Kickstarter Update.

We will have a kickstarter start end of next week- so far we recorded a video and have an event ad. Lara is still finishing it up. We also recorded a German version for a potential Startnext campaign. 

We need to raise 40.000 Euros, that is covering the basic costs for 28 events- noone earns anything with this sum. Event fees alone are around 28 K. 

For me, it is the last time I will work on a project for others- I have given enough, for too long. If it works out, now that I have support, that's fine.

If it doesn't, I will just start to do all that I still want to do in life. No.1 on my list: GET OUT OF ESTONIA for good. With or without loving someone. Partners can travel in this day and age.. I need to get out before, I quote an Indian developer I once met "this place eats your soul". Yep. It really IS that bad for feeling people here. 

NOT ONE DAY LONGER. 

Authority Magazine interview

Here is my interview for Authority Magazine. 

We also shot a video for it:

The interview was my most deep and comprehensive so far. 

The plan was to have Arsenijs (=our electronics guy and technical co-founder) on board (and answer their questions together), but Latvia is in a sort of Lockdown, and me and my photographer Lara Pucko couldn't make it to Riga in time. 

So, once again dear reader, I am the one on the front, and in the trenches. ;)

We won't get to update the team page until in the third week of November, so please stay tuned.

We have a crowdfunding campaign me and Lara work on, and a massive to do list that has to be tackled.

New positive occurrences.

 When the dude with the Top 10% leadership podcast wanted to interview ME, I was like.. why?!!?

I thought I had something to say about being a young leader 12 years ago, but these days.. I don't think so.

But we will see. I have just spent another two days cleaning like crazy, and unpacking in the new place.

It is not as bad as I first thought- the rent is cheaper, flatmates are super nice, and there are good shops for food and cheap stuff around. AND- a mural! ;) I had asked the cosm to find me one I didn't already know in my area- and its 2 mns. from where I live.

We need it for a photoshoot. So I don't have to run around in the archetype suits in public, and we won't get stares or the like. It's my least favourite part of the job.

PR, for me, mostly serves to promote my project. It is NOT a deep desire of mine to expose/present myself, just like running around in those costumes isn't a fetish, or a hobby, or anything I especially enjoy doing. It is a JOB, and it serves a PURPOSE. Nothing more.

Yes, high level PR placements CAN be gratifying, but it satisfies my hunter instinct more than a notion of being in the "spotlight". It proves to me- again and again- that I am an excellent pitcher with something to say. Even more of an achievement given I am not a Native English speaker. 

I was recently invited to a few more Top podcasts, so stay tuned. :)