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How to boot-strap your start-up

September 12th, 2007

The aim of many entrepreneurs is to take a business idea and convert it into a professional and functioning business on a low budget. This is typically called “bootstrapping” and it is fraught with potential pitfalls and dangers, but when done well can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having [...]

Thoughts on out-sourcing

March 27th, 2006

One of my contacts on LinkedIn recently asked a question about out-sourcing and I thought it might be useful to post my thoughts on this:
Having been through a vendor selection process which encompassed 32 different companies, some off-shore and some on-shore I’ve seen a massive variation in quality, costs and skills. I found the principle [...]

Aroxo is getting started!

March 9th, 2006

I have some great news to share. After leaving fulltime employment just over a week ago, Aroxo has taken a very important step towards reaching the market.
Yesterday we reached a major milestone and I wanted to share the news with you. We have signed a development contract with an off-shore development company and we are leaving for [...]