Ivan Mazour

Ever since I was a little boy, I wanted to build a space company. My mother was an applied mathematician whose PhD was focused on solar energy collection for spacecraft, …

In what has become one of my favourite annual traditions, I woke up early this morning to go and dig out my pink “Key Decision Analysis” notepad, and have a …

Ever since we were featured in TechCrunch, twice, with what the journalist described as a “party round, with no obvious lead investor, though it’s hard to argue that this is …

For pretty much this whole year, I’ve been truly struggling with two companies I’ve been working with. One is a service provider to me directly, and the other is a …

For the past few weeks, the subject of burnout has been firmly on my mind. I watched a team member go through an acute burnout, and it made me realise …

Note – this post is now pretty out of date. I’m keeping it up as it has my thoughts from back in 2014, but my latest thoughts on the Ometria …

Last Saturday, I woke up early as usual and sat down to write. Checking my e-mails, I came across a weekly Quora summary, and a question that was interesting. The …

As groups grow, it becomes exponentially harder to keep everyone happy and aligned. This applies to companies, families, holidays – anything where there are multiple individuals all in regular contact …

We’re in the middle of another hiring phase at Ometria, doubling from a core team of 8 to 16 within just a few months, and that means I’m placing a …

A few days ago, I found myself with a familiar sense of annoyance that normally leads to the word “muppets”, followed by me writing posts like this one. This time …