James Goethe | Hypercube Technologies

James Goethe, owner of Hypercube Technologies, first got into computers when he was very young. With an early interest in technology, he considers himself lucky to have been around techies, enjoying programming and electronics. In the late eighties and early nineties, he started working in IT and marketing. He started the first website company in the area, building web servers from scratch in 1996, and hosting them in his home. 

“Back then, people weren’t looking for websites,” he said. “We had tech jobs and worked on websites and marketing part time. They didn’t even have a Yellow Pages category for it back then.” In those early internet years, Sarasota became one of the first cities in the country to get cable modems, and Goethe’s company was one of the first hired to install them. Using his  knowledge and love for technology, he opened up a computer repair shop and developed GPS software for cell phones in the early 2000s, as well as worked as an IT consultant. “We would do all these different types of things,” he said. “I didn’t like sitting down and doing just one type of job.”

In what he does today, Goethe hasn’t strayed far from his early interests. He loves traveling and spending time with his two sons, James, who just graduated high school, and Random, who is in high school and a local rock band called Oxidation.  He’s been running Hypercube, an Internet and website marketing, SEO and IT service company for the past 27 years.

As a third-generation Sarasotan, he enjoys using his gifts to help others in the community and also teaches safety and cybersecurity for small businesses and individuals. He’s been featured on local and CNN news, and last year created Donate My Computer, a non-profit 501c3 company dedicated to providing local residents with free computers. Aside from his many talents, it’s interesting to note that Goethe is the fifth descendent of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He jokingly says he “likes to think” some of his ancestor’s brilliance was passed down the family line to him.

One of Goethe’s favorite things is putting together a great team and providing businesses efficiency and unique IT and Internet marketing solutions to save them time and money. To him, it’s not a job; it’s his hobby. “My favorite part of the job is problem-solving,” he said. “I can actually say that what I’m doing right now is exactly what I wanted to do as a kid.”

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