Hello! My name is Alx Klive (not a misspell - long story) and my day job is CEO of WorldTV.com - this site... actually. I'm an ideas guy at heart but I also like being entrepreneurial and making stuff. This is my personal blog, and I've been blogging in one form or another since 1999.

This is quite a lengthy background. If you fancy something shorter, my professional bio is here (PDF). This is more fun and informal I hope...

I grew up in London running a series of businesses in my teens... mail order software for Commodore computers, jokes and stink bombs at school (made me popular with the teachers), scratch & win cards for students (this works surprisingly well), and a roving mobile disco. It was a growing interest in nightlife that ultimately led me to working at the legendary Mud Club - London's answer to Studio 54. It was the end of the 80's and a crazy time in clubland.

When the club finally closed its doors in '91, I set off for North America seeking adventure, and began my own events company - Chemistry. Details Magazine called Chemistry "one of the best nights out in North America" and I was later credited for kick-starting the electronic music scene in Canada. I just threw some rather large parties.

Following a DJ appearance on the North American TV show Electric Circus, I began working on the show, installing dancers on the roof of the TV station and in backlit, silhouetted windows across the building. This was fun. Later I moved into news as an Assignment Editor, before becoming a roving Videographer for CityTV/MuchMusic/Bravo - the best job I've ever had.

Remarkably I got to travel the world solo, interviewing the likes of Hunter S Thompson, Dennis Hopper, Hilary Clinton, Isabella Rosellini, The Fugees, Diana Ross, Jeff Bezos, Sheryl Crow, The Bee Gees to name some. I produced stories and documentaries in Japan, Europe and The Caribbean, and at events like The Brit Awards, Tony Awards and the White House Press Dinner. My 'break' came when I found myself in London at the time of the death of Princess Diana. I was thrown into the spotlight, presenting the lead story for the 6 O'Clock News in Toronto, live from a phone box at Westminster Abbey. I remember having to time my entry into the queue for the phone box, so it would coincide with the beginning of the show. My most insane experience in TV though was getting 'drunk' with Hunter S Thompson. A story for another time.

In 1994 I had begun learning HTML and began developing websites for CityTV and other clients. Picking up an idea I'd conceived in '95, I left CityTV in 1998 and began working on WorldTV.com - "a global Internet News and Content Network produced by amateur videographers from around the World". I wrote a business plan, received commitments for $5 million in funding, but later turned down the money when it became clear the Internet bubble was about to burst. I shelved the plans, vowing to relaunch WorldTV later on.

In its place I launched the Millennium Photo Project, a crowdsourced effort to document the 24 hours at the turning of the Millennium through the eyes of thousands of photographers worldwide. Covered by CNN, the BBC and Wall Street Journal, it quickly grew into the largest photojournalism project on record. A book, Dawn of the 21st Century was made of the project. It's the thing I'm most proud of.

I returned to the UK in 2001, working as a Technology Reporter for CNBC Europe and interviewing CEO's on the challenges they faced in their business. In 2007 I filed a patent application for a Virtual Reality Time Machine and inventing things is my hobby. The patent system makes this very hard and is insanely broken. It's a cause I'm increasingly committed to.

My main entrepreneurial influence is Steve Jobs. The nightlife scene has also been a huge influence on my life, and the myriad of awesome people I've met through that scene continue to shape my positive outlook on life.

I don't write here nearly as often as in the past... and the design could certainly do with a refit. But if I do have something long form to muse or rant about, it'll probably be here that I do...