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7 Dec, 2007

Presenting at Mashup Demo

2019-02-12T09:34:43+00:00December 7th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

I was lucky to be involved in Mashup Demo yesterday. Despite its catastrophic lack of internet access (the irony of running an internet application demo event where there was only one computer in the entire room capable of connecting to the internet was not lost on anyone!), it was actually a fun and rewarding event.

3 Dec, 2007

First employee

2018-10-03T19:30:00+01:00December 3rd, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

Running a business is hard enough to do, and doing it on your own is unfathomably difficult. I had always intended to hire a couple of people as soon as I got funding, but although my last entry posted 6 weeks ago said I got funding, that funding is still being processed, which completely stifled

17 Nov, 2007

Miso soup and keyboards don’t mix

2018-10-03T19:26:06+01:00November 17th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

A disaster has befallen Skimbit headquarters. My miso soup at lunch took a sudden tumble over my keyboard, resulting in the instant death of my laptop. I remained quite calm considering, instantly rushing down to the toilets with my laptop cradled in my arms like an injured child, and sticking it under the hand-dryer in

19 Oct, 2007

I got funding!

2018-10-03T19:36:02+01:00October 19th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

One of my most important tasks on my return to London was to try and secure speedy funding. I didn't have much money left, having spent much of what I had on the business and then on a rather extravagent 7 weeks of travelling around Europe and Canada (securing clients and researching the holiday and

18 Oct, 2007

Trusting people

2018-10-03T19:33:58+01:00October 18th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

How do you know who to trust? Being a naturally trusting person (some may say naive), I tend to trust everyone. "Surely they just want to help? Surely they have my best interests at heart?" And I guess I've been lucky in that, for the most part, I haven't been completely screwed in the past

9 Oct, 2007

Setting up in London

2018-10-03T19:44:13+01:00October 9th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

I have now been in good ol' London town for about 3 weeks. And what a whirlwind of a maelstrom of dizzy madness its been. Somehow in this time I have moved to a new country, found a place to live, bought furniture, found a housemate, plus attend the Future of Web Apps conference, applied

10 Sep, 2007

Big news to announce

2019-02-24T17:14:48+00:00September 10th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

Its quite startling to sit here and attempt to summarise what the last 2 months have meant to my startup. The last time I wrote to you was the eve of my departure from Sydney for 7 week trip overseas. The trip - besides being fun - had the following goals: developing a stronger bond

7 Jul, 2007

Bavarian Bliss

2019-03-04T14:46:43+00:00July 7th, 2007|Travel|

You will all be pleased to hear - no doubt - that the first few days of my travels have given forth the usual serious of adventures and misadventures. I truly to attract calamity. Or perhaps, its just that I emphasis the calamities in my story-telling... perhaps another person with the same experiences would emphasise

4 Jul, 2007

Making it to the Mountains

2019-03-04T14:49:35+00:00July 4th, 2007|Travel|

One of my little childhood fantasies was to travel in a countryside where I could imagine fairytales being set... towering mountains, stunning lakes, inviting woods with magical elements in them, quaint houses.... and the Bavarian countryside I always knew would fulfill that fantasy, so one of the things I definitely wanted to do when in