10 #problems I need your help in understanding better.
mhsutton I’d really welcome your help to validate some problems I see in various spaces and that I think I might have an idea to help solve. Whatever seems to have…
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@kevindewalt says passion is the fundamental key to #startup success and I agree
Kevin Dewalt – a really awesome startup investor and mentor and all round nice guy emailed me today about some of the lessons he has learned from offering his free…
Would you recommend a company you've worked or are working with to a friend?
The world seems all skewed to the ’employer’ – clearly because they are doing all ’employees’ a favour by hiring them 😉 But seriously though, I think it is high…
What Does Being A 'Startup Founder' Mean to Me?
Over the last few months that I’ve been building my startup (ServiceChat – a platform to help businesses have better conversations with their customers on Twitter) – this topic has…
I really suck at finding early customers.
I meet many people who struggle with ideas for a startup – at least for one they would be ready to take a risk to explore. Thankfully this is not…
Do you want to feel less isolated working on your own?
I’m a solo founder. I’m working on the startups to the right —> I work from home in Pinos del Valle in Andalusia, Spain. There are 2 bars and almost…
Lessons from why my startup failed: Know your mind.
I ceased work on ServiceChat – the startup that I have been working on for six months. It might not seem that long to you, but to me it is…
6 Weeks to Run My Next Experiment
The Story Whilst researching a post about Morrisons and its customer service on Twitter, I discovered that even though I could see all the customers that had an experience on…
August 3: I Failed. Do, Learn, Adapt and Repeat Differently.
I am mothballing my ServiceChat startup experiment. After six months, I have to admit to myself that ServiceChat has no legs. People who I thought should be interested are not…
July 23: A Change to Regular Programming
When I set out to build my startup in January, we moved to Spain to immerse in the culture, learn the language and extend my startup runway by 4 month.…