The Geek Party of the year is here: SXSWi kicks off on Friday and I’m going to be there. It’s going to be great to finally visit Austin (which I’ve heard so much about) and SXSW looks set to be absolutely amazing. I’m going to be there promoting PlayNice.ly (grab me for a beta invite [...]
Merry Christmas!
by Rob on 24. Dec, 2009 in Uncategorized
A friend of mine recently told me that I was a bit of “Grinch” when it came to Christmas. Ever since I’ve been making a real effort to get into the Christmas spirit and thought I’d take the opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I’m planning to write a post [...]
Early Adopter Annoyance
by Rob on 22. Dec, 2009 in Uncategorized
A tough question for many startups is how to transition non-paying early adopters into paying customers. Trying to squeeze money out of people who have taken a risk with your service and provided valuable feedback along the way is hard.
The reason for this blog post is that I’ve recently been through that early adopter annoyance. [...]
ArgentVision Trial
by Rob on 13. Jul, 2009 in Uncategorized
One of the startups I’m involved in is running a trial. We’re looking for people with elderly relatives (65+) who live in England. If you fit this description and are willing to help out then please get in touch here.
Please also help out by signing up to the Facebook group and following ArgentVision on twitter.
Innovating Around Innovation
by Rob on 22. May, 2009 in Uncategorized
I’ve been having a lot of discussion with various friends around how to encourage people to innovate. More specifically, we’ve been discussing how to encourage people to share their business ideas and move them forward so that they might become a basis for a viable business.
We’ve come up with several approaches to try out our [...]