Hi, I’m Alicia!
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About me
Entrepreneur, passionate speaker, empathetic advisor.
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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.
Recent ruminations
Leithy, Lumi and Lancelot hit the road
I have some exciting news to announce. On April 1st, Lumi and I will be heading off in my new car (that I’m dubbing Lancelot) on a 3 month+ road trip around France. Yep, Leithy,
Adopting Lumi
I adopted little Lumi on 19th January, 2019. She was born on 1st November, 2018, so she was 11 weeks when I picked her up. I decided to call her Lumi, because I always loved
Deciding to buy a dog
I've been meaning to get a puppy for a while. I am not alone in feeling immense joy in the presence of a dog's simple adoring love. While I never had a dog growing up,
Recent travel posts
An orchard and too much food
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
6 people in the bush
What happens when you take 3 gay men, 2 princesses, and a very open-minded guy, out to the bush for the weekend? Well, surprisingly, lots of very sedate fun! Damien, Sean, Broc, Richard, Sunita and me,
Skiing with the boys
One of the amusing aspects of working in a team where I am the only women, is that when, like a few weeks ago, your company rewards your team with a weekend away in the
Recent shopping posts
My startup journal from the very beginning…
February 2008
The hunt for funding
The last few weeks have been crazily hectic. Most start-ups have a management team, so the responsibility of finding funding can be allocated to
Gate-crashing ad:tech
I was a bit cheeky last night. I gatecrashed ad:tech. I was meeting up with a few friends of mine who have SEO/SEM businesses,
Our facelift – Skimbit has a new homepage design
If you haven’t already noticed (and shame on you if you haven’t!), we have finally updated our homepage to a new and funkier style.
March 2008
Miso-stained laptop replaced with Mac… “Finally!” many say
As you may have read in a previous post, I recently had an incident with a wayward cup of miso soup, that decided to
Using your 9-5 life to motivate your entrepreneur life
One of the reasons I knew many years ago that I had to become an entrepreneur, was that I wanted the ability to dictate
Skimbit part of Web Mission 08
Some more exciting news for Skimbit… Web Mission 08 is a competition for the top UK based start-ups to head over to Silicon Valley