Personal Development
Stepping up, and over imposter syndrome.
After 3 years, I gave my first ever talk at a coworking conference. I was so nervous leading up to my session. I kept fighting
November 10, 2017
02:05
A few thoughts.
Blog posts, ideas, announcements and other geeky shenanigans.
Lessons Learned
What I learned from giving my first conference talk
Back in November last year I was honoured to be invited to speak at the ICT Summit in Warsaw, about some of the hurdles that
April 11, 2015
10:41
Work
Helping more students actually explore entrepreneurship
Two years ago, Nikolay invited me to talk at his student entrepreneurship event in Manchester. Unipreneur was his side project (next to the startup he
February 10, 2015
08:36
Lessons Learned
My talk from the ICT Summit in Warsaw, Poland
On the 3rd to 4th of December 2014, the Polish government arranged ICT Summit, a tech conference for their local startups. Over the two days,
December 11, 2014
10:41
Thoughts
Trying to help the unemployed get noticed
It’s a Friday night, and many of my friends and colleagues are probably out having a drink, a frappe or a meal somewhere. But many
May 30, 2014
20:40
Lessons Learned
9 years ago today
As I sit and work through my emails on a train towards London from Manchester, an email catches my attention. An email from my domain
April 3, 2014
11:50
Lessons Learned
Making space for entrepreneurs in Cyprus
In Cyprus, we’re about to witness the Frozen Yoghurtization of Coworking Spaces. Some of you may even be in different phases of setting up your
March 31, 2014
11:48
Resources
Startup Video Favourite: Alexis Ohanian – Making Something People Love
It’s crazy but I’ve shared this video in around 6 private conversations with fellow startup folk, so I figured I’d share it on my blog
March 22, 2014
19:25
Talks
Overview of my quick talk at the University of Manchester
I was happy to be invited to speak to Computer Science students at the same university that I’d not-so-recently graduated from, regarding how I landed
March 20, 2014
17:03
Thoughts
Why being listed as an emerging tech hub is NOT enough, Cyprus.
If you are involved with the Cypriot startup ecosystem, or know anyone who is, you’ve probably seen the link from TNW called “Why you should
February 23, 2014
21:30
Thoughts
What Viber’s $900m acquisition means for Cypriot (and other EU) startups.
It’s with great excitement that I saw the news spreading about Viber’s acquisition by Japanese internet-juggernaughts Rakuten for $900m. Not only have the team (in
February 14, 2014
13:31
My Story
2013 in the life of an entrepreneur in Europe
It’s been a roller-coaster of a year, being so closely tied with the Cypriot economy, seeing through a crisis and launching a phoenix-like project which
December 31, 2013
19:57
Hey, I'm Hector 👋
I’m a workspace technologist – which just means I get to work with a tonne of awesome people and tech that support, run, market and enrich hundreds of business communities and workspaces around the world.
I currently lead included.co and syncaroo.com, and curate This Week In Coworking, the ProptechUpdate, the Integrations Map and the Big Bodacious List of coworking software. Learn more about me and my work here.
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