As many of you will know by now, we went to Monaco for the Monaco Yacht Show at the end of September. We had a day in one of the most affluent places in the world; connotations ranging from extreme luxury to the jewel in the crown of F1.
Proud
How has it been this long again?! The last you heard of me was my frustrations in the R&D world and how many iterations we had been doing. Fast forward a few months and I am basking in a glow of pride. I have achieved something. Okay, it’s not quite what I set out to achieve yet (and we are still working away on that), but we have designed and produced a pair of shoes that I can wear.
The R&D Process
Man in the Arena:
One of my favourite speeches is Theodore Roosevelt’s Man in the Arena speech. Brene Brown made it even more famous in her amazing Ted Talk which you can find here and that is where I first heard it.
The Art of Patience
Wow – what a few months it has been. I have been very quiet on the digital front, but lots has been happening behind the scenes and continuing themes of patience emerge. The latest prototype (the LR5) wasn’t quite accurate enough for the tolerances needed for the product to work so we had to go back to the drawing board in some respect and re-design some parts.
Building a business and building a rocket
Case Study: Lucy Rose working with the National Composites Centre (NCC)
Made in the UK
This is a post I have had pending in the background and I am now so pleased to be publishing.
Since day 1 have said that I would like as much of my shoes to be made in the UK as possible. Since then, views have waivered and quotes have scared me. In the past I have had things made from abroad purely because the price difference was incomparable. When working on a shoe string budget (pun intended), these things really matter.