At what point do you go out and raise VC money as opposed to bootstrapping? You bootstrap, always. You raise VC, only when needed and for the right reasons. Bootstrapping and funding via revenue is the preferred pathway that allows founders to retain their equity and not waste (a lot of) time chasing investment. VC [...]
Life is like a box of chocolates… . Yes, this is a rant on the direction humanity seems to be taking; helped or not by the evolution of technology and embodied in current behaviours and acts like these of Cambridge Analytica and Facebook. Life eh! And so is a good ol’ commute. Testament to the [...]
R.I.P Vero. The app made a claim to fame that is only starting to be heard through complaints and claims that it is already dead. FOMO object or real quality network lost in the current noise? We may never really know. 8 am: find me on Vero! 8 pm: help me! I can't find out [...]
As Mobile World Congress is running full steam, just a couple of takes out of the recent announcements. On the (smart)phone front, oh my God, Matrix is back! - After the 3310, Nokia keeps the nostalgy up, releasing the revamped Nokia 8110 (the "banana" phone). I so wanted Neo's phone back in the days. Now [...]
In the world of social networks, things evolve fast. The king of the day may become the loser of the day next. LinkedIn, long regarded as the network for professionals doing professional things has recently become so much more. The new Snapchat of networks. The place to be, where to grow a following and the [...]