About Time. Interview with Entrepreneur Angelica Malin

This week, we catch up with Angelica Malin — Founder and Editor of About Time online magazine, and About Time Academy. In today’s interview, Angelica discusses life as an introverted entrepreneur, the need for curated content in a time-poor world, and the three most important tasks when setting up any new business. Here’s her story:

Newnham: What were you like growing up? How would your friends and family have described you?
Malin: I was a happy, if slightly strange little kid. I had all these funny habits; I couldn’t sleep facing the wall, because I thought it would swallow me up, and I was convinced that my dressing room would become magical, if I could only find the secret door.

I come from a very loud, colourful family — full of artists and big personalities — and we were always clambering over one another to be the loudest voice in the room. I think that’s why I’ve found solace in writing; I love the peace of it, hearing my thoughts clearly and translating them into words, is a very calming, meditative process — and one that’s far removed from my crazy, boisterous childhood.

My friends would say I’m the sensitive one. Not caring what others think is something I’ve found very hard in business, as I’m naturally very thin-skinned. I’d always look for the introvert in the…