03 MAR 2026 ·Business
The Year Started With Loss. AI Helped Me Show Up Anyway
In January we were at the airport, about to leave for a holiday we'd booked, when we got the news. My dad had passed away.
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03 FEB 2026 ·News
AI in 2026: How We Learned to Build Smarter
From a side project to an AI-powered studio — what three years of building with AI taught us.
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22 JAN 2024 ·News
Hello Cornwall 🥲
A different type of blog post to normal, a more personal one 💌 Why Pixelhop HQ is now in Cornwall 🥲
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16 JAN 2024 ·News
Meet our new developer, Eliska
Here's a Q&A with our new developer, Eliska.
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11 JAN 2024 ·Business
Navigating the year: Setting and achieving SMART Goals in a small company
In this blog post, we explore our annual goal-setting process, drawing inspiration from Gino Wickman's book "Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business." We'll explain how we transform our vision into SMART goals, break them down into quarterly objectives, and ensure team accountability through regular check-ins. This approach can greatly benefit small agencies and business owners seeking a successful year ahead.
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12 JUN 2023 ·News
The story of Chat Thing - Bootstrapping our first side project to £5000 MRR in under 3 months
Pixelhop's Chat Thing is an AI bot platform that allows users to create bots without coding knowledge. The platform was created in under a week, launched in under a month, and reached 5,500+ users with £5,000 MRR in under 3 months. The team built a waitlist, invited users in small batches, and received support from Seth Godin and Dave Winer. Despite facing competition, the team plans to continue adding features and improving the product.
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