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I was messing around with my SSL settings and took down my site for five days. My apologies to my readers. I’m trying to write every day and if you couldn’t access the site I am sorry. Things are still…

When we initially built boomering we decided to use a stack that would help us accelerate to market. Despite our best intentions, as first time founders, we sucked at that. I’ll write a whole different post on that. Nevertheless, we…

In our pivot we are refactoring our app’s UI. We are going to make subtle changes to some of the pop up screens and main screens. We will keep the main UI – our users love it – but improve…

This week I am going to write about my strategy to pivot boomering. We are currently a generic audio messaging service with more accessible design. We allow users to easily send voice messages to anyone in their contacts. This is…

This week Spotify dominated the chat groups around the world. The reason? Spotify Wrapped. This brilliant feature is an interactive summary of your year in music. It highlights what you listened to, for how long, where they are from, and…

Humans hate change. We value consistency. So my decision to pivot our business has not been easy. Over the next week I will use this blog to detail our strategy and pivot. We will cover the new business model, product…

The State of European Tech report dropped this week, and there are some interesting trends and data in it. I thought the report was glossing over a lot of weakness in the market and trying to put a positive spin…

When we conceived boomering we had in mind a family communication platform – based on voice – that would enable families to share stories intimately. We wanted to bring back the dinner table conversation. A place where everyone is included,…

I don’t think there is an investor who has had a larger impact on me than Charlie Munger. When I first moved to Africa I bought The Poor Charlies Almanack, a large coffee table book, and kept it with me…

We made a mistake at boomering after we launched our MVP. We stopped validating our customer. It is a cardinal sin in business, and one that will destroy your company. Nietzsche was right when he wrote that “Along the journey…