Today I woke up in my new apartment in San Francisco… Yes, that’s right - I am finally living & working in San Francisco - something I’ve wanted to do my whole life!
Firstly, my apologies to all my readers for the low level of posts the past few months. The reason I’ve been so quiet lately on my blog, is simply because there was a lot going on in my personal life over the past six months, and I didn’t want to make any public statements on what I was doing, until everything fell into place - and it finally has. The chain on events that has made this possible was almost unbelievable and even a year ago when I first started talking about a move - it was more a positive thought than a reality. Just shows that you need to be positive and believe in yourself and to get things done - you need to set goals in order to achieve them.
I finally sold my house in Cape Town on Friday (amazing timing as it was on the market for four months), had my US work Visa approved on Thursday and received it on Saturday morning. I managed to pack up my home on Saturday & Sunday and boarded a flight on Sunday night to head out to San Francisco - leaving my poor wife to tidy up the loose ends back home (sorry sweetheart!) while I set things up in San Fran for us.
I also had to get here pretty quickly, in order to be here for the Web 2.0 conference this week, where SynthaSite Inc is exhibiting and I’ll be manning the booth on Thursday & Friday.
It’s also great to escape the Cape Town winter weather that’s creeping up on us over the past week. I woke up to a beautiful, crisp San Francisco morning - went to the gym downstairs and took a jog to the local grocer to buy milk, orange juice and the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. This is going to be some adventure…
I’m thrilled that I have the chance to be a CEO of a venture capital backed Internet startup in Silicon Valley - this is truly a dream come true for me…
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April 22, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Although i think my life could hardly be better, i feel a slight sense of envy Vinny
But well done for making a dream come true, i hope it’s only the start of even more amazing things.
I’m gonna miss you in CT though…
April 22, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Its a long way from East London! Well done Man!
April 22, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Congratulations and welcome to the US!
April 22, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Thanks guys!
@Andy - look forward to grabbing a beer with you in this part of the world!
April 22, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Congrats Vinny - there isn’t a harder working guy I know, so you’ve definitely earned it.
April 23, 2008 at 1:01 am
Congrats Vinny !
You have been dreaming and talking about this for quite a while. It’s finally real. Welcome to Silicon Valley.
April 23, 2008 at 2:35 am
Hi Vinny, that’s fantastic! Congratulations!
April 23, 2008 at 10:45 am
Nice Vin, You deserve it!
April 23, 2008 at 1:28 pm
huge congrats Vinny! we will definitely miss you back here in CT. but what an amazing achievement and realization.. all the very very best you, Charlene & the Synthasite team.
April 23, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Congrats Vinny! Am proudly South African and it is an inspiration to see fellow Saffers stamping their mark! Will be following your progress with keen interest. Keep them blog posts coming, please!
April 23, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Are you on an H1-B visa? Was that difficult to obtain? I’m a UCT math and economics major on my way to the US myself for an exchange, going to Harvard and Berkeley, be cool to check out your offices.
April 23, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Nice to see your move is finally done. Good to have you stateside. See you in May!
April 23, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Viva Vinny, Viva San Fran!
can’t say I’m not jealous
April 24, 2008 at 8:15 am
Congrats on the move Vinny. Sorry I could not make it down your way about a year or so ago, but now that you live out here I would love to meet sometime if you would be up for it.
April 24, 2008 at 10:44 am
a brave new world indeed.
April 24, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Hi Vinny
Glad to hear things are going so well. Amazing how positive thoughts can become reality if you just believe! A nice inspirational blog posting to read on a drizzly Thursday afternoon
April 24, 2008 at 4:39 pm
oleee Vinny,
we will miss u in Cape Town,
but hey, Enjoy San Fransisco to the maximum!
April 24, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Vinny, time really flies! We have been an ocean apart since a couple of months ago - It was used to be the Indian Ocean, and right now it’s the Pacific Ocean.
Hope everything will go well for you at the new place. Best regards from China!
April 24, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Dude, you own. I follow your example. Will be there ’soon’
April 25, 2008 at 10:33 am
Vinny you sound like a very very happy person
Good for you!
April 25, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Congratulations Vinny!What’s your new startup about?
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