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25 Jun, 2007

Am I wrong to be pedantic?

2018-10-03T19:23:44+01:00June 25th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

Its been a long time since we started developing my site... many many months. It is a relatively complex application, and I have the extra challenge of financing it with my own savings, and using a (brilliant) team of developers in Europe, whilst I sit here in Sydney... so its not too terrible that its

19 Jun, 2007

Still going…

2019-02-24T17:39:03+00:00June 19th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

Apologies again for my lax communication. Its just that the message has not changed overly. I'm still almost there, but not quite ready for public consumption. Sometimes I think its just that I'm terribly pedantic and proud, but there are some pretty major bugs in it still, which are getting worked on, but just not

3 Jun, 2007

Daisy chains and wild horse rides

2019-03-04T14:42:53+00:00June 3rd, 2007|Travel|

I think I am living all my childhood fairytales and fantasies at the moment. If I let myself humour that belief, it makes for a delicious way of looking at the world. A few weeks ago, my best friend Melli and I went away for the weekend to the Central Coast Hinterland. The darling girl

9 May, 2007

The final touches

2019-02-24T17:45:20+00:00May 9th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

This is the frustrating part. My site, my darling site, that has taken almost a year to coax into being, that is almost ready, is still not launched! Its almost ready, but some major issues are holding off its full launch. The Homepage is the main thing - a designer friend has kindly offered to

28 Apr, 2007

Top 10 books

2019-03-04T14:37:27+00:00April 28th, 2007|Random musings|

A little while ago, I was sent a tantalising email. Two of my friends in London had challenged themselves to list their top 10 favourite books of all time. Once they had responded to each other, in their thirst for discovery, they emailed me in Sydney to ask my opinion. I reveled in responding. I

26 Apr, 2007

Being frugal

2018-10-03T20:03:02+01:00April 26th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

The challenge with starting a business using your own savings, is you have to try to achieve elegance while being stingy. A few of my challenges at the moment: I need a legal opinion on my site so I can get public indemnity insurance. Just to get the Terms of Use document written is $4000.

26 Apr, 2007

An orchard and too much food

2019-03-04T14:34:12+00:00April 26th, 2007|Travel|

My favourite memory from my Easter weekend down at Kangaroo Valley with my boys, was strolling through the orchard at the bottom of the estate, burrowing our noses in rose buds. The chalet we booked for the weekend was spectacular, even making someone as effusive as I normally am stunned into awed silence. It had

25 Apr, 2007

I’ve launched softly

2019-02-24T18:13:18+00:00April 25th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

A massive apology to those kind souls who have been supportive and interested in my burgeoning business. I have been terribly recalcitrant in keeping this blog up to date, instead distracted by the ever demanding nature of work and late nights. I have lots of good news though to finally impart. Although not yet launched,

5 Apr, 2007

Life-long ambitions

2019-03-04T13:15:20+00:00April 5th, 2007|Birth of a Startup|

I have been extraordinarily busy. What with working a full-time job, trying a launch my business (which is very close!), in the midst of starting a second one, trying to stay fit, see family, have a vague concept of a social life... well, sleep is definitely the thing that is suffering, but I figure I

25 Mar, 2007

It’s been a while…

2019-02-24T18:16:18+00:00March 25th, 2007|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

Apologies for my scarcity of entries lately. Life has been tough and busy lately. My day job has gotten hugely demanding, and I'm on the verge of launching my business. Life has become all about work at the moment, and my sleep levels, social life and exercise regime have suffered. I keep thinking surely this