http://www.trabian.com/articles/2006/03/02/stanford-fcu-site-launches-comments-spur-history-of-trabian-abridged en-us 40 <p>Yesterday, we launched the new <a href="http://www.sfcu.org">www.sfcu.org</a>. Stanford Federal Credit Union. <span class="caps">THE</span> first financial institution in the world to perform an online banking transaction. (Can you tell we&#8217;re beaming?)</p> <p>This morning we got wind of a comment pointing out, &#8220;I really like the look and was impressed enough to research Trabian. Where have I been? Who are these folks? Their corporate site is fun, but doesn&#8217;t say much about the principals or when they emerged on the scene.&#8221; So, with no further ado, here&#8217;s the History of Trabian (abridged).</p><p>We&#8217;re a small team; there are four of us, to be exact. We (or Trabian <span class="caps">DBA </span>Matt, our founder/CEO/face) started building sites back in 2000. When he graduated from Texas A&#38;M in 2003, Trabian incorporated. Shortly thereafter, Chad (now a developer at successful company in Austin), Brent and I joined the team. Mark climbed onboard about six months ago.</p> <p>Our initial business plan called for developing for a wide range of industries while looking for vertical growth opportunities. And before we picked credit unions as our niche, we&#8217;d been helping other non-profits connect to their members. In August 2004 our first credit union site launched and along the way we saw a real need in the industry for exactly what we do best. Plus, we truly believe in the credit union movement.</p> <p>We were all born in the 80s if that gives you a clue about our ages. We&#8217;ve got a stellar board of directors, a solid business model, and clients who&#8217;ve been happy to provide the feedback necessary to keep us growing.</p> <p>Briefly about our team members: I love writing. Mark loves Rails much more than he loves .NET. Brent loves drawing and being a repository for tons of useless knowledge. Matt loves business even more than he loves technology and coding.</p> <p>Please feel free to ask us any questions, personal or professional, in the comments below.</p> Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:51:00 -0600 urn:uuid:644e45e7-c16f-4654-8045-a3b9def3584f trey@trabian.com (Trey Reeme) http://www.trabian.com/articles/2006/03/02/stanford-fcu-site-launches-comments-spur-history-of-trabian-abridged Our Business Client Sites http://www.trabian.com/articles/trackback/72