Last week was presentations week, which all went off without a hitch I’m glad to say. Pat and Amir put most of the pitch together and did the talking, while I’ve been filing a couple of patents before we start bandying our ideas all around Silicon Valley.
The scariest moment of presentation week probably happened when I was driving us to the second demo day. I was in such deep focus, solving the world’s technerdery problems, that I turned the wrong way down a freeway ramp, into the oncoming traffic, which was fortunately not particularly oncoming at the time. Justin screamed like a big girl.
We’ve moved onto raising more funding now, which is going well so far – lots of meeting lined up with the Right People. The debate of taking less money from an Angel or taking more money from a Venture Capitalist remains open – there’s definite benefits of both approaches – but we’ll see which seems right when the time comes.
On the food front, we had our best steal so far from the Y Combinator catering surplus: after the second demo day we made off with five massive trays of deliciousness – salami, cheese, sandwiches, fruit, chicken, brownies and more. Henley the dog ate most of the chicken and now has a room-clearing wind problem.
I’m looking forward to coming back home! I’ve not decided exactly when I’m going to be where, but in general terms I’ll be on the south coast for 2 or 3 days at the start of April, then will be going across to Haverfordwest (golf capital of Pembrokeshire, so I hear) and Derbyshire to see the nieces. Then London and Cambridge for more meetings with investors and potentially some disco disco disco dancing. Then California for the summer!
PS: I know some of you will love this flashy mix tape tool: http://mixwit.com/. They’re fellow Y Combinatororors, and I love their stuff. Also, if anyone wants to get in on the ground floor of a very promising startup, let me know – a company we’re friends with are hiring.
