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First week back in SA.

• Week of 28 June – 4 July, btw.
• Monday, tea with Ricardo from ThisIsMe, flight to Cape Town, fetched my car.. roof seem fixed now, lupper with Jonathan at Sinn’s, slept like a baby.
• Tuesday, drove to Mweb N1 city, fetched a few things from storage, spent some time at Frogfoot’s office, Kauai, more PRR agreement editing.
• Wednesday, gym, fetched Mia, for some reason Naulene was not very impressed with the Pacha t-shirt I got her, watched Toy Story 3 with Number One.. Ken was a laugh but How to train your dragon was much more entertaining, pizza, got Mia a new car seat again and some leggings from Naartjie, dropped Mia off, some Waterfront shopping, sushi at Wembley.
• Thursday, fresh juice, gym, lunch with Deon from Hetzner, Charly’s to order a cake, haircut at Bianca’s, rooftop trailer park drinks with Georg, sushi and fried banana in Obs, drinks at Carlyle’s.

• “there are plenty of fathers in the world, but not nearly enough daddy’s” — from Twitter I think

• Friday, meeting with Jonathan, fetched Mia at a massage place in Gardens, lunch at Lazari.. Mia discovered balsamic vinager, cupcakes and tea, Deer Park, beautiful winters day, drove around with the roof down, cable car road lookout to show Mia the Lion’s head, back and bum, Signal Hill (the bum), book and food shopping, bath, read, 12h sleep.
• Saturday, bircher muesli, gym.. bumped into Gerjo, swim, kudu steak rolls at Milton’s, took stadium shuttle bus to the bottom of Loop st, football fan walk with Georg and Keith, had a beer at Victoria Junction hotel.. bumped into Justin Spratt, a ride on the Cape Town (big) Wheel with Marcia, Matt, Tash and Katie (who was born in the same 48h in the same hospital as Mia).. seems Mia likes heights, pizza and football at Col’caccios in the Foreshore, took a stadium bus back to the Gardens Centre.
• Sunday, woke up with stiff arms from carrying Mia (~20kg) on the fan walk, I turned 33, shopping, gym, swim, lunch at Simon’s – Groot Constantia with Georg and Keith, watched Tarzan2 and Mulan2, bath, read, sleep.
• When I arrived at Simon’s I thought.. it’s been a while, then I remembered that the last time I was at Simon’s was when Naulene dumped me. True story.
• I’m now living in Gardens, I walk to gym/office.

• “he was clubbing to deep into the cookie jar” — Georg

• Somebody asked: what are the top 3 places to see in Cape Town.. I figure: Lions head, Groot Constantia and Kalk Bay.

• “the only thing worse than not getting what you want is sharing.” — Georg

• “Someone’s got to be stable.” — Naulene, implying that she’s the stable one, haha

• The big geek dad question.. to introduce episode 1 or episode 4 first.. I figured 1.
• Seems the fuss I kicked up at Home Affairs about the rights of fathers had an impact. They now have an extra passport application form for mothers to complete.

A week in London.

• Week of 21-27 June btw.
• Monday and Tuesday.. working.
• Wednesday, design museum and London Dungeon with Chloe.. I managed to get a student discount, afternoon drinks on a boat with Jacques and Lara near Embankment, met Hein for drinks in Covent Garden, Piccadilly Circus shopping for jeans and shoes to go out, Leicester Square, ended up at Zoo bar, memories of driving around in Hein’s Jeep listening to RHCP.

• “If you move your feet your body will follow.” – Covent garden street performer

• Thursday, work, I gave a TrustFabric talk at a London VRM Hub meeting.. met Andriana, fish and chips at a pub over the road with the VRM Hub people.
• Friday, smoothie with Iain from Mydex, Niketown, Apple Store.. day after the iPhone4 launch and very busy, Hamley’s to get Mia a Buzz Lightyear toy, Chinatown, Soho, electronics shops in Tottanham Court Road, I visited the Rosetta stone again, had a beer in Bloomsburry Park, Ben Harpen and Pearl Jam in Hyde Park with Jacques.
• I don’t think Vespa’s were designed to carry 200kg.
• Saturday, big English breakfast at the Mody Dick, helped Jacques with some wide angle property photos, Kobe burger at the Mayflower on the river.
• Sunday, Bento box in Soho, ice cream at St Paul’s Cathedral, watched England lose the football in Jacques’ local pub, Heathrow Express, some duty free shopping.. got an iPod Touch 32GB, flight to Joburg, watched 27 dresses – horrible but I enjoyed it, Wolverine – blah, Darjeeling limited – reminded me of our train ride from Cairo to Luxor.
• I have to say I’m always proud to say I’m from Cape Town when people ask.
• I had 4 phone calls in 3 weeks. Brilliant.

• “Daai is seker Skeletor se sussie.. lyk of sy ‘n slow puncture het.” — Hein, about an anorexic looking girl

• My camera bag is probably my best investment in the last 12 months.

A week in Egypt with Jacques and his Indiana Jones hat..

• 14-20 June, btw.
• A four day intense history lesson.. reminded me of playing Civilization. I guess the Nile really is the cradle of civilization.
• Monday, breakfast on the train at 4:30, Jacques managed to delete all his photos, taxi ride in an ancient Peugeot to our hotel in Luxor, nap, Al-Bahari temple visit, Valley of the Kings.. tomb of Ramesses 9, Ramesses 1, Ramesses 3, Alabaster workshop tour, back to hotel, 42deg heat, found a place to buy alcohol in downtown Luxor, lunch at a local restaurant, nap, swim, Sound and Light show at Karnak temple, sampled the local KFC.
• Mo figures only about 30% of Egyptians know details of their ancient history.
• Photography in Egypt is all about waiting for the tourists to get out of the frame.
• Dumb-ass tourists taking landscape photos with their lame compact camera flashes firing into the night… really useful.
• I figure the pyramids are all about legacy, focus and some free time. We have a bit of an advantage over the Pharaohs.. we live about 30yrs longer. What’s your legacy going to be?
• I figure Akhnaton was the coolest Pharaoh.. The Heretic king.. “the first individual in history”.
• Tuesday, sunrise hot air balloon ride.. 450m above the Nile, hotel breakfast, Temple of Karnak, Temple of Luxor, a few hours by the pool sipping gin and what we think was dry lemon, camel ride along the Nile, falluka (boat) ride back to the hotel, more KFC, taxi to the airport, flight to Sharm El Sheikh, found a hotel in Sharm with a nice pool area.. the Tropicana Trivoli.
• Wednesday, slept a bit later, Jacques was man-down with a stomach bug thanks to the Colonel’s 11 secret ingredients, whent to find a chemist, worked on my tan, a full body Egyptian massage by the pool, g&t’s, went to explore Naama Bay, found about 6 scuba diving companies and negotiated a deal, beach walk, swim, watched SA vs Uruguay football at the hotel.
• Thursday, scuba trip to Tiran Islands, we dived a site called Lagoon.. not bad, Jacques gets about 25min out of a 12 liter tank so he used some of my air and the DM’s air, some free diving, lunch, a nap on the boat, dived Middle Garden.. a bit deeper with more sea life.. spotted a Lion Fish, a few Sakara beers in a Naama Bay beachfront cafe, g&t’s at the hotel.
• It’s useful to be able to speak Afrikaans in an Arab country.. mostly for negotiations.
• Friday, scuba trip to Ras Mohamed national park, dived Shark’s Reef and Yolanda reef.. awesome dive.. one of the most popular dive spot in the world.. I could see about 20 boats around us, lunch and some free diving, dived Ras Mosit (I think).. good dive, relaxing time by the hotel pool, pizza at Terracini Beach, Soho square, Pacha in Naama Bay.. Hedkandi night.. pretty good, big open-air club ranked 25th in the top 100 clubs of the world.
• I have a respectable tan and I can still free dive to 15-20m.
• My underwater camera is rated to 10m, but it seems to do 15m, I should get one that can do 40m.. and long free diving fins.
• I could get into scuba diving again, maybe I need to do a Dive Master course.
• Saturday, had a salad and a swim by the hotel pool, taxi ride through the desert to Saint Katerine.. which was a bit strange because the taxi driver was using his indicators a lot on a single lane highway.. indicating for the mildest bend in the road and he was in the other lane every time the road bent to the left, afternoon nap at St. Catherine’s ~hotel and a very good dinner.
• Sunday, planes, trains, automobiles and camels.. got up at 2:00, climbed Mount Sinai.. with a guide named Moses, had the best Pepermint tea on the way up, Jacques took a camel up, watched the sunrise from the top, cat nap, breakfast, 5 hour taxi ride to Cairo through the desert with no aircon (joy), crossed the Suez Canal by tunnel under the canal, flight to London, Heathrow Express, cab to Jacques’.. 25 hours of travelling.
• Everybody in Egypt found it really strange that somebody from SA would travel to Egypt while the World Cup football was on.
• I think people should go on a yearly honeymoon.
• There are no traffic lights in Cairo.. but everybody has HD TV for sport.

• “There is a 25% spread between the have’s and the have-not’s.” — Jacques, about interest rates

• “Let me know when you are going to buy so I can sell.” — Jacques, about being ahead of the investment curve

• I figure the trouble with getting something right the first time is that you don’t really know how lucky you were.. a few failures give you perspective.
• Sharm is an interesting place, they sell pretty much any meds, Viagra, steroids etc. at any chemist but you pay 75 Egyptian Pounds (R100) for a single vodka in Pacha. It’s really the Las Vegas of the Arab world.
• Walking around Cairo.. I figure they may need an extra pillar of Islam: don’t litter and keep the streets clean.
• Egypt is a police state. There are even metal detectors when you go scuba diving. Love-hate feeling, but it was a good experience.
• School of dictatorship 101: find something for guys with guns to do.. travel tax, tourist control.
• I hate nothing more than reality TV.

• “It’s like an old sea turtle dating a suitcase that fell out of a plane.” — Homer Simpson

• “If you never lose your need to wonder, you belong.” — a Diners Club ad

• Does Cape Town have an Obelisk?
• To have an adventure you must have uncertainty.
• I’ll put up the photos soon, let’s just get the blogging out of the way.

Next.. a week in London.

A week in Tintin land with chocolate, frittes with mayo and all kinds of beer.. Chimay, Jupiler, Leffe, Hoegaarden, Duvel, Grimbergen, Faro, Kriek and the Westmaller Trippel…

• 7-13 June, btw.
• Monday, woke up in Brussels.. got up a bit later, road trip with Anton around southern Belgium, late lunch, drove to Leuven for a beer then back to Brussels.
• Tuesday, admin day, more legal doc editing, frittes and mayo, dinner with Anton and Evelien.. mussels, Frambosen and Kriek in the Brussels ~town centre.
• Wednesday, rainy day in Brussels, had a salad and a beer for over R200.. not cheap to eat out in Brussels, nap, nice home cooked supper with Anton and friends, a going away drink at Anton’s local bar.

• “I changed by not changing at all.” — Pearl Jam, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town

• “Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful,
  the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the
  clouds and their feet on the ground. Walk with those who have ideals, with
  zest to help and lift, to create and contribute. Let their spirit ignite a
  fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it. Associate
  with the creative people wherever you find them. Make friends with them, go
  where they are, talk with them, listen to them, be open and receptive to
  them, let them inspire you. Catch their attitudes, their way of thinking and
  living.” — Wiferd A. Peterson

• Thursday, bus to the train station, got Mia a Tintin book present, Eurostar to London.. good time to work on Mia’s custody and maintenance agreement, London cab to Jacques’ work, Vespa ride, lunch with Jacques, some interwebs time, had a nice curry for supper, some Glenfiddich 18yo.
• I hate word processors. Track changes and bullets and numbering is such a total cluster-cuss.
• Good to see Jacques again.
• Friday, working man’s breakfast, worked a bit, had a Whopper for lunch, fetched washing, nap, subway to Heathrow, Air Egypt flight to Cairo… they suck, only blankets for some of the passengers.
• Jacques thinks it’s very funny that Naulene had an interest in photography and then I pretty much became a pro photographer. Not a very smart strategy.

• “Hello my love,
  It’s getting cold on this island,
  I’m sad alone,
  I’m so sad on my own,
  The truth is,
  We were much too young,
  Now I’m looking for you,
  Or anyone like you.” — Koop Island Blues, Koop

• Saturday, arrived in Cairo at 5:30, met our guide Mohammed and driver Mohammed, quick hotel visit, Giza pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis step pyramid, nap at the hotel, swim, shawarmas, Sound and Light show at Giza, a few expensive Stella’s with Jacques at the hotel.
• “Where is the Stargate?” — Jacques to Mo
• Sunday, hotel breakfast, Coptic Cairo, Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque, Cairo Market, overnight sleeper train ride to Luxor.
• “If I were a girl I’d only date guys with Swiss timepieces.” — Jacques

Next week.. more time in Egypt.

It’s been a while since a wrote a blog post. I’ve been away and I have to find my groove again.

I think I’ll use limited internet access as an excuse.

I’ve processed 5 weeks of notes so I’ll put up a few posts soon.

ps. I have about 2000ish photos to process. This backlog is painful.

A stranger than usual week.. last week in Cape Town and some time in Amsterdam..

• Monday, tea, made some (home) movies.. for Mia’s iPod, Ingi came over to move the last of Keith’s things, gym, swim, pizza with Naulene, the hunt for empty boxes, Andrew and I started packing up the Bakoven house, dinner at Sidewalk Cafe (the prawns), drinks at Carlyle’s with Georg and Parri.

• “Short, sharp and shattering.” — Andrew, about a bottle of Jordan Chardonnay

• Nothing like a few drinks with friends to get you over the stress of packing and move to that level of.. “my head hurts, let’s just do this”.
• Tuesday, early morning emergency packing, went to go park a lot of stuff in storage, carpet cleaning, house checklist with property agent, Alpha3 launch, dinner with Keith (he was away for about 3.5 months) at Sidewalk Cafe (the prawns, again), slept over at Parri’s.
• Good to know all the things I own still fit in 3x3x3m.
• I don’t have a house key anymore. Interesting feeling.
• Note to self: you should not eat prawns.
• Note to self: you sure as hell should not eat prawns two nights in a row.
• Wednesday: Mostly recovering from food poisoning.. not a happy camper, haircut at B’s, TrustFabric dev meeting, 12 hours of sleep.. missed two or three things I should have done.
• Thursday, last day in Cape Town, more emergency packing, fetched a replacement NAUI card for Jacques in Gordons Bay, lunch with Mia and Naulene at Manuka, went to visit a notary to sign documents which would allow Naulene to apply for visa’s for Mia. Major misunderstanding about who was to keep these documents, grinding of teeth, clenching of fists, some tears.. in a word: drama, had to exit that, dropped my car at Audi Centre, signed some more last minute legal docs, Parri gave me a lift to the airport, a phone call to Naulene’s lawyer who, thank god understood what should have happened, flew to London.
• How do I get myself into these situations?

• “I’m not the marrying type.” — Naulene

• “Everybody asks me how she’s doing
  Has she really lost her mind?
  I said, I couldn’t tell you,
  I’ve lost mine” — Pay for what you get, Dave Matthews Band

• Interplanetary marines have cryosleep; we have Ativan.
• Friday, arrived at Heathrow, flew to Brussels, took the train to the centre of Brussels, took a walk and found Anton’s work.. with Ovi maps, some interwebs time, nap, drove to Amsterdam, drinks at Alex’s cousin’s who lives in a floating hoase, bit of a pub crawl and a visit to the red light district.
• Three large packs of biltong and two large packs of rooibos tea arrived safely.
• Good to see Anton again.

• “Somerset Wes: sit vir die plek ‘n dak op en verf dit groen.” — Anton

• Saturday, awesome weather in Amsterdam, rented a bicycle, English breakfast, took a cycle along the Amstel Dijk.. stopping for a beers at cafe’s along the way, nap, braai with Alex, night out in Amsterdam.
• Amsterdam in the summertime really is lala land.
• Sunday, nap, drove to Mechelen to meet Evelien then back to Brussels, watched Boiler Room again.. always good.
• In Belgium this week, next week I’m in Egypt with Jacques.

Have a fun week crazy kids.

I had a thing for Kauai Appledisiacs this week…

• Monday, full day ISOC INET conference.. I chaired a panel discussion about fibre and Metro Ethernet and played photographer.
• Why is the new Madame Zingara in Century City? That’s just wrong.
• Passed the 200 Twitter followers mark. Seems like a small number. Guess I’m just not that popular with the Twitter kids.
• Three posts you should read about TrustFabric: 1) The World is Wrong, 2) What is TrustFabric?, 3) TrustFabric vs Diaspora.
• Tuesday, nice long lawyers meeting about Mia agreement, got a 15″ digital photo frame for my mom (which Naulene has agreed to load up with photos), gave a presentation about TrustFabric at CLUG, dinner at Forrester’s with the CLUG geeks.
• Seems we’re making progress with the legal docs, in a good way. It’s only been about 2 years.
• Wednesday, gym, meeting with Dave at Cafe Sofia, admin.
• I have no clue what to do for my birthday this year.
• Thursday, Lions Head walk with Jonathan, gourmet pizza with Morgan, tire fix.. excellent value for R50, GeekDinner in Greenmarket square, Julep, Kir Royals at home.
• Somebody suggested that it’s rare to meet only children. Seems the stats say about 20%. I guess 1/2 only children are even more rare.
• Funny how it can be uncomfortable to find out that someone reads this blog. Yes, it’s probably all true. Dammit.

• “You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow.” — Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

• I think my problem is that I’m fanatical about uncertain things. When they become too certain I get bored. I’m pretty sure I’ll grow up soon.
• Friday, let’s just say I took the day off, Beta Beach walk, fetched Mia, book shop, Kauai, too much time in the Wellness Warehouse. Yes, I missed the Lexus day, sorry Aiden.

• “Reap the whirlwind” — what I think when I see Naulene and the life she has created for herself.

• I think I want to live in Gardens again. I like the urban village vibe. Walk to the Labia etc.
• We got Mia a new (movie time) tea bottle. I think I may be struggling with her not being 3yo anymore.
• Saturday, fresh juice, a sunny laundry day, Mia’s first bicycle accident (not so bad), V&A shopping.. we found another of the smallest garments Cape Storm makes.. in purple this time, watched rugby at the aquarium with Georg.. which was interesting because I think for the first time we hoped different teams would win.
• Never really know if I should support the Bulls or the Stormers. I’ve still spent more time in Bulls country than Cape Town.. ~1.2:1
• Goodbye Dennis Hopper. Rest in peace. I loved True Romance.
• Mia sometimes says “Oh my god” I’m trying to figure out if that bothers me.
• Sunday, raw choc smoothie, gym, swim, took a drive in the winter sun with the roof down, Tamboerskloof farm visit.. looks a bit different since the cops keep their horses there, Mouille Point play area, ice cream, tea at Neo, (last) Beta Beach walk and photo session, dad’s house cuisine at its best, bath, sleep.
• We’ve become fans of fresh pasta.. with some olive oil, pesto, sundried tomatoes, Mascarpone and some Kanonkop red.

• “Because I’m big now.” — Mia, when I asked her why she chose to climb across 6m of monkey bars or her own for the first time today.

• Weekends often feel like something from About a Boy. Two big kids out and about. Pop music and impulse decisions.
• Mia now has a green (Yoda) lightsabre. It bugs me.. I should have also gotten myself one.
• Last Beta Beach walk for a while. Getting ready to make some changes. Life out of Beta.
• The thing about big change is that it makes you appreciate the things around you more. You notice them again. More real.
• Tune of the week: Mr E’s Beautiful Blues, Eels.
• Flying to London and then Brussels on Thursday. I need some adventure.

See you crazy kids on the flipside.

Dedicated to, well… a bit of adventure!

The quick Egypt adventure with my cousin. Let me know if I missed something which is really cool to see.

Day1 – Early morning arrival, transfer to hotel to drop bags and leave for Giza pyramids, Memphis and Saqarra. Sound and Light show at the base of the Sphinx – Overnight in Giza.

Day2 – Egyptian Museum and Coptic Cairo, Citadel of Saladin – catch the overnight train to Luxor

Day3 – Early arrival in Luxor, drop bags at the hotel and head straight out for the West bank. Valley of the Kings, the Colossi of Memnon, Hapshetshut’s temple. In the afternoon take a felucca ride back across the Nile to the West bank for a memorable camelback ride into the sunset. Sound and Light show at Karnak Temple (the old city of Thebes).

Day 4 – Early morning hot air balloon safari. Back to the hotel for breakfast and latish pick up for tour of the East Bank – the temples of Karnak and Luxor. In the evening, transfer to the airport for your late night flight to Sharm el Sheikh.

Day 5,6,7 and most of 8 – SCUBA diving in Sharm el Sheikh and Dahab.

Day 8 – transfer to St Cathrines, climb Mount Sinai – evening till early morning the next day.

Day 9 – transfer back to Cairo to catch return flight.

I figure you must dive the Red Sea while we still have sea life to look at.

Life-affirming bullets points for the week..

• Monday, gym, pizza at Knead with Naulene, TrustFabric dev meeting at the Barn, burger in a bowl with Georg, admin.

• “Humans of Earth! I have come in peace. You need not fear me. I mean you no harm. However, it may be important to know that most of you will not survive the next 24 hours. And those of you who do survive will be enslaved and experimented on. You should in no way take any of this personally – it’s just business! So, just to recap: I come in peace, I mean you no harm, and you all will die. Gallaxhar out.” — Monsters vs Aliens

• Tuesday, meeting with Mike at Crush, published some photos, fetched my UK visa, went to buy iWork.. for Keynote, Orms visit.. got new 60MB/s CompactFlash card, card reader and SD card for a photo frame, gym, spinning, admin and prep for a Belgium visa.
• I used to publish my photos once a week on a Monday, now I try to publish them once a month.

• “I can’t remember all the times I tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass.” — A Long December, Counting Crows

• Wednesday, .BE visa visit, TrustFabric meeting at the Barn.. bumped into Vinny on the way in, lunch at Manna, tea with Ed.. we want to go climb Kilimanjaro, email session at the office (Wembley), gym, spinning, smoothie, the usual late night admin and tea drinking.
• I think.. if I could make peace with the idea of working on someone else’s dream.. I could have been in the tech PR business.
• Interesting story: http://tribalwriter.com/my-bio/
• Thursday, admin day at home, Keynote workshop at V&A iStore, Kink.. not the best photo session, need better low light AF kung fu.
• I love driving around Cape Town at night listening to Jazz.
• I’m busy pondering which mobile phone to get next month.
• Friday, interesting meeting at the coffee shop in the CBD BMW dealership.. where the cool kids from Naspers hang out, collected my .BE visa, applied for Egypt visa, attended a presentation by Andrew Rens about open source licences with Debby, Mia time, got two new shirts at bluecollarwhitecollar, Beta Beach sunset walk.
• For some reason I just don’t like the word: bespoke.
• Saturday, watched Batman.. mystery of the bat woman, flapjacks and maple syrup, La Med for rugby, pizza and sundowners.. I’m teaching Mia to throw a ball like a boy.
• Snack of the week: Sundried tomato, Mascarpone, Avo on toast.
• Tunes of the week: mostly Dave Matthews.
• I now have more than 1000 comments on my blog.. from 555 posts.
• Sunday, fresh juice, aquarium, dropped Mia with her mom, started watching the 2nd season of Californication.. but I figure one was enough.
• I’m presenting a TrustFabric CLUG talk on Tuesday. See you at the GeekDinner.
• My last week in Bakoven is coming up. Out of the comfort zone again.

Have a fun week crazy kids.

Henk posted this while at NetProphet..

The ideal founder..

“A zealot with an almost annoying passion for their business and who could talk about their startup up every day, all day, easily. They are good at selling. They believe living frugally is spiritual and necessary. Understanding highly technical ideas as well as the bigger picture is something they are good at. They are not usually analytical. They don’t mind that each day is continually different, despite the chaotic nature of such. They know that money matters, but don’t spend too much time worrying about their personal bank account – that doesn’t help sell the product. Blind faith is often used to describe them. So is naivety.

They are comfortable with these personifications, even revelling in them and the fact that it makes them an outsider and “strange”. They deplore rules, even when the rules make sense. Nothing is ever accepted knowledge until they have put it to the test. They are almost impossible to manage and are often deemed self-centered. The latter is just zeal misunderstood. Consideration is for people with jobs and they, after all, are changing the world for the better, so you need to get out the way.”

From a Memeburn article by Justin Spratt.

My comments:

“They believe living frugally is spiritual and necessary.” – Nope, maybe if you are a student.

“They are not usually analytical.” – Nope, I think they are.

Here is my remix:

The ideal founder..

“A zealot with an almost annoying passion for their business. They could talk about the impact of their ideas every day. They like to explain things to others and they are quick to find a way to bring across an idea. They like the language of their industry and they speak it well. They are good at selling. They are good at listening. They enjoy arguing and convincing people. People often think they are stubborn.

They are good at managing complexity. They have highly technical skills but they also see the bigger picture. They are always processing new ideas. Always open for business. They know that good ideas don’t keep office hours. They like big ideas. It’s not a good idea unless it’s scary.

They don’t mind change and they are good at adapting their plan as new information becomes relevant. They know that money matters, but don’t spend too much time worrying about their personal bank account. They are not afraid to risk. They know risk and reward are linked. They are tenacious. They see value, place their bets and stick with their investment.

They deplore rules, even when the rules make sense. Nothing is ever accepted knowledge until they have put it to the test. They are almost impossible to manage and are often deemed unreasonable. Consideration is for people with jobs and they, after all, are changing the world for the better, so you need to get out the way.”