Mike Bromwich, founder and CEO of Stacuity, speaks to Tom Curphey after his company won the New Business of the Year award at the 2023 Media Isle of Man Awards for Excellence
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00:00 Okay, so I'm here with the Captain International Group New Business of the Year, Security.
00:04 Is that pronounced it right?
00:05 Yeah, yeah, got it, well done.
00:06 And so you were founded in lockdown.
00:10 Tell me a bit about the company because people might not know.
00:13 No, no, because we're a business with average profile locally.
00:16 All our customers are off island around the world.
00:19 So I left my previous role in 2019, expected to spend a year travelling the world, booked
00:24 a safari, a cruise, got it all sorted, walked out into the sunshine, and lockdown came.
00:29 So my wife said to me, "Well, that's great, Mike, you can get on with the gardening."
00:33 I figured, "Okay, well, that's a metaphor.
00:34 I'm a techie, so gardening, surely she means writing code."
00:35 So I got back in and started tackling a technical project, which had been bottled up for a
00:43 while.
00:44 And then that just turned into a business.
00:45 People thought it was a good idea, thought I had commercial legs before I knew it.
00:49 We had investors and here we are.
00:51 And you're Barosal based, you've got not a massive amount of staff.
00:55 No, we've got 12 team, 12 on the team, but they're all over the place.
00:59 We all work from home.
01:00 So Monday mornings I spend around my kitchen table in Barosal, that's right, but the rest
01:04 of the time they're all home.
01:06 And how much does this award mean to not just you, but the rest of your staff?
01:09 So the 12 on board, how much does this mean to you?
01:12 Well, it's great because although we're in a global industry, so we've been recognised
01:16 in that industry before, normally I have to be explaining where the other branch is.
01:22 And it's all quite distant and quite separate from what we do day to day.
01:25 And because we are a close team, it's amazing to be recognised locally.
01:29 People not to forget we're actually a local business.
01:32 That's brilliant.
01:33 And it says that you're a registered technology business providing innovative solutions.
01:38 What does that exactly mean?
01:39 Well, we can connect your fridge to the internet.
01:40 I like it.
01:41 See, folding it down, brilliant.
01:42 That's exactly what we need.
01:43 Congratulations, well done.
01:44 Thank you very much.
01:45 Thank you.
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