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As a start-up and business owner, I deal with a lot of emails, so one of the things that I can't stand is people wasting my time with emails that I haven't chosen to receive. As a VC said in the valley, time is the
startups
I was fortunate enough to land myself a place on a trip to Silicon Valley recently and this came about through a friend of mine called Rob who sent me an email literally on the day I was leaving to go on holiday to Thailand last November. In fact, had
Mindset
1) There is always a choice No matter how hard the choice is, or whether you decide to take it, in every single decision there is always a choice to be had. I constantly hear all the time how people don't have a choice. They complain that they
Conferences
I just got back from LeWeb in Paris, after having spent 2 weeks in Thailand where I proposed to my girlfriend and she said yes! It was a great holiday and Thailand is a very special place. This blog isn't about that trip, but I started with that
Business strategy
As an entrepreneur, we all suffer from this one fact that we think we can do everything ourselves. The trouble is, we can't and we are not superhuman (although many of us would like to imagine so), and it takes a lot of guts just to do something
Mindset
The comfort factor is probably one of the best dream killers I've ever known to exist. It works its way into your life quite easily and the next thing you know you're sat in front of the TV watching X-Factor and then the re-runs
Business strategy
It was back in February 2011 when I was writing my first book, "Speedlights & Elephants", that I discovered this higher mission, something that I've been building all along, but realised that if rolled out on a large scale, would impact the planet in ways which
Mindset
If you want to succeed on whatever you are doing, you need to be geeky! I don't mean you need to be a technical wizard, no, in fact being a tech wizard isn't even part of the geek equation. What I mean by geeky is basically
Cloud
It's been around for a while, however I thought it would be useful to tell more people about Docusign which is a service provided by Adobe and effectively it eliminates the need to have paper based contracts and signings. Docusign is an online electronic signature service where you
Mindset
I just had my birthday, my beautiful girlfriend surprised me with the most amazing birthday gift by taking me to Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons which is a luxury historic manor house owned by Raymond Blanc and the restaurant has 2 Michelin Stars. So what is the Nth degree
Conferences
It's not every day you get to participate or play a part in world history, but last night I was privileged and humbled to be in such great company as a Patron of Peace One Day being able to support them in their great endeavours. Yesterday was September
Business strategy
There is so much information online that sometimes you don't know where to start when it comes to doing research. Whether that is research on your business or perhaps a particular area of your business, I've often found that I get overwhelmed by the sheer amount
