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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I quit my job a few months ago and returned to Asia to start on the next chapter of my life: Argomi.<\/p>\n
Argomi is a personal finance manager for people comfortable with interacting with online services\u00a0for money management. \u00a0We aim to give our users advice about their investments, easy access to financial services\u00a0which are otherwise\u00a0perhaps a little intimidating\u00a0and – over time – reducing their costs through aggregating volume.<\/p>\n
I am\u00a0the CTO, and will be writing a little about my experiences. \u00a0It has already been a very exciting transition from technical manager at a huge financial institution to a hands-on startup founder, with exposure to all sorts of business activities that were previously handled by someone else.<\/p>\n
I will also write about the decisions that I am making and why – both technical and organisational. \u00a0Hopefully they will be of value to people going down a similar path.<\/p>\n
In the words of the great\u00a0King Theoden:<\/p>\n
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I quit my job a few months ago and returned to Asia to start on the next chapter of my life: Argomi. 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