Barriers are imaginary
In my second week of high school, our teacher set us an assignment for our social studies program: what career did we want to follow? We had to interview someone in that profession, asking them a set list of questions…
So you want to work at my startup
For the past few weeks, I’ve focussed on recruiting more team members for our offices in Sydney and Manila. We’re hiring senior and junior engineers in both places, and Communications and Sales managers in Sydney. It seems as if everyone…
How investors can kill your startup without losing any money themselves
This is the story of a major mistake I made – not once but twice while fundraising for Posse. Each time it almost cost us the business. I like to think of it as a disease investors often unknowingly give…
How kids become entrepreneurs
Last week I had the privilege to mentor at Club Kidpreneur – a program teaching 8 – 12 year olds to start businesses. It was inspiring to see the enthusiasm for creating something from nothing, to be a part of guiding…
The end of stress
Now, in the New Year, I can admit it: 2013 sucked and I’m glad it’s over. For the first eight months, I ran around the US trying to launch a startup on no budget, build a product, raise capital,…
