Category Archives: Personal Opinion

Message from a happy customer

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We loved this email today from Daniel at the Children’s Studies department of Eastern Washington University. Daniel went on to tell us that he’s been reviewing appointment scheduling apps for over a year before finding Timely…   Hi there, Timely Team! First off, let me take a moment to appease my inner secretary-that-never-was by saying   …Continue Reading


Big week for Vend in cloud POS

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What is it with tech company founders and cramming a whole pile of awesome into one week? Earlier this week cloud-based POS provider, Vend, announced a $2m funding round. The timing of this funding is excellent for the Auckland & San Francisco based start-up. The Vend team has established a flame in the cloud-based POS space,   …Continue Reading


Wear your start-up hats well

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You are a start-up founder and you are wearing a bunch of hats. But are you wearing them well? Our previous start-up, BookIt, was a pretty typical boot-strap tech startup. Andrew and I learnt to wear a lot of different hats. We worked out (sometimes the hard way) which ones fitted us well and when it   …Continue Reading


Are you an entrepreneur?… Really?

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The title of entrepreneur has never sat well with me. The other night a family member introduced me as an entrepreneur. I have never been inclined to call myself by this title and hadn’t stopped to consider why before, but this prompted me to do so. I realised that my definition of an entrepreneur is someone with a track record   …Continue Reading