others,
and they were
Google Certified. Clearly I
didn’t get the job so within a week I started
studying for my Google Certifications.
IW:
So, why did you decide to start blipp?
What’s your inspiration?
CD:
Easy. We’re always hungry. We wanted
to start something that we could look back
on and be proud of. There are tons of people
out there with great ideas but I think what
works well with [us] is that we push each
other; ideas don’t stay as ideas for very
long. We debate, come to a conclusion,
and act. I think that when you break it
down, it comes down to drive – we have the
same amount of it, and we complement
each other’s strengths very well.
EL:
Absolutely, we’re complete opposites. If
I had to look at all those charts and analytics
that he does, I’d probably kill myself. And
honestly, I don’t know if Colum can even
draw stick figures that well [laugh]. I’m a
night owl and he’s an early bird. But it all
works
out – great,
actually! It’s funny, these
days people have been showing us
infographics of the left and right sides of
the brain. If you read their descriptions,
it’s really obvious how divided we truly
are. Clearly, I’m the right side of the brain,
which is the right side to be on [Laughs].
Ah man, if my fiancée were here, she’d
tell me I was full of ‘lameness’ today. Our
inspiration? The idea of starting something
new and shaking up the industry.
IW:
[
Laughs] I’m definitely the left brained
then, because I can’t even draw stick
figures. What is your mission at blipp?
EL:
Hm, our mission. This is something that
Colum and I have told each other to write
but we’ve been so busy we haven’t really
sat down and put it on paper. So, asking us
is kind of putting us on the spot [chuckles].
But let’s see. I’d say our mission is