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A big thank you to everyone who has completed the survey so far. We have officially reached 145 survey responses, which puts us well on our way to the 1.000 response goal we set when we created this survey.

To those who have completed the survey, you can feel great that you have done your part towards making this dream a reality, the dream that everyone can get more from what they already have. The dream that you can buy less, yet have more, all while reducing waste and pollution!

For anyone who hasn’t taken the survey yet, don’t fear. All you have to do is click on this link to get there http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0S3pPYxkR6S0eGbiQVlZ7A_3d_3d

With just five minutes of your time you will earn a lifetime of gratitude from not only myself, but all the people in the future who benefit so greatly from this service.

Thanks for your help!

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Hello everyone,

We have a quick survey that we would really love if you could complete. It deals with some of the basic concepts for this site, and we would love to get your feedback. Of course, any really interesting comments and findings we will share with you later!

Go here to take the survey. It should only take you about 5 minutes (unless you like to think really hard).

Click Here to take survey

Thank you for your help!

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So, we have some very exciting news. We have solidified our timeline with our web development team. It looks like we should actually have our site by July 15th!

Of course don’t expect us to make the public launch until a bit later as previously planned. We want to take the time to verify that everything is working correctly before we launch it, but when that happens we will be happy to have you test it and tell us what you think.

But for those of you itching to get a sneak peak at the site, I will be posting some screen shots very soon.

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Hello everyone,

This is officially the first post for the official iRent2u.com Blog! You should feel very special to be around from the very beginning, and to watch this company grow into the industry titan it is destined to become. =^)

There is so much to say that I literally don’t know where to begin. With that said, lets start at the beginning and do a quick history of the company. A real quick history. Here goes.

The concept for iRent2u.com was conceived when one of its founders, Nils Von Bothmer, moved to UCLA to attend their MBA program. Upon arrival, he needed a drill to put together his IKEA furniture. He didn’t want to buy one for a one-time use, knew there had to be at least 20 within a one mile radius, yet didn’t know how to get his hands on one. At this point, he knew there had to be a better way…

Now let me just stop for a minute and make sure you know what I am talking about. iRent2u.com, the website that we plan to launch this August, is the perfect solution for this kind of problem. We will provide an easy way for individuals to list items online that they own, yet use infrequently enough they could lend them out for a few days and not miss them. Basically an “eBay for Rentals”, we are creating an online virtual marketplace where persons can rent & lend items from their neighbors and neighborhood businesses. A one-stop shop for anything you can imagine, it will be a centralized location for all of your needs. With that said, lets go back to our story.

So after this Nils knew there had to be a way that he could access his neighbors tools, without going door-to-door begging. This concept stuck in his head, so much so that in the second year when he took a business plan class during a study abroad in Spain, he pitched the idea to the class. Immediately a team was formed, among them Tim McCormack (your faithful author), and Roy Bacharach, IT consultant extraordinaire. Together this team, along with the help of countless other students, faculty, and friends, created a plan that not only captured the hearts of its members, but eventually won them the Pepperdine Business Plan Competition.

This leads us to today, where two of the three original members have graduated and are working on the concept full time, with Nils to soon follow in June. After that they are all relocating to Loma Linda, Califoria, where they will commit their minds, bodies, and hopes into making this dream a reality.

Well that about does it for our first post. Check back frequently for updates on how our project is coming and when we will launch.

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