We are living in interesting times
For centuries the Chinese used an ancient curse: ‘May you live in interesting times!’ This is no longer considered a curse. It’s a blessing. With the current experience of raising money during the last couple of month I have to agree that we are living in interesting times but I’ll really have to kneel down deep to feel “the blessing”.
Anyhow, one experience richer, a much tighter plan and 100% focused on delivering a great universal mobile interface. In fact, so focused that we will close the current open Beta version of Squace for new registrations in favor for the next version. Almost 500.000 downloads over less than 6 month from all over the world have not only given us enough input and suggestions for improvements, but also the self confidence needed in times like this – we are on the right track – thanks for your support. Use the current version, share squares, etc and we will come back in less than no time with a much tighter, faster and broader user experience where you can access what ever service (URL) you like on the Internet. Just the way it should be – your fast track to your stuff regardless of country, carrier or handset.
See you soon.
If you need some more inspiration about the current climate in the start up world – learn from this message from Sequoia Capital. Or better, learn from Benchmark Capital – message (not: read the part far down the memo about lessons learned from one of their CEO’s during the last crash).
