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Curriculum Vitae An American with German grandparents who moved to France at 21, Julie Meyer went on to be named one of the top 50 alumni of the European business school INSEAD. Her entrepreneurial instincts and early interest in the web led her to instrumental roles in the nascent stages of businesses like Skype and lastminute.com. In 2000, she set up Ariadne Capital and, in 2011, was honoured with an MBE for Services to Entrepreneurship. She lives in London and is a practising Christian in the Lutheran tradition. Friday evening Keep up with this story and more by subscribing now During the week, my life is one big whoosh, so by the time I get to Friday evening, I'm craving time on my own. I'll treat myself to a quiet salad, a glass of wine, and read a magazine at one of my favorite restaurants, like Maroush, in Earl's Court – my neighbourhood. Or I might sort out the house and make lists with some music in the background; maybe the Italian singer Paolo Conte – it's the happiest music in the world – or anything from Fleetwood Mac to Elton John. I'm really showing my age now. Saturday morning I naturally wake up between seven and eight on the weekends. I go down to this gorgeous little café called the Kensington Quarter. I'm a regular there, and I'll sit at the bar and have an omelette, or Eggs Benedict, and drink too much coffee. It's sort of become my kitchen. I get a facial and a manicure every Saturday morning. It might sound excessive, but it makes me feel good. I also do all the normal chores. Saturday afternoon I like to eat well on the weekend. I see it as the two days I can control what I eat, because during the week it's a cocktail here, a big lunch there, and so forth. So I'll have two days of just eating salad, fresh shrimp and good vegetables. I'm from California – so I've made every kind of salad you can imagine. My personal trainer also comes around to my flat, and I'll do an hour on both Saturday and Sunday. I know I sound like Gwyneth Paltrow, but the weekend is my time, and I try to be good to my body. I'm not 22 any more. Sometimes if I've had to travel somewhere on Friday for work I'll just stay there for the weekend. I lived in Paris during my twenties, so I feel I grew up there, and I also love Milan and Rome. I found myself in Athens one Friday night, and I thought, you know what? I'm flying to Santorini. It was lovely. Sunday morning I go to church at Holy Trinity Brompton every Sunday morning, because it puts me in a good mood. Then I usually start thinking about the week ahead. I get a huge kick out of my work. I wouldn't say I live to work, but the core concept of my work is designing your life, and designing society, and everything I do is about being an actor in the world, and not just accepting what the world gives you. To me, it's not work, it's just fun. Sunday evening I always joke that I start to feel like a human being again by Sunday evening, because on every level – physical, spiritual, organisational – I've got myself regulated back to Julie. But everyone in my firm knows they can reach me on a Sunday evening. Inevitably, people call. Tags: Industrial router,LTE router, 3g router , M2M router, wireless router, wireless m2m router |