Ideas2life

Balancing a Maker’s and a Business Schedule Jul 25, 2017

It would be really horrible though if we added great people to the team, but never allowed them the time to go into the slow thinking – creative mode. That’s something that has been central to our team culture from day one, as we tried to build strong communication channels....

My first few months at a startup Jun 27, 2017

Being a millennial in Cyprus today, you know that there are certain life and career paths you are expected to follow. These are usually “predetermined” for you in a way, not only by your parents but the island’s society in general. Usually this path consists of graduating from university...

New feature evaluation at foody – baffling results May 19, 2017

On the 3rd of April (2 weeks before Easter) we released a new page at foody that showed all the fasting dishes in one single page. This is a feature that was suggested to us many times since we first launched, and quite frankly we were very excited to...

Startup Weekend random thoughts May 11, 2017

As you probably know this weekend we had a Startup Weekend in Nicosia and it was quite good. I personally got a lot of energy from the newcomers, sent a lot of hopefully helpful thoughts their way (ok I confused them) and had a chance to catch up with...

Thoughts on the Impossible Pitch Nov 08, 2016

Last Friday I was fortunate enough to be one of the evaluators at the Impossible Pitch along with Peter, Maria and Tasos – an awesome group of people that I loved working with (that includes the other Maria who was in charge of everything) Our job was simple on paper....

[Closed]Summer Internship Program Apr 27, 2016

Working with Great people is our passion at Ideas2life (the team behind AtYourService and Foody). Our goal is to have the most hard working, fast learning, dedicated people who thrive when working in teams join our team. We currently have 5 full time team members (who all own shares of the company) and 3 part time team members....

Competitive monitoring in a small and very competitive Market — Updated Apr 27, 2016

As most of you know by now, in October we launched Foody a food ordering & delivery startup. This is the 2nd major launch of our team after AtYourService and I now understand what all the fuss is about second time founders :) I do not have words (maybe that comes with...

Whatever Works Apr 26, 2016

Most people who have seen me present AtYourService or Startups in General have probably heard me say “Whatever Works” or the full version of it which is “Don’t be more Catholic than the Pope – Whatever Works is usually the Best option” But what does it really mean? Well I guess most...

Facebook acquired WhatsApp: 4 points that maybe help you understand that Feb 24, 2014

Dear Friends, In 19th of February, Facebook announced that has bought WhatsApp mobile application for 19 billion dollars. Wow! I was impressed with that deal, so I would like to share some thoughts with you about it. What is mostly interesting in this story is not the deal as...

Offerra Team has won Startup Live Cyprus! Aug 09, 2013

Hey guys! In 6th of July our Team has won the Startup Live Cyprus; an awesome competition aiming to promote startups & entrepreneurship in Cyprus, with more than 35 startup teams participating from all over Cyprus. Our Team has won the competition with Offerra and we will have the opportunity to represent Cyprus in...