Hi, I’m Alicia!

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About me

Entrepreneur, passionate speaker, empathetic advisor.

Explore some of the things I’ve built and achieved. Listen, read and watch some of my interviews and coverage. And get in touch if you’d like me to help you with your business or speak at your event.

Ruminations

Thoughts, experiences, ideas and reflections

A blog documenting the trials and tribulations of starting and running a tech startup, of living in these exciting but challenging times, and of learning and becoming – bit by bit – the best I can be.

Travel

Adventures, get-aways, wanderings and discoveries

I love to savour the world’s beauty, experience its teachings, and survive the inevitable mishaps along the way! From the verdant footpaths of Britain to the ancient ruins of Peru, I’ll share my tales and recommend top tips.

Shopping

Tech & gadgets, fashion & beauty, green & lifestyle

Explore some of the best products and services that I’ve tested and advocate. There is so much stuff out there that is crap, here’s a bunch of things that aren’t.

Recent ruminations

How to choose an Advisory Board for your startup

Alicia Navarro2020-01-13T16:54:35+00:00January 13th, 2020|Birth of a Startup, Lessons & Advice|

I'm writing this blog post instead of writing an email. It would be an email to a fabulous proptech company at which I am the Chairman (Chairwoman? Chairperson? nah, I'm cool with Chairman). I figure

Memories of old dreams

Alicia Navarro2019-12-23T13:26:36+00:00December 23rd, 2019|Birth of a Startup, Random musings, Ruminations|

A few years ago, while rummaging through old boxes at my parents' house in Sydney, I discovered a list of my childhood dreams. I must have been 14 or 15 when I wrote it. It

To start-up or not to start-up, that is the question

Alicia Navarro2019-11-14T18:22:38+00:00November 14th, 2019|Birth of a Startup, Ruminations|

18 months ago, I stepped down from the company I birthed and led for 11 years. One of the (many) reasons I did this, is because I was eager to start other companies. I had

Recent travel posts

Truffle hunting in Marche

Alicia Navarro2019-03-24T13:58:51+00:00March 24th, 2019|Travel|

Last weekend, while wearing white jeans, white trainers and a white-ish jumper, you would have found me squatted over rich black soil, burrowing with my bare hands, in the pursuit of black gold. I was

A weekend to plan in Toulouse

Alicia Navarro2019-02-24T14:52:46+00:00February 24th, 2019|Travel|

London has been getting me down lately. Admittedly it is February, and I've long had a hate/hate relationship with the month in London. I have a personal saying: one should never make life-changing decisions in

Stream: My favourite annual conference

Alicia Navarro2019-02-12T09:40:20+00:00October 28th, 2018|Travel|

For some reason I don't question too hard, I have been lucky enough to be invited to WPP's annual "unconference" Stream for 10 years. For those who haven't experienced an "unconference" before, it is a