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A Break for Inspiration

 

I’ve been working fairly hard lately in a phase where I’m mainly pedalling uphill.  This gets tiring and maintaining enthusiasm has required lots of pleas to my friends in real life and those farther away on Facebook as reminders of why I’m doing all this.  Even my neglect of this blog lately is a sign of the focus I’ve had to direct elsewhere.

Today I’ve just taken a quick break to watch a couple of the videos from last week’s Seedcamp held in London.  I’ve been watching the evolution of Seedcamp over the years along with many of you.  My husband was a part of the innagural event and I’ve advised an entrepreneur who is an alumnus of the programme.  It’s a delight to see how much traction the team has built and I can’t wait to see it continue to evolve.

Here’s a link to a post from The Accelerator Group about their funding to extend the runway for Seedcamp companies, and directly to the first of the You Tube daily summaries which Robin includes in his post.  It was a good post lunch touch of inspiration for the day.  Enjoy.

 

Thank you to Richard Masoner for the photo via Flickr.

Weekend Reading

It’s been a while since I’ve posted to this blog, mainly because I’ve been really busy focussing on getting my new business off the ground.  That makes me less prolific as a blogger, but my comments on my daily digital experiences far more relevant to actually daily experiences in a professional capacity.  (though I must take this moment to say that I enjoyed immensely reflecting on digital as a hobbyist.)

Today I’ve finally gotten around to reading an article which I picked up on Twitter earlier this week and kept open in my browser all week – yes, I know that’s what Instapaper is for.  I want to share this with you …

Evan Williams | evhead: Ten Rules for Web Startups.

It is a great read if you’re involved with a startup, but it is also a great read if you are involved in the fast changing and highly adaptable digital industry in any way.  This is something I would have appreciated and can see applying to the work I did at AOL a decade ago as well as in many jobs since.

So take a minute this weekend, and share Ev’s tips if you agree.