04 · Writing
Founder Notes
Three exits, several wrong turns, and what actually transferred between them.
What I got wrong hiring my first engineer, twice
Two first engineering hires, two different failures, and the specific interview and onboarding changes that stopped me repeating either of them.
6 mins read10 August 2026
The month revenue was real and the business was not
How £61,000 of genuine invoiced revenue hid a business that was shrinking, and the four numbers I now check before I let myself believe a good month.
6 mins read5 July 2026
Running a company from Prague, costed honestly
The real arithmetic of operating from Prague: what the timezone actually buys you, where the hiring pool runs thin, and the three things that are genuinely harder.
6 mins read19 April 2026