Eye on Spain is 2 today
We officially launched Eye on Spain on 12 July 2004. Seems a long time ago now and what a two years it's been. It's had it's ups and downs and to be honest more downs than ups.
Setting up a business is never straight forward and although I thought I'd planned the business well before we moved to Spain, we were caught out on many points, not least of all the fact that we didn't have a phone line for the first year! We took a phone line for granted in England and never even considered the fact that we may not get a phone line here. I ended up working out of a cyber cafe for a few months...not the best way to launch an Internet business.
However, it truly has been an invaluable experience and I'm glad we did it. We've met all sorts of characters in the process (some very dodgy ones too) and we were very naieve at the beginning. I really think I could write a book about my experiences here as so much has happened in these two years. I wonder if there are any publishers out there that want to pay me lots of money for my story...? Probably not!
I am really pleased with the way Eye on Spain is growing. With over 7000 members it's becoming really interesting and people are really enjoying the facilities on the site. There's so much I want to change and improve so the next 6 months is going to be quite hectic as we've got some excellent ideas to really grow the site.
I wonder where we'll be in another 2 years time?
Anyway, it's 2 in the morning now, and need to get some sleep. Taking the day off as it's also my partner Susan's birthday so we're off to spend some money!
Ta ra for now.
Setting up a business is never straight forward and although I thought I'd planned the business well before we moved to Spain, we were caught out on many points, not least of all the fact that we didn't have a phone line for the first year! We took a phone line for granted in England and never even considered the fact that we may not get a phone line here. I ended up working out of a cyber cafe for a few months...not the best way to launch an Internet business.
However, it truly has been an invaluable experience and I'm glad we did it. We've met all sorts of characters in the process (some very dodgy ones too) and we were very naieve at the beginning. I really think I could write a book about my experiences here as so much has happened in these two years. I wonder if there are any publishers out there that want to pay me lots of money for my story...? Probably not!
I am really pleased with the way Eye on Spain is growing. With over 7000 members it's becoming really interesting and people are really enjoying the facilities on the site. There's so much I want to change and improve so the next 6 months is going to be quite hectic as we've got some excellent ideas to really grow the site.
I wonder where we'll be in another 2 years time?
Anyway, it's 2 in the morning now, and need to get some sleep. Taking the day off as it's also my partner Susan's birthday so we're off to spend some money!
Ta ra for now.
posted by Eye on Spain at 2:06 AM
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