UnNmbr Turns One!
๐บ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ. ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ.
Today,ย UnNmbrย ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ! ๐
A year ago,ย Mouhamed A Hassanaliย and I decided to bet on an idea we deeply believe in:ย #๐๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ก๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.โพ๏ธ
We started with two convictions:
๐ญ. ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น.
Living well can be designed โ bringing meaning, purpose and possibility to the longer lives that medical advances are making possible.
๐ฎ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.
When we have a social fabric that holds us, we connect, we belong and we thrive โ together.
One year later, we are still early. Very early!
We areย #bootstrapped. A small team of two founders and three interns. We havenโt yet built the steady, predictable revenue engine every founder eventually obsesses over.
And yet, thereโs a lot to be proud of. โจโจโจ
๐๐ป ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ญ:
- ๐ญ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ through conversations and experiences around reimagining ageing
- ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ taking the idea from concept into the real world
- ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ with organisations willing to build with us
- ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ who have challenged our thinking, opened doors and backed what we are building
- An invitation to contribute to a ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ปย #๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ดย โ a signal that this conversation is beginning to resonate beyond our immediate circles
Although small in themselves, the numbers tell us something important: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑย UnNmbrย ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐!
Year 1 wasnโt just about the wins.
We built. Experimented. Pitched. Heard โweโll see.โ Changed direction. Had doors open. Had the doors close. And learned, often the hard way, what it takes to turn an idea into something people truly value.
Perhaps most encouraging has been the response from people who have spent years working in similar spaces. When experienced industry and academic voices choose to engage, mentor, support and back what we are building, it gives us something more valuable than validation: ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐.
๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ.ย
๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป. ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
Hereโs to building a world where ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด!๐ย