"What else should I be? All apologies" - All Apologies - Nirvana Apologies everyone. I have been absolutely swamped recently. There has been so much going on. I have been thinking a lot about the future and what it has in store for me, Foundry Fuel and a
"Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe? Oh, it has to be, for you to grow, boy" - Take The Long Way Home - Supertramp The last post I made was following my first public event with Foundry Fuel. Since then two of the
"But it's been no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. I consider it a challenge before the human race and I ain't gonna lose" - We are the Champions - Queen So last week was big. Really big! It was the first real public
"Don't get me wrong. If I'm looking kind of dazzled. I see neon lights, whenever you walk by." - Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders Ahh a new year. A time for rebirth, new objectives, resolutions and the resulting big expectations.
"We were talking, passing strangers. Moments caught across an empty room." - Passing Strangers - Ultravox Things speed up towards Christmas don't you think? It all feels like a huge juggernaut that is rocketing down the tracks of life to an inevitable destination. It's
"Turn the clock to zero, boss. The river's wide, we'll swim across. We're starting up a brand new day" - Brand New Day - Sting This week the beta version of Foundry Fuel went live and this blog is a shameless call
"I'm a road runner baby, Can't stay in one place too long I'm a road runner, You might look at me. And I'll be gone" - Roadrunner - Jr Walker and The All Stars Some people think that success in
A sort-of journal about start up life from a CTO/CEO and founder
"You shouldn't worry I said, that ain't no crime, cause if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time" Get It Right Next Time - Gerry Rafferty This song has been on a regular playlist recently as I have driven
"I can still hear you saying, you would never break the chain" - The Chain - Fleetwood Mac It may seem obvious but any startup lives or dies by the team at the helm. It's crucially important and as a solo founder (at present) I do
"You've got the brawn, I've got the brains. Let's make lots of money" -Opportunities - Pet Shop Boys One of the regular things I get asked as a founder is "how do you keep moving forward?" Well there is no
"And you've been so busy lately. That you haven't found the time. To open up your mind and watch the world spinning gently out of time" Out of Time - Blur Over the last few posts I have been promising to tackle Toxic People
So you may have noticed from my last post that my new project/company site (Foundry Fuel) has gone live for pre-registration and to do this I had to obviously put several things in place. The main one of which is setting up the business with the government and getting
"Move on up and keep on wishin' Remember your dream is your only scheme So keep on pushin'" Curtis Mayfield It's September 2024, blog post three and two weeks into this new world.......and I have just done two massive things. 1) I have
Before I get stuck into this latest post I just wanted to thank everyone who reached out in response to my first post and for the positive messages. I honestly never expected that and it really helped, so thank you. So the good news is that I have already started
"And so it is, just like you said it would be" Damien Rice There is a sort of familiarity to this first post. Something I suppose I was expecting for a while and something I have been planning subconsciously for a long time. To be here, to be