In the words of my erstwhile CTO from Wanadoo and Orange - 'Rob. He's like my Dad!'...indeed, Rob Wilmot & Ajaz Ahmed were my first Freeserve parents...I found this dramatic image of them from a brochure on 'New Yorkshire' :)
In recent days, I've been reflecting a lot on the various mentors I've looked up to in the first part of my career...Roz, Silvia, Rob, Ajaz, Sid & Norman...and wondered if they thought I was doing OK?
As I'm starting to advise a bunch of startups and develop my own ventures with Carbon, I find myself channeling them...conversations, mannerisms, random phrases. I owe them all.
Ahhh - good to see them still together! Rob gave me my first job out of uni when freeserve was so tiny I applied for the job from an aol email address - oops. He was really supportive; he also had an unconventional subversive edge to him which I liked. I didn't see as much of Ajaz but he did give me and Coxy a magnum of champagne once (I know he can't drink alcohol and was given it by a client, but it's still a good sign of encouragement all you mentors)
Posted by: Liz | May 03, 2007 at 11:09 AM