21 ways to fail your way to success (and build a tribe)

“Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Let me do and I understand.” Conficius I was invited along to do a talk and…

Learn how to find & grow your tribe (without leaving the house!)

Psst! Happy startups are going global 🙂 We’ve just announced the launch of  uploaded our first online class (you can now buy this below), a great chance…

Learn how to create a product that customers love

I’ve partnered with the good people at Creative Huddle to create my first online course. In Lightbulb to Launch you’ll learn how to take an idea from eureka moment…

The story of Artefact Cards told at UX Café [video]

John Willshire is the founder and creator of Smithery, a marketing and innovation studio based in London. John’s talk at our recent UX Café event at Google Campus…

How to develop your business ideas

We had a nice little write-up in the Guardian at the weekend. I was interviewed for their feature how to develop your business ideas, where they look…

10 critical steps to create products that customers love

Recently I’ve been reading an excellent book by Marty Cagan ‘Inspired: How to create products that customers love’. Over the past 30 years, Marty Cagan has…

A simple framework for creating happy startups

Too much of the startup world focuses on the mechanics of starting a business.Whilst it’s good to move fast and stay lean, it’s time we made…

Top 10 startup mistakes (and how to avoid them)

I’m writing an article for .net on common mistakes startups make and how to avoid them. The article will be out in June. Here’s a teaser.…

Design thinking and startups: A good match?

I was interviewed by Victor Helmre, a Master’s student writing a thesis as part of a program called Business & Design – a collaboration between a…

Some awesome startup workshop videos available (thanks Google Ventures!)

Brilliant news that Google are making their Startup Lab videos available to the public this week. Startup labs are a series of workshops Google offer to…