I’m sat on the bed with my wife in a Brighton hotel room, sipping fresh takeaway coffee before heading out for a family breakfast. This blog was supposed to be started boxing day, but I was unsure where to start. I am also daunted by the challenge of consistently writing every day!
Each year I set a goal, last year was to create a framework that enabled me to create apps very quickly. I thought I could enable small businesses to have apps to help them for a very low fee. The problem I didn’t see was that business owners don’t know that an app could solve a problem they have. I can see instantly where an app could help in day to day processes, but none app people cannot. Lesson learnt!
This year I am going to do something quite alien to me! I am going to use one of my own apps daily. You may think this is obvious, but I create apps for other people, other businesses, once complete, I hardly look at them again.
The app I have decided to use is Candid CRM which I began writing in October 2025. Most of my big customers have a CRM, either an off-the-shelf, or one that I have created for them.
So my challenge for 2026 is to use my CRM every day to meet people and find opportunities. Those opportunities could be for my software business, a new business or a joint venture. I will use this blog to document my progress, problems, solutions and the tools that help me along the way