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Tonight we pitched at Match Capital’s marketplace pitch event over at WeWork Spitafields. We were up as number 5 of 8 and from the feedback we got, it went well.
This morning I sat down on one of the priority seats on the tube. Opposite me sat a woman with a ‘baby on board’ badge. On the other side of the pole in the middle of the section I was in, I saw another woman. She also had a ‘Baby
For my second job in London I chose between a role that mixed project management and information architecture (IA), as we referred to it back then, and pure IA roles. I chose the latter.
Tonight we watched The Martian in the cinema and there is one scene where Matt Damon talks about that all you have to do is tackle one problem at the time. Once you’ve fixed one, you can fix the next and so on.
I’m a firm believer in that how you approach things has a profound impact on your life, just like that famous quote by Henry Ford:
For ages I’ve been going on about the value of being able to work everywhere. And I had 8 months of not being tied down back in 2014. Just me, myself and where ever I wanted to be and work from.
Sometimes there’s that little voice at the back of your head that tells you that you really shouldn’t. Sometimes that’s the voice of your parents and quite often that voice is right.
As much as I love the idea of being bootstrapped and building a business the old fashioned way, it has slowed us down and meant that we’ve missed out on opportunities. Out of the number of directions we could take Glimt.it into this year, one road could be to raise
To ensure I spend my time wisely and that work doesn’t take over my life, I’m experimenting with putting more of a daily routine in place. Both to help structure the day, but also to minimise decision making at key points where a lack of pre-made decision can easily sway
When I found out that D would be away filming Friday to Sunday this weekend, I considered inviting friends over for dinner and to have a girly weekend. Instead I’ve had a ‘me’ weekend.
This morning when I turned on BBC breakfast, they were talking about the just under £60 million jackpot that, after 14 consecutive rollovers has to go tonight.
Yesterday was one of those days when startup life feels like you’re standing at the bottom of a mountain, looking up, up, up and wondering how on earth you’re going to get there before it gets dark. Many moons ago, my oldest friend and I hiked Mt Rinjani on Lombok
When I set out to write these posts back in 2012 I was a bit hesitant. What on earth would I write about each day? And did I really have something to say that anyone would bother reading?
Today I went for a long walk with a friend after work, criss crossing around central London and the South Bank. During that walk she told me she’s quitting her job and starting her own company.
Before I began Entrepreneur Academe I thought we’d need a seed round to make it happen. Instead, after a promise I made to one of the mentors, I hacked the site together in 10 days to hit the date I’d said it be live by.
I recently read an article that advised that you should plan out January in December so that when you return after the Christmas break, everyone knows what to do and you can jump straight in. As good as it sounds from a planning point of view, I also think it’s
Today is the last day before going back to work after the holidays and I must confess that just before Christmas, which is our busiest time with Glimt.it, I’d imagined that I’d work all of this week. But, rather than work I’ve spent my time sat in the sofa reading,
In the very early hours of the 23rd of December 2014 I woke from a beeping sound. I got up, could smell smoke and wrapped a towel around me to have a look in the staircase. It was filled with smoke. I rushed in and woke up D and then
Quite contradictory to what I’ve set out to do – write one blog post a day during 2016 – I’m not one for absolutes, especially not when it comes to new years resolutions. They tend to set you up for failures and disappointment rather than success. Instead I prefer goals