So, here’s update Numri Tre! Last week was a good week. It was a little different in the fact that I did a lot of thinking as result of meeting a few people.

It was great to meet some people for a couple of reasons. First, I was able to get real world feedback on the ideas that I’m working on, in particular the training business. It was also great to get out into the world and breathe fresh air, both in a real and a metaphorical sense. Deep huh?

Anyway, meeting these people was great to keep the motivation up as they were pretty positive about the ideas I was discussing with them. It got me to the point that I’m confident that people will buy the training offering and I now need to develop it.

So, as this update is a little late the motivation was and is still powerful and my measure of progress was Not too bad. I need to get some wins on the board this week I think. It’s time to get into the dirty details of product development!

Can you guess what language the update is in this week?

Welcome to the second of the regular Ditch the Office updates.  Sorry that this post is a little later than my promised Friday arfternoon update but I’ve been flat out this week! And it is still friday (just) so it’s all good.

So, what’s been happening?  I’ve been busy beavering away at getting a basic website developed for one of my projects.  It did involve a necessary step in what I consider was ultimately the wrong direction.  I did technical work myself!  I know, I know.  Not the ideal situation but I couldn’t find someone to do it for the price of a case of beer so I resigned and did it myself.  I learnt more about web design and implementation than I care to share here or even really use in the future but it had to be done.  All I lost was a week of effort that I could be spending on other things…  I did get to listen to lots of podcasts and radio though and some goals were kicked so not all was lost.

Through my ditching and office activities I also heard/read a few good quotes this week:

1. Try hard, fail fast, learn and move on (or something like that) – Jason Calicanis, This Week in Startups podcast
2. Don’t mistake activity with progress (or something like that) – From the book Who Moved My Cheese (I think) by Dr Spencer Johnson

Heard any good quotes lately that have inspired, invigorated or enraged you?

So, in summary this week was very busy and at times frustrating.  More importantly, rather than just being active, I was making progress and this did wonders for the motivation.  This weeks Motivation = Powerful! and the Progress = Better than pitiful.

What does next week hold?  Well, I’ve got some introductions that I’ll need to prepare for.  I need to get 2-3 more people from each one to continue the networking and build those contacts.

I’ll let you know how it goes next Friday.  Au revoir!

ps.  Through the power of google translate I’ll be seeing how many numbers I can get up to in different languages.  Fun huh?

As promised, it’s time for the first Ditch the Office progress update.  These updates are supposed to give an idea of week just past so they’re retrospective.

So, without further ado, what’s happened this week? 

Well, apart from finishing setting up a working space after the move to Melbourne, it was getting down to business in planning for the education and training business.  If you saw the last post, this was quite important as it helped communicate what I’m working on to my wife.  Well, that was a success. Oh, and as a small side benefit I managed to gain an understanding the market, the segments and a beginning of the different training offerings that would match the requirements.  The next step is to now get a pitch together and get out there and talk to people to refine my assumptions.

furcle didn’t get to much traction this week due to the above.  Next week I will outsource the development of the placeholder web page to start soliciting people to help with testing and feedback of the service.

So, the week gone Motivation = Not too bad and Progress = Pitiful.  I’m thinking next week will be much better!

Until next time!  And in the mean time, let me know if you’re having a win yourself.  Making any progress?

If you’re thinking your typical business partners (e.g. co-founder, suppliers, affiliates, investor etc), then I’d say “any other partners in your life?”

I know some people don’t like the use of the term partner for their spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, defacto, wife, husband love of their life, soul mate or all of the above but I thought it looked good in the title. Now, I hope I haven’t scared you off yet, It gets better… I think.

This weekend gone ……