Archive for January, 2007

Cristian is in the house!

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

I’ve been interviewing people for the last 7 days or so. I met a lot of interesting boys and girls… a lot of rookie programmers but also a bunch of awesome developers.

We hired some, and one of them is Cristian… a geeky developer (hey, you don’t mind us calling you a geek, don’t you? :D . Thought so). He starts today!

Welcome, Cristian… we hope you enjoy working with us.

Meanwhile, we’re preparing to move in the new office!

PS: Pics with Cristian and the new office, coming soon!

Three years later…

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

I was thinking the other day about how I started this company. I dug into some of my backups and found the very first business plan: A Mobile Software company with some (pretty unique and) interesting ideas.

Three years have past since I created that business plan. And time made those ideas fade out. But you know what? A short google search showed me that no one has thought about it yet. Or maybe there isn’t a market for the kind of mobile application I was trying to build. Or maybe… people just aren’t interested, who knows?

All in all, it’s all about connecting the dots (how Steve Jobs likes to say). I couldn’t connect the dots then, nor can I completely do that now. But there’s a few things I know for sure:

1. Being an entrepreneur has thought me a lot about … life
2. Life ain’t pink
3. The “biggest” people on this planet were not afraid of failure
4. It’s not good to always be a YES person
5. Having vision and strategy makes the difference

We wish you a brainy new year!