I spotted a tweet earlier today by Martha Lane Fox; “about to face biggest challenge yet – being filmed by bbc showing my father how to use the internet. gulp.” Martha, as well as being smart and stylish, co-founded Lastminute.com. Later, moving from cities to ditties, she started Lucky Voice, the chain of karaoke bars. I …
Six months ago, on March 28th 2011, StartUp Britain was born. Let’s be honest, there was nothing shy and retiring about our launch. Featured on BBC Breakfast. Front page of the Daily Telegraph. The Prime Minister, Chancellor and Business Secretary were all guests at our first event. To recap, StartUp Britain is all about business people helping other business …
“There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something”. Henry Ford September used to mean the start of a new school term. Even now, many years later, there is the whiff of the new pencil case in the air as a fresh season begins. Across my …
August is the month of Out of Office replies. For some, you are on ‘Annual Leave’. This is almost to say that you would far rather be at work, however you will be in terrible trouble if you don’t use up your number of days. So, reluctantly, you are sitting on a beach. Others are simply ‘Out of the Office’. Simple, …
I’ve been turning down quite a few speaking invitations recently. Not because I’m too busy. Not because the organisation or person inviting me didn’t seem interesting. Just because I didn’t feel that I was the right person. I left school fifteen years ago and have been incredibly lucky to have had some amazing adventures since then. …