Simon de Banke

Founder & CEO & @ipcentrum - serial tech entrepreneur / investor and recovering perfectionist

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

Really looking forward to speaking with people who are excited about advanced microservices tech

[IP Centrum @ipcentrum]

We're #hiring! Advanced #AWS #eventdriven #microservices. Very interested to hear from you if you're at the top of your game and ready for an enormous (but rewarding) challenge.
https://t.co/udbT3964tg

[IP Centrum @ipcentrum]

We're #hiring! Advanced #AWS #eventdriven #microservices. Very interested to hear from you if you're at the top of your game and ready for an enormous (but rewarding) challenge.
https://t.co/udbT3964tg

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@markhendy 🤯 The rate of AI development now is insane. Causes us to have to be more precise about what words like “intelligent”, “think” and “sentient” mean. Also words like “exciting” and “terrifying” 😂

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@annimaniac Working in person appears to be much more powerful than remotely. But ONLY if people want to be there. Therefore it is business owners’ responsibility to make it more enjoyable and rewarding to work in person.

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@chrishlad Deliver more value than you receive by as great a margin as you can sustain.

[IP Centrum @ipcentrum]

Season’s Greetings, IP formalities professionals! Sending love and best wishes. Here’s to next year being less weird!

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@scotterskine @rockollector Yep. Brings back memories.

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

Expert in Event-Driven Microservices architecture design? Consider joining us solving really hard problems and helping us change an industry. #aws #microservices #serverless #lambda #eventdriven

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@NikkiAndBunty @N_Polderman Yeah, some can be. We hire really carefully for just wonderful human beings, who care about other people and about doing something extraordinary with likeminded people ❤️. https://t.co/pBhUlqixjU

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@agile_geek @coldclimate It’s great that we’re all different! We’re not for everyone.

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@accessibleweb Not essential, but Beano and Birdie Song a distinct advantage

[IP Centrum @ipcentrum]

Henry Ford is famed to have once said that if he’d asked his customers what they wanted they would have said: “faster horses”. But...

https://t.co/OkOilAuoQT #intellectualproperty #patentlawyer

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@N_Polderman PS. Our work force is around 52% women. This is purely by chance and I wasn’t aware of the statistic until just now. We hire for merit, not gender split.

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@N_Polderman Totally agree. Didn’t take offence. I just don’t see how the ad would put-off rockstars with a huge intellectual bandwidth who happen to be women? I don’t want to specifically attract women or men. Just those with enormous intellect irrespective of gender.

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

@N_Polderman Definitely want to put off those not right for the role. Their gender is unimportant. Decoder only complained about “intellectual”, being masculine. Seems insulting to many exceptionally smart feminine people I’ve worked with. Plus masculine / feminine are not “gender” specific

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

So precise and wonderfully succinctly analogous to “1% inspiration, 99% perspiration”. There are some problems where even that ratio would be a welcome relief!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@ruskin147 It is unfortunately common for many in academia to overweight the value of ideas & underweight bringing them to fruition. For example, the idea of going to the moon is trivial, but going to the moon is hard.

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

Just stumbled on this video we did celebrating 10 years in #wrc. Brought back some great memories with a great team of people ❤️ https://t.co/YOxEJWqbpm

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

Lockdown Goodie Box delivered to the team today. I ❤️ those guys x

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

Just over 3 hours until #dBGXmas19. Can’t wait to spend another big night with our incredible team, celebrating an amazing year.

[Simon de Banke @simondebanke]

Hot Shots in the office this morning. Lemon, apple, turmeric, ginger, black and kayenne pepper. Super healthy and delicious. #healthy #juicing