05 November 2010
I want to be a part of it... NEW YORK
I'll be jumping on a Qantas jet (hopefully not an Airbus!) bound for New York City on Sunday 7 November, to represent the KAYWEB family at New York Entrepreneur Week and surrounding events.
I have had the pleasure of holidaying in New York on three occasions with my lovely wife - first as a university couple in 2004, then to propose to her on New Year's Eve 2006/07, and finally as husband and wife on our first wedding anniversary early 2010.
On each occasion, we have found the city intoxicating.
Intoxicating in its culture and architecture. Intoxicating in its history and people. And intoxicating in its unique ability to bring together so many people with grand plans to simply "achieve". People with an intoxicating sense of ambition.
On our visits, I have often turned to my wife and said (like Frank Sinatra with a significantly inferior voice and hardly any swing): "I want to be a part of it."
Over the last six years, KAYWEB has built a solid reputation as a full service web and mobile solutions company in Australia, with our offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Manila servicing clients in all Australian states and a scattering overseas.
This visit is as much about New York Entrepreneur Week as about investigating business expansion opportunities for KAYWEB in the United States, as well as opportunities in the United States for our over-100 clients; many of whom are entrepreneurs.
At New York Entrepreneur Week, I will very personally share an audience with web entrepreneurs who have built multi-billion dollar empires. I have personal meetings with some, will be sharing a stage with others, and dinner and drinks with many more.
In my marathon 17 meetings in 7 days, I will discuss with "been there, done that" experts the projects past and present within the KAYWEB family. I will invite them to provide their input, so I can share with the concerned parties. I will invite them to be part of some very exciting current projects we are building for our entrepreneur clients in Australia.
Australia is a wonderful country of businesses and businesspeople. But the restrictions placed on our entrepreneurs by our relatively small population means representation of some grand ideas on a global scale - especially in the United States - will add several zeroes to their bank balance when all is said and done.
This visit is to complete my vision for KAYWEB; to turn the business that started in my parents' Belrose (NSW Australia) living room into a full service web and mobile solutions provider, which has a presence in not only Australia (Sydney and Melbourne) and Asia (Manila), but also in the United States through an ever-burgeoning network.
This will ensure KAYWEB is the number one choice for Australian web entrepreneurs wanting to make it big on a global scale. This will ensure KAYWEB can foster the growth of the next Australian-inspired Google; the next Australian-inspired Facebook; the next Australian-inspired Amazon.
Stay tuned for some major announcements upon my return mid-November.