<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Really sad to hear your news Ali but I trust the decision is a good one. <div><br></div><div>I’m sure your next (ad)venture will be ten times as fulfilling :)</div><div><br></div><div>Think how many people / companies you guys have helped over the years 🤯</div><div><br></div><div>I hope Japan is excellent. </div><div><br></div><div>S</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Simon Morley</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">CEO Cucumber Tony</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Techstars Berlin 2017</span></div></div><div><br>On 3 Sep 2018, at 08:34, Najaf Ali <<a href="mailto:ali@happybearsoftware.com">ali@happybearsoftware.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Good morning LRUG,<div><br></div><div>Some sad news: for a number of reasons I have taken the decision to close Happy Bear Software for business. HBS is a Ruby on Rails consultancy that I have been running for almost seven years.</div><div><br></div><div>The developers on our team are currently available for either permanent or contract work, so if you would like to be put in touch then please let me know at this email address.</div><div><br></div><div>You can see more details in this announcement post on our company website, which lists all of the current developers on our team:<br><br><a href="https://www.happybearsoftware.com/happy-bear-software-is-closing-for-business" target="_blank">https://www.happybearsoftware.<wbr>com/happy-bear-software-is-<wbr>closing-for-business</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for all the help and support over the years, we met a large proportion of our clients and friends through the LRUG meetups and mailing list.</div><div><br></div><div>My biggest concern right now is getting all of the fine people on our team into their next jobs, so any assistance to that end would be much appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><div><div class="m_6074660728559370990gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666">Najaf Ali - Founder at <a href="https://www.happybearsoftware.com/" target="_blank">Happy Bear Software</a></font><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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