Big news on the way and Beirut

It’s been a while. So sorry about that.

Things have been busy here at Random Thoughts over the last few weeks, and we’re on the verge of telling you all about what’s happening. For now, we’ll drip feed news.

Our big news this week is that a little acorn that grew out of a Random Thoughts idea is about to be pitched for the first time. URBN is a concept that I’ve been working on with a college friend, Conor Purcell, for the last while.

URBN will launch soon, with a webapp that will work across multiple mobile devices. Our first native apps will start to roll out early next year, and we’re quite excited about that. We’re working on some travel content for some of the coolest cities in the world.

With that in mind, we’re on the way to one of those cities this week. The New York Times recommended Beirut as one of the best places in the world to visit. Likewise, the guys from Lonely Planet said it’s one of the hippest cities in the world right now. Conor, our Chairman, Narain Jashanmal and I are going to Beirut to tell some interesting folks there about URBN and what we’re doing.

Pitching any new company for the first time is always exciting. This project is particularly cool (but then, I would say that), and the fact that we’re doing our meetings in Beirut is really just the icing on the cake. I look forward to sharing our news with you over the coming days and weeks. Hopefully I’ll also get to recommend a few bits and bobs from Beirut on this blog when I get back.

Stay tuned….