What I've learned from having Austin-centric business talks around GSR Network

I have had one constructive conversation with a business that is in Austin around GSR Network. But that's not the only one on the docket. What have I learned in this process? Keep moving forward, trusting the process (an overused term, but it's true for me), and have faith that the steps and movement will result in success.

On Friday, I had a call with Qadabra and it was a really big win… and I still haven't signed a thing.
I spoke with Trae Nickelson, founder and CEO of Qadabra. Thirty minutes. The call was a big win to me and, yes, it still feels that way as I write this on way-too-early Saturday morning for me.

One catch… Qadabra is browser-only with no mobile SDK, so the GSR Network Android app can't carry it. Better to find that out on the call than after.

Trae's putting together a private sandbox mockup for me and a walkthrough of the wallet, tip jar and embed. Follow-up is Monday or Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday is an Austin day. Sagun Sedai with Austin Report at 12:30, then Kira Shishkin with informed.now at 2. There are intros out to Gary Henderson, co-founder of Weekly ATX, and Alex Royea at Postpile. Waiting to hear back.

Meanwhile AdSense still isn't serving across GSR's six platforms (good heavens). So I've narrowed things down to GSR Lone Star Report and a daily Texas news roundup that still needs a name.

Good things are happening for myself and GSR Network, making me a pretty happy fella.