How How To Avoid Making Mistakes Starting Your Own Business
You guessed it, you can’t. The point is, one mistake even if very very serious, rarely means a company will fail. I was reading Mike Taber’s (@singlefounder) post about “The Single Most Important...
View ArticleBuild Something Boring Like Groupon – Then Execute Your Real Vision
When Groupon came out, I simply could not understand what the hype was about. A random, untargeted mass group discount coupon spammed to me every day or week, with some discount which may or may not...
View ArticleUnreal: 50% Of Start-ups I Researched Didn’t Have A Proper Contact Us Page
Based on 40 applications to the start-up competition I recently ran at the MLOVE confestival, 20 didn’t have a clear contact us page with email, 6 had no contact information at all and 4 had no web...
View ArticleA New Type of Tech Blog
The infamous wordsmith Milo Yiannopoulous has invited me to contribute a column to his new digital publication The Kernel. Aside from it sporting an excellent name @Nero is intending his new venture to...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship: Timing Is Everything
First published in The Kernel last December, I share my biggest lesson so far: that in business, timing is everything. No, none of these people are me. Published article here:...
View ArticleInvestors & Entrepreneurs: Breakdowns in Communication
This post was originally published at The Kernel, an excellent deep-dive blog on the start-up scene. Think The Economist for technology. Not being able to make it to a meeting for lack of cash in your...
View ArticleCreating A Tech Start-up: Forty Point Checklist
This is my favourite quote by Winston Churchill: “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” Unless you’re the absolute except to the rule (like the...
View ArticleWhy The 350 Dead Bangladeshi’s Are Our Fault
Ever shopped at Primark or any of the other 100’s of clothing stores who turn a blind eye to their supply chain? How’s that cheap t-shirt you’re wearing feeling today? The terrible irony of Primark...
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