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Talking about my websites @ The Skiff in Brighton and a reflection on working for The Man

July 28, 2009 01:03 by davehawes

It was 2 weeks ago now but I had the privilege of giving a 20 minute talk at the £5 App event in Brighton.

My slide deck of the talk will be at the bottom of this post for download if anyone is interested. The event was recorded by Ian Ozsvald and posted on his blog as well as the £5 App website.

I talked about quitting my job and hiring a small team to help develop the websites I had created into something with more quality and could be a commercial success. I wish I had had a little more time as I didn’t get do demo any of the functionality but it was great to be able to talk about them! The websites are http://www.skillbook.co.uk http://www.safetytrainingnetwork.co.uk and http://www.trainingcoursebooker.com .

On reflection there was one point which I wish I had made. I have spent most of my career working for large companies which we can call ‘The Man’ and at the talk I was congratulated for ditching ‘The Man’ and doing my own thing. However this implies that working for ‘The Man’ is a bad thing and this is where I wish I had made the following point.

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Getting my new business up and running for the Safety Training Industry

December 10, 2008 00:14 by davehawes

It has been all change for me recently. I have left my job at Avanade and have setup my own business developing a website full time that I've been working on for nearly a year now.

The website is www.safetytrainingnetwork.co.uk and is aimed More...


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