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Thoughts, real stories and insights from my experiences building things for myself and others.

  • When knowledge walks out the door: Building a pilot with both social and commercial ambitions inside a major UK charity

    Image: Archive Most organisations that attempt to run innovation pilots hit the same wall: real operational problems are messy, the people who understand them are busy, and employing solutions without deeply understanding the problem first is how budget disappears with nothing to show for it. This case study is about one engagement that looked at…

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  • Because some of the best founders we’ll meet this decade don’t know they’re founders yet. Here’s a prediction for the next 5 years in the tech startup industry: The successful founders of tomorrow are the people who’ve spent ten, fifteen, twenty years inside an industry. They have deep expertise in real problems and workflows, and…

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  • How to know if your startup idea is worth pursuing

    Image by Tima Miroshnichenko You have a startup idea. It’s brilliant. You Googled it extensively, and made sure it hasn’t been done yet. “Excellent!”, you think. Now the question is… Should you quit your job to pursue it? If this dilemma is playing out in your mind, keep reading. By the end of it you might…

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