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Y Combinator's Start Up School 2018 has just started! Bring on 10 weeks of topical relevant start up lectures! In the first video A...
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Determination for change and improvement fuel Sam's passions of: property development, start up investment, travel and challenges. You can read more about his adventures and goals here!
Golden Cold Calls
Closing deals over the phone is an art form. If you use this formula you will succeed. 1) Rapport Would you help someone you hate?...
Which game of thrones character would make the best start up founder?
Running a company with growth ambitions is a team sport. It simply can't be done alone. Learning how to inspire, lead and manage people...
Pitching is About Listening Not Talking
While I might not be an expert, I'm certainly no beginner. Over the years I have done quite a lot of pitching. I've won a number of...
Cartwheeling at the NEST
The Nest is an annual start up conference held by Toucan and Time Inc. This year I was invited to speak alongside my mentor Fiona Dent,...
The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz
Wow this book earns a straight 10 on the Z scale of awesome. Caveats would be: it's very American & focused on larger / later stage start...
First in Thirst - Darren Rovell
This book makes for a fun read. At the core of the entire business is the importance of narrative. Darren explains that Gatorade became a...
Start Up Lessons
Some key lessons I've learned that may, or may not be useful to you. a) 'great ideas' are worthless and usually wrong. Take your...
Hacking your OS
There is something very Scottish about not wanting to accept help, a stubborn pride that comes from growing up in the wee sunless...
Mechanical Turks and Viewing Slots
For the back story on what and where the expression mechanical turk comes from, see 18th Century Chess Robot and Amazon Marketplace. In...
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