Sam Kidd's thoughts on business

Howdy,

This is my new and really exciting Blog. (hopefully) I have no idea yet as to what I will put into this Blog but after time I may find some sort of route that I want to go down. Untill then it will probably just be a mix of shite. So enjoy and feel free to drop in and let me know what you think

Who am I ?

Well My name is Sam Kidd ,as the website suggests.  I was born in New Zealand in 1979 (dam that sounds a while ago now) I have moved round this planet quite a bit as my dad is a rugby coach. I have lived in France, all round New Zealand and Ireland. I am now currently living in Cork Ireland, where I been now for 10 years. The rest of my family are now back in NZ now for the last 3 years. I stayed on here for a few reasons. One being of course a girl, and second being business. I have a few things on the go but the things that are up and running at the moment are AREA51 and Scorch. AREA51 is a 24 hour gaming café that I opened with 2 friends of mine, Dan  and Topper in late 2004. It's been a massive learning curve and something that I may go into at some stage in more detail another time. Infact I could write all day about the things we have learn't there.  AREA51 has been a big success for us and long may it continue. The other business is Scorch which is a filming company. Emma (the girl I stayed for) and I set up when we got out of college. They were hard times and again I learnt a massive amount from that too. Again something I could talk about all day. At the moment all I do with Scorch is Filming rugby games for UCC the IRFU and Munster development dept. It's great work and pays well and because it is mainly weekend work enables me to concentrate my time on AREA51 which is great. Well I hope this gives you some idea of who I am to start with and I hope you enjoy and find something that interests you here.