This is the beginning of the 5th month of Longbars. At the beginning of September we filed the “Articles of Organization” for Newtrition, LLC with the Arizona Corporation Commission.  Just before Thanksgiving the ACC sent notice that the Newtrition, LLC entity had ‘been approved’ (whatever that means).  Next step after filing with the Arizona Corporation Commission was to publish a “Notice of filing”.

Filing the notice was pretty simple.  With the notice that was sent back by the ACC was also a listing of newspapers in which we could publish.  For just $37.00 and a short phone call with a pleasant and helpful woman named Laura and the Articles of Organization were published through AZcapitoltimes.com

Now I want to talk a bit about where we stand in the process and what the upcoming hurdles will likely be. First off, the bars are delicious, and I’m excited to have processed a sample order through the website.  Also, thinking about how to begin letting people know about Longbars has been some what of a challenge.  A month and a half ago I set (what seemed like) a very realistic personal goal of having the bars in hand by the first of November, and actually selling them by the first of December.

As it turns out, I may have given myself too much time to attain that second goal of selling the bars by the first of December… we’ll have to see at the end of the day. But I did learn an important lesson about setting goals: don’t set them too far apart, and try to articulate the goals more specifically. So, I’ll be working on that going forward.

Some good news on the sales front. There’s a good possibility that we’ll be selling the bars in a local nutrition shop that also sells Vibram’s awesome five-finger shoes (more on that in a later post). As more information becomes available about where Longbars are available I’ll be sure to spill the details.

Until then.

Getting online and getting live

So, here it is.  Longbars.com is online and looking to become your source for a new nutritious snack!

We’ve decided to use WordPress to get the ball rolling and  I’ve found this fantastic theme by Ahren Ahimsa (you can find a link to his page @ the bottom of the post… or you can just go to his site: ahren.org/code).  WordPress seems to have some advantages for the shopping cart that we’re going to wind up with… well, one advantage in particular: the cart is free!

So, we’ll be looking at alternatives over the next months or so, but don’t expect any major changes from what you’re seeing right now.  Except of course, we’ll be moving to our proper domain www.longbars.com perhaps as soon as tomorrow.

So stick around, and keep in touch with us.  We will be as adaptive to our customer’s needs as possible… even if that means staying up late and working extra hard.  Let us know what you need and how we can help!

Primarily, we want to serve a community of interested customers.  Secondarily, we would like to earn a living doing so.

I really want to stress how exceedingly important it is that the work we’re doing will benefit  our human civilization.  That doesn’t just mean advancing technology or pursuing fame.  What it means, is that we want to help promote the livelihood of the global population. We want to ensure that our work is worthy of our aspirations… and I can speak for both of us when I say, our aspirations are pretty damned high.

So in that vein, we’re looking to find an organization to which we can devote a meaningful percentage of the Longbars income.  Please let us know if you’ve got a particular suggestion.

Please bookmark us and check back for updates.
Best Regards and wish us luck,

David V.