Jun 14How to save the world (and yourself)People are worried about the world. Climate change. Inequality. Poverty. They want to change it. But how? At the same time, and living in Ubud I see this a lot, how do you reach your full potential? how do you fix yourself? change your life for the better? Spend more…5 min read
May 26Profit without purpose (BNPL)At Mangosteen we start and invest in purpose driven companies. Sometimes people ask how we decide what is purpose driven or how we find companies as if it is a difficult thing to do. It isn’t difficult. I believe everyone (ok most people) has a gut feel for what is…Profit With Purpose4 min read
Feb 24Startup lessons from surfingWe live in Bali now, and my son and daughter surf, and they are getting pretty good, so I decided to do it too so we could go on family surf holidays. I’m kicking myself that I didn’t learn while I lived in Sydney for 7 years. I am an…Startup6 min read
Jan 11The birth and death of a logoIn my opinion companies spend too much time and money on logos and the bigger they get the worse the logos are. Below is what we did at Tigerspike. I thought I would write this now as Concentrix, the company who bought Tigerspike has just rebranded as “Concentric Catalyst”, which…4 min read
Sep 27, 2021The expert-idiot paradoxI remember seeing Canva in the early days and thinking it was going to do well. I remember people saying “but there are many other sites where you can make design easier for the non designer”. But they are all hard to use. Canva is a $40bn company because they…Entrepreneurship4 min read
Sep 7, 2021What is LinkedIn for?I am sure this is an innocent mistake, but I think that you accidentally posted this on LinkedIn when it should be on Facebook or some other platform. Perhaps I should explain, if you go to LinkedIn they describe themselves as a professional networking site, and I think that it…2 min read
Feb 8, 2021The Great Reset!What should your personal “great reset” be? “The Great Reset” is a headline that polarises many. “Conspiracy theorists” (I put that in quotes because what I have found is that many of them aren’t, but that’s another story) argue that the great reset is a way for the rich and…Women6 min read
Oct 15, 2020What should I call my company? (without taking weeks!)Rebecca and I from Hatch Bali were talking to an entrepreneur who will have a great company one day, and we spent the call convincing her not to use Hatch, but to do it herself, which she is perfectly capable of there was no need to pay Hatch for help…Entrepreneurship5 min read
Jun 8, 2020Are you still having fun?I was talking to the CEO of Aluan, a company that Silkstone Partners invested in, and I asked “are you happy? is it still fun?”. …Entrepreneurship3 min read
Nov 11, 2019Should I do an MBA?… (don’t)I was talking to someone the other day who was saying how amazing someone was and how he was worth the money he was paid because he came top of his MBA class at Wharton. No doubt that is an impressive thing, and I am sure that guy will make…Entrepreneurship3 min read
