Category: start-up life
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Introducing Fred, Amir and a Bond villain
I’ve been out of the office for a few days now. My cough/throat infection still keeps me quarantined at home and largely unable to speak (I can make uncoherent noises, though). Nonetheless, Jan, Paul and I were able to have some Skype calls to discuss current issues: They talked, and I had my microphone switched…
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Ikeodyssey
Last Thursday, after a long day at the office, the three Mendeley founders took it upon themselves to make a trip to IKEA, as we needed to select furniture for our new office. Here are a few impressions. On the tube, around 9.30pm. Still hopeful, reviewing the floor plans: Me, yawning and sneezing and coughing,…
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Great news, everyone!
Team Mendeley is happy to announce three new members! They’re all brilliant, and terrific people to hang out with, too. The latter is rather important, because we’re going to have a roof terrace at the new office, and what fun would rooftop barbecues be without terrific people? In order of appearance and in their own…
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Mendeley at night
The other day, whilst Victor went to his meditation class (still awaiting some insights into that, Victor…), Paul and I had a “nice and cozy” evening break in the office. We were having a Tesco dinner (the one who first correctly guesses at least three of the foodstuffs we had will get ten free beta…
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Martin Varsavsky, a "Last.fm for research", and more exciting news
Wow, entrepreneurial icon Martin Varsavsky wrote something nice about Mendeley on his blog last night! We immediately noticed a traffic spike and a sudden number of beta test requests rolling in. Thank you, Martin! We met Martin a while ago at an entrepreneurs’ conference and grabbed the chance to tap into his wisdom. At age…
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