There goes the first third of the year! January, February, March and April flew past and I find myself writing this at the beginning of May… 2011 began with the Future Health Mission from 8th-14th January, taking a group of health-related companies to San Francisco, to pitch to VCs, meet partners and explore opportunities. By February, we were preparing for the newly named Tenner Tycoon …
A busy day today, helping to launch something which aims to be useful and practical in equal meaure! StartUp Britain is a new campaign which hopes to inspire people across Britain to start and grow a business. A group of 8 of us, some of whom you may know (me, Rajeeb Dey from Enternships, Richard O’Connor from …
I am sitting in seat 47E on British Airways flight 285 to San Francisco. The seatbelt sign has been switched off, and people are beginning to move about the cabin. Behind me, two entrepreneurs pass an iPad between them, already engaged in an ancient Chinese board game called Go. Across the aisle, a CEO …
Muhammad Yunus is the founder of the Grameen Bank. The microfinance organisation has over 8 million borrowers, 97% of whom are women. He won the Nobel Peace prize in 2006, and in his acceptance speech, he said something which caught my imagination; “To me poor people are like bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed …
My old secondary school wrote to me the other day. They don’t often get in touch, and it was nice to hear from them. They were announcing a new headmaster, and this is how they described him; “We were extremely impressed with his clarity of mind and considerable energy as well as his passionate commitment to education …