Posts Tagged ‘startup’
Startup Diaries Week #13: F*ck You, Ego.
Ego is a funny thing. even when you’re so sure you don’t have one, you’re proven wrong. That happened to me this week during week thirteen, the penultimate week of the Ignite accelerator programme #8, here in London. We’d been writing our showcase script for the final Ignite showcase ready for the end of week…
Read MoreStartup Diaries Week #9: #PipPipHooray
Pip™ is in the wild! It’s free and you can use it today (click to try)… Last week I told you how we’d put our MVP together and how it was liberating to be free of all serious tech considerations; bolting together a series of third party systems to trial our process. After really nailing Mothers’…
Read MoreStartup Diaries Week #8: Excitement & Distraction
I’m excited. I get excited a lot, it’s why I do what I do. But now I’m really excited. Why? Because the idea that Adam and I fleshed out on the train just a few weeks ago is turning into something really, really powerful. Having pivoted and gone through that extremely tough process of decision…
Read MoreStartup Diaries Week #6: The One Week Business
Shelving Cavalry left us at a fork in the road. Actually, it was more of a roundabout, one with three exits: Exit #1 led home with Cavalry put to bed and Adam & I returning to what we were doing before. Exit 2 was pivoting on the idea that we originally had and finding a…
Read MoreStartup Diaries Week #5: I Just Killed My Startup
We’ve had some very hard conversations this week; with each other, with ourselves. The beginning of the week was full of gusto with the aim of growing our user registrations and releasing the app to a wider audience. The end goal of building our pilot out into a specific geographical area was within reach and…
Read MoreStartup Diaries Week #2: Real Life
This is an honest, open and personal account of my time on the 14 week Ignite Accelerator, cohort #8 at TechHub in London, UK. I’ll be writing a warts ’n’ all account of my personal journey, that of my co-founder Adam and the effects of such an intense accelerator programme on both us as people,…
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