THREAD: I joined @Siftedeu as Employee #1 two years ago today when we had no newsletter, no website and a few tragic desks in a forgotten corner of @FT HQ. (Look how far we& #39;ve come!) Some of my personal highlights since then...
1) Visiting Barcelona to meet @glovo @francesca_bria @JorTorrent @typeform in my first month... and then a long time later interviewing @oscarpierremi once again on the most enormous stage @SlushHQ https://vimeo.com/375088136 ">https://vimeo.com/375088136...
2) Coming up with the & #39;Brunch with Sifted& #39; concept (get it?) and getting to interview the fantastic @sarahdrinkwater @hirokitakeuchi @roxannevarza https://sifted.eu/articles/roxanne-varza-station-f/">https://sifted.eu/articles/...
3) Plus profiling plenty of other very intriguing startups ( @jcsamuelian @avec_alan @clairenovorol @adahealth @getimpala @duffelhq @farmdrop @BulbUK @Citymapper ...), smart investors & startup land legends like @Geek_Manager https://sifted.eu/articles/meri-williams-healx-cto/">https://sifted.eu/articles/...
4) (Hopefully) giving diversity in tech more of a platform, with lists like this one
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten"> and interviews with the likes of @checkwarner @diversityvc @carolineramade @katborlongan @MrAndyDavis https://sifted.eu/articles/diversity-tech-initiatives-europe-list/">https://sifted.eu/articles/...
5) Writing Sifted& #39;s first in-depth report, on the food delivery sector, featuring @glovo (again) @woltapp @KarmaKitchenLDN @frichtifrichti @getir — and getting a chance to go up in @Deliveroo& #39;s helicopter in a PR stunt like no other https://sifted.eu/articles/deliveroo-helicopter/">https://sifted.eu/articles/...
6) Interviewing heaps of brilliant folk on stage at what feels like just about every (virtual) event, from @SlushHQ to @thenextweb to our own Sifted Talks — and only having to kick out one Zoom bomber so far
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7) Commissioning opinion pieces on everything from digital nomad visas in Estonia to the startup mental health crisis to why fundraising is not like dating. (Got an idea? Pitch me!) https://sifted.eu/articles/digital-nomad-visa-estonia/">https://sifted.eu/articles/...
8) Growing our newsletter audience from just my dad and a handful of other guinea pigs (thanks @AndysHVC @anisahob @anjali28 @carlmesnerlyons et al) to 50,000+ founders, operators, investors & more across Europe and beyond https://sifted.eu/newsletter/ ">https://sifted.eu/newslette...
9) And of course, last but most definitely not least, working with (and hiring some of) our absolutely fantastic team @MimiBilling @maijapalmer @MStothard @kittygknowles @connorbilboe @CecileBussy @timmpsmith @KitGillet @Marie_a_Paris @i_woodford @johnthornhillft (Helen, Anuj...)