I finally caught up on all my sleep this weekend, so I am ready for the onslaught of the next fortnight. We are in the final stages of development before user testing begins, so its when I need to be more actively involved than I have been to date. This means I have to do […]
Read More ›Well, I finally heard back from the seed capital fund I had requested funding from. I guess unsurprisingly, they declined. Their reasons were that they didn’t have enough evidence of market validation and limited proof that I had the experience to execute on the plan. But of course, come see us later when you are […]
Read More ›So, despite earlier posts declaring I was going to get my startup launched all on my own, and the self-evident pride I felt in calling my little venture a ‘self-funded startup’, I have decided I need other people’s money. You see, I work full-time, and do all the work I need for my business at […]
Read More ›I’ve been working on my little business for the past 8 months or so now, and most of that time was spent developing the idea and getting it ready for development. So here are my top 5 learnings that I have gleaned in that time: Don’t worry about NDAs. Firstly, they don’t really protect you; […]
Read More ›Its hard enough thinking up a clever, original and catchy company name. Its made infinitely more difficult by then having to see whether the domain name is available. The process of coming up with my company name (which is, of course, still under wraps for now!) was an arduous and frustrating experience. I came up […]
Read More ›I read an interesting post (with interesting comments) on one of my favourite blogs Read/Write Web about whether the location of your web business matters to its success. Read the post here. I found it interesting because I had met up with the Director of ad:tech the evening before, and we discussed the relative merits of […]
Read More ›In designing my soon-to-be-released web application, I pondered for a while over what colour background to use. A trivial concern you may think, but I am aware of the potential it has to affect the way your site is perceived. My obvious initial assumption was that I would go for a white background. When aiming […]
Read More ›Not that I have a choice at the moment, but not a day goes by when I ponder on whether I can do this – whether I can start an internet business – while working in a full time job. Obviously I need money to live, and I have the unfortunate curse of requiring quite […]
Read More ›Now, I admit, I made this a bigger deal than perhaps it warranted. On the other hand, why start a company if you don’t aspire to be the best: if you aspire to mediocrity, you will likely achieve poorly, its by aspiring to greatness that you at least achieve mediocrity. It all began with the […]
Read More ›Once the price and scope of works was finalised between myself and my supplier, it was time to finalise and sign the contract. This process generally involves lawyers and long documents and much to-ing and fro-ing, but we are a small company, and my supplier is as well. There were no lawyers involved on my […]
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