I regularly get asked to give talks about my story. I should take them as an opportunity to promote my book, but I turn down virtually all of the requests because I just don’t enjoy doing it.
One organisation I can’t say no to though is the Prince’s Trust, here’s why.
So when they asked me to talk at London Tech Week where they were announcing the launch of their new online platform, I did.
Here’s the video:
What if you could ask anyone anything? (and get an answer)
Well, I’ve got good news for you: you can. Read more »
It’s been a while since I wrote my Entrepreneurs in Prison post – more than four years in fact.
But I’m pleased to be able to tell you about two big steps in the right direction.
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So your product is ready for prime time. The bugs are ironed out, the website is updated and your beta testers are happy.
Now it’s time to market it and get to eleventy gajillion users. Read more »
Due to my background, providing opportunities for prisoners is something I’m keen on. There are a lot of potential entrepreneurs in there.
I’m currently working on something around teaching prisoners skills relevant to the digital economy but was struggling for a name for the CIC we’re setting up. So I asked Twitter. Read more »
I remember when the VATMOSS stuff kicked in and how grateful I felt that I was out of the accounting software industry. Now that we’re getting close to having a billable tier for Supdate, I’m having to look even more closely at it. What a complete and utter mess! Read more »
It’s 2 years this month since I sold KashFlow. It’s been a quite couple of years. Moving house, running Cat 6 cables everywhere, playing with home automation/IoT, spending a lot of time with my girls, learning to chill a bit and be less impatient. Read more »
I don’t watch football. I’ve just never got the appeal of 20 men covered in mud chasing a bit of leather around a field. But you can’t avoid the whole FIFA stuff that’s all over the news at the moment. Read more »
Since I sold KashFlow I’ve been intermittently working on my biography. Going from drug trafficking to prison to starting and then selling a business is quite a journey and I wanted to write it all down so I didn’t forget it. I also wanted to make sure that my daughters had the full version of what happened for when they’re older – better they get the truth from me than half-truths elsewhere.
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Over the last few months I’ve sent a lot of emails (mostly solicited!) giving advice to various SaaS startups. I thought it might make sense to try and gather some of it together here.
Some of this will be obvious for you. But I hope at least one point here gets you to think about something you might be able to do better. Read more »
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