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Hey guys,

I have been away for a while not but I am pleased to announce I got my thesis done! I sent it to my supervisor yesterday and god it feels good! So I am back on track now and it feels great coming back to the office and get my brain to work on something else that writting 140 pages of academic stuff. I took a bit of time catching up with the guys but it was quite fast to identify what needs to be done…

• We have been talking to people for a while now. Our pitch is good but I wish we could end up the conversation with a good old “this is my business card”. Yeah. That’s right. We have started the commercialization process without having business cards. First mission, woot woot!
• As we are looking for commercial agreements over the next month, we will probably have to change our business structure. Moreover, it is a good time to catch up with our accountants and get our finances sorted. At the moment, I believe it is going to be relatively easy as we don’t spend too much (coffee being our top expense
• We are continuing to release private beta invitations to those of you who have registered on www.pocketsmith.com. As the number of users is increasing, we need to keep track on who we release the app to and make sure that early fans get to test PocketSmith as soon as possible.
• Everyday, we dream about PocketSmith. I wish potential buyers do too! Unfortunately, it is not because we want it that it will become real. In consequence, we do need to have a strategy to make sure our message will reach the right people. It is then my job to think about the good picture and come back with a rock solid PR strategy. We are small, that’s a fact. But we believe in our ability to use leverage to get access to the decision makers. And after all, if networking, press releases and conferences dont work, I will offer a night with Jas to anyone interested to licence PocketSmith
• Dunedin is not necessarily famous for being a business dynamic city. However, we got to meet very interesting people with great ideas. As entrepreneurs ourselves, it is always constructive to share knowledge and experiences with good people. We are then exploring a new concept to get more opportunities to meet these people and enhance sharing. Coming soon!

It seems I am gonna be busy for while…love it

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 7:03 pm by Francois and is filed under Ramblings. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.