As you get better and better at your craft, your mind will learn from the lessons and prevent you from making the same mistakes again. This is a useful survival technique, but it can work against you. That first experience of a visitor can have a big impact, they are the beginner in this context.

One of the oldest tropes in Hollywood is the Unseen Evil, Hidden Villain. It’s why in Jaws we don’t see the shark until the legend has been built up and we’re already terrified. Failure is a bit like Bruce, the aforementioned shark. It’s Michael Myers and the Blair Witch ringing on the phone when there’s a power cut…

I was recently visiting our space in Bicester and was having a really good chat with a new member when I got that question that I dread: What do you think of my idea? If I could change one thing in the world of entrepreneurship, startup and freelance it would be to retire this question.

I normally use a reference in a book as a jumping off point for these posts, so here’s one of those from someone who maybe isn’t typically associated with business leadership. “It was a community and that is how human beings were designed to live. “Anytime you wanted to be alone you simply close your door and anytime…

He was talking about being an entrepreneur, and all of the things he was excited about, and then he started talking about how much money he was investing into space projects. I love space, I fully feel all of the wonder and recognise the opportunities to transfer some of the technological lessons to other challenges.

This article is the second part on the situation facing our high streets in the UK. You can read the first part here. When I say high streets I mean our towns. This is important because so much of our identity is tied in the state of our towns. If they’re neglected then we feel neglected. If they’re abandoned then we feel abandoned. Or, to use the langua…

This genius is attached to our image of what an entrepreneur is, the one with the big ideas, the lightbulb moments of inspiration that come to enlightened individuals with a gift. But this isn’t the truth, and more importantly there’s another area you can focus on which will give you a much higher chance of success over a sustaine…

A big feeling when you first get started is the idea of not being ready, but there’s very rarely a day that comes when you truly feel ready. We hear this a lot from our Startup Clubs, founders who have put in a lot of work but just don’t quite feel ready.

I’ve been in so many meetings where people have talked about the struggle to find good people. I’ve probably spent an equal amount of time in rooms with people who feel totally rudderless and like there is no place for them in this world. There’s privilege in picking the right path, but I think often people don’t even get chan…

When my son was moving into his big boy room we fitted an Alexa to control the lights and play white noise. One of his favourite things the Echo Show downstairs did was play animal sounds, and when he finally worked out that Alexa was the wake word we would need to tear him away from the device to save another round of hye…