Blipp Business Start Up

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