Its been 7 months now since I moved to Malaysia and time has really passed like never before. A very enlightning journey in many different ways. As Im writing every day tons of text, then this blog has been neglected and not sure what the future will bring. In a nutshell what has been happening lately:
- Learning Business. We are truning from a baby into a toddler, revenues are growing and clients delight us with being amazed on what we can pull off in online media monitoring. Investors are interested in us for a buy out. Though, the industry is as sexy as the tech industry has always been, so we are seeing new exciting companies being formed all the time. Some of them have really figured out a lot of problems related to online media monitoring and advertising effectiveness measurement.
On a personal note, one of the most powerful things have been the numerous awesome people I have had the honor to meet. Asia is slowly becoming more comfy and I see there is a lot for me to do here still.
- Being an Idiot. We recently had a very fruitful discussion with our Cheif on some of the biggest problems our tech is currently facing and when we again had hit a dead end....
Me: "Uh, this is though. I feel like a pioneer"
Chief: "I feel like an idiot"
Me (after a couple of minutes): "Whats the difference?"
We start laughing and Chief says: "Pioneer starts with a P"
This actually resulted in a brakethrough and we figured out a very challenging problem which will take our service into a totally different level. However when people say R&D is exciting, then only when you have actually figured out solutions. Until the point of really having a valuable idea, its all about bouncing the ball and hoping somebody throws it back, but it is definitely not as easy as a lot of people make it sound. Business is a tough gig in many ways.
- Removing barriers. Ive had a very strong education on what are the norms when we live our lives. And my parents where one of the most liberal ones I have ever known, supported me in every possible way. Which parents encourage you to go to Bangladesh for example? The other side of the coin, what I have recently started to realise, are the useless norms I have created myself since childhood. Like, dont do this, dont do that, its not polite to do this etc etc. Im not saying one should be a Fat Bastard (the awesome character in Austin Powers), but very often these "rules" are totally useless and create this a comfortable veil of safety around you, where you will never be able to live your dreams. Real dreams are often scarylooking and require exactly that kind of behaviour, where your mom would have said "watch out".
Sitting in a plane to Stockholm now and looking forward to seeing parents and friends after a long while. Though, I have the feeling my journey is just about to start in Asia.
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