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When I launch my next start-up I vow to not make all of the mistakes that I made at my previous start-ups. I shall endeavour to make all new mistakes. I’ve learnt so much I believe I am well-equipped to make mistakes at twice the rate of an average entrepreneur, and for about the same… Continue reading the remainder of “Mistakes v4.0.”

“Isn’t it ironic” by Alanis Morissette. Lots of people saying how the things she is singing about aren’t ironic. I think you are missing the point. The song is ironic, not the things Alanis is singing about. Irony to some people is a dull grey metal used in their crafting skills.

A visit to Silicon Valley and San Francisco has made me realise one thing. Intelligence is the new rock and roll.

Just got my first American side-by-side refrigerator and freezer with ice maker. Jesus Christ this thing is enormous. I think the interior is bigger than the flat I had in Watford. The vegetable crisper drawer on the refrigerator is going to be where my good dietary intentions go to die.

You know the first thing I’m going to buy when I have enough money? A driver. It’s not that I dislike driving, I just do not want to have to drive if I don’t have to. I want a chauffer, not so that I can be self-important or because I have so many places I… Continue reading the remainder of this article

I see a day, possibly two or three decades from now, when all street lighting is LED based, controlled remotely via a wireless signal from a central location, and mostly self-powered. Power for the lights will come from a battery bank, backed up by the main power grid. The battery for each street lamp will… Continue reading the remainder of the post

I am confused by American movies… Why is it all black people call each other Monica? “Hey, what’s up Monica?” Er, his name is Eddy. I don’t get it.

Seriously? Why? Guy drives 10MPH below the speed limit on a two lane road. Speeds up when you try to pass him.

Watched the reply of the OJ “high speed” chase on TV yesterday. I think it would have been funnier if he had tried to escape in a doughnut delivery truck. One low-speed chase down the motorway with cops in hot pursuit of the doughnut truck. It would be all over the news… Oh wait…

Math can be taught. Music can be taught. Art can be taught. Baking can be taught. Can you teach entrepreneurship?