Archive | December, 2009

2009, the year on paper.

31 Dec

Here we are again, we are at the end of another year and as Big Ben chimes in 2010 tonight, our heads are full of sparkling ideas and hopes for the New Year. My good chum Elliot Jay Stocks wrote about 2009 and his goals for 2010 which inspired this post.

2009 has been a bit of a difficult one for me on a personal level, it started off fantastically with me getting engaged to my best friend and partner Stuart in Central Park, NYC, my favourite place in the whole world. Roll onto April and I lost my Grandfather unexpectedly. He was such an inspiration to me from a business point of view, I grew up with him and Dad talking over various aspects of their business while I ate ‘Dippy Egg and Solidiers’ next to them. I listened and grew up with entrepreneurialism in my blood plus a lot of my Grandfathers wisdom along the way. Not having him to call for advice or a chat after April has been tough, very tough.

From the business point of view, this has been the most successful year to date, although I didn’t write down any goals as such, I always had in my head what I wanted to achieve.

  • I wanted to take on some iPhone User Interface Design and this I have done, more than I ever anticipated. I have Daniel Kennett to thank for taking that first leap of faith with me on his iPhone App “Clarus” at the start of 2009.

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