As you can imagine… When there is no news on this blog, it means that the agenda is very full.

We can sum it up with nice graphics:

One constant thing is the number of hours available in a single day.

One thing that grows exponentially is the number of tasks that absolutely must be completed quickly. Everything is urgent: finishing the website, taking care of the mobile applications, preparing the second series of Pioupiou, ensuring the financial sustainability of the company...

The big lesson I learned throughout this project is that you can't do everything alone. Whoooaa! What an exceptional discovery!

There are two ways to deal with this: continue alone to go straight for the wall at 180 km / h, or surround yourself with a team.

Personally, I'm still pretty rational, so I chose to avoid the crash. Phew, saved! Hallelujah, as they say.

Brief. We had to set priorities and find the right people.

The new Pioupiou team

It starts to take shape. For now, I'm in the middle of casting. We are potentially 6:

– Mr me − the technique guru

– Gaël − the sage of trade

– Eric − Head of Funding

– Nicolas 2 − the windsurfing entrepreneur looking for a new adventure

– Paul and his box − the founding masters of the mobile app

– Fabien − the Yoda master of the code, hired for the new meteo-paraglider

The ultimate goal is to have a box that works almost without me. This way, I will have time to put 100% of my resources on what I do best: innovate by designing cutting-edge technical solutions, keep this hacker spirit, bring my vision to open-data, and of course write this blog 🙂

We started to formalize all that: steps with the lawyer to transform the company, business plan, long-term strategy... It takes a bit of time, but that's where the number one emergency lies. Nicolas' project alone is over. We are truly entering a new era.

Castings are still open. So if you want to get involved humanly (= you have at least 2 days a week to devote only to Pioupiou) or financially, now is the time to show up. My email is nicolas@pioupiou.fr

(Finally, I had to end the trial period of Lise. I had nothing against her, but I had misidentified the points on which I needed help. Not easy…)

The second series

The second urgency is to launch the orders and the production for the second series.

Why is it so urgent?

The first reason is that we have more in stock, and it takes a long time to manufacture. By ordering now, you will be delivered in February. So don't hang around too long if you want them for spring.

The second reason is that as long as the orders are closed, there is not a single euro that goes into the coffers. This is a silly but essential problem. Without money, nothing to sustain the company… I will have a lot of expenses to launch the new series and to restructure the company (lawyer…). It is therefore essential to have cash quickly. It will also allow me to pay freelancers on certain subjects such as the website − to free up a little more time.

Orders will therefore be re-opened from Monday evening − via the website http://pioupiou.fr . It will be the same Pioupiou as the current one, with a few
design improvements based on the experience of hundreds
of Pioupious installed today.

And since this is a priority subject, there will be a -10% discount, ie €291,60 including tax instead of €324 for orders placed before October 18 at midnight.