there were 9 of us in a cold barn.¬† Now we’re at 34 and have begun to cement a reputation as a hardened group of virtual world leaders committed to evolving this from a singular phenomenon to a category.¬† An industry.

The first quarter of 2008 will include some very exciting announcements from Millions of Us, and ones that we believe will be profound for the direction of the industry.¬† These will range from new platforms entering the market to the launch of our products business. But now, instead of boring you with my pronouncements of the future, I’d like to invite you all to join me in the year-end exercise we’ve been doing here at MoU.

This is the email I sent everyone yesterday:

In these last days of 2007, I’d like to join me in a simple and powerful exercise.

Please think about where you’d like yourself and the company to be 1 year from today. Be ambitious and realistic.

List your comments for both yourself and the company as simple bullet points. I’ll asemble and distribute the company wide comments. The personal ones we’ll discuss use to set personal growth goals.

Happy holidays!

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