There’s probably something here about it being Valentine’s Day and being a solo founder. Maybe that doing this alone isn’t necessarily lonely..? Tenuous, I know but that’s all I’ve got! My favourite thing about this journey so far is meeting interesting people. I had more Lunchclub meetings this weekbut also…

An investor I spoke to this week made two observations about the project I’m working on. One, that it was too broad in terms of scope. …

January. Grey. Wet. Cold. And locked down. It was a challenge to get going last month so I’ve condensed it into one blog. …

I adore reading. Fiction used to be my jam, but right now, I’m slightly more heavily weighted towards non-fiction. Books that explore different elements of today’s society. (Side note: I have just finished The Meaning of Mariah Carey which is intense and incredible. …

(In a good way!) We had a stonker of a week. Our user survey is up to almost 100 responses, and we did our first user interview. It was booked for 60 minutes but ran well over to 90. It was just that much fun. …

On Wednesday we had a video call to catch up on a few things. Having spent the majority of my time working in isolation, it felt like a big deal having three people in a meeting for the first time (myself, my potential co-founder and our brilliant intern). …

The one where we start turning ideas into action. Beginning with the user. Before working out what to put on the to do list, I had to figure out where to put it. Notion is proving useful to store lots of information and group things together. …

I had a vision for our first meeting. It was going to be highly organised. There would be an agenda. Marker pens and whiteboard sheets. Healthy snacks. At the end of it, we’d have a plan. And actions. Energy was to be the name of the game. You’re supposed to…

Technically it isn’t Day One. I’m not entirely sure when that was, to be honest. Was it the first time I came up with the idea? When I first got AP on board as my co-founder? When I decided to leave my job to work on it? …