Today would’ve been my father’s 94th birthday. I wonder what he’d have had to say about all the situations going on in the word right now. From former Prince Andrew and Lord Mandleson’s arrests to the wars and political turmoil almost everywhere I’m sure he’d have had a lot to say.
Looking ahead, the next few months look tough. Instability and uncertainty are never good things.
That all said, I’m inspired as we approach a new month because of a few reasons.
Firstly, my broken ankle is healing well and I’m back mobile again. Nothing like continual pain to bring you down, and now I’m pretty much pain free things inevitably seem a little brighter.
Secondly, the outlook for the projects I’m working with are encouraging. The outreach program for CoEfficient is going well, and the business is going to sweep into the UK market through the various channels we’ve opened up now. Alongside this, the engagement with the GFSC for TVVIN is going well and we are in full flow planning for operational launch. Then banxlocal.uk has also had encouraging signs for our funding requirements through the SEIS/EIS application process and should be in position to fully engage with angel investors very soon, and then the efforts of what is nearly 3 years of planning should start to yield results, culminating in that all important first branch opening.
Finally, the work I do through the Innovate Guernsey Board is really coming together, the team now have ‘taken over’ the oversight of the Digital Greenhouse and can now start to execute some of our plans. I have been working on a new and innovative mechanism to connect innovators and founders to service providers and advisers as well as a process for simplifying incorporation, governance and accessing investments.
The weather seems to have taken a turn for the better finally, after what has seemed to be a very long January and February. Looking forward to the spring arriving quickly now! (Also looking forward to the spring in my step returning too!)