founder's diary

Founders Diary - Learning From My Mistakes.

It's Saturday 5th of September and I'm writing this from the bath. I guess I've not had the best week because I've made a lot of mistakes. I always call these types of mistakes rookie errors because they're things you instinctively know you should have done but for whatever reason they evaded you and you're sitting in your mistake. My newsletter about preparing for summer was really lovely. I just reread it before I started writing this one to see what worked and what didn't. Here goes.

A list of my mistakes.

Neoliberalism has destroyed community

Happy Sunday. I was going to write a really great email about my packing list for Jamaica but as I was about to leave London to head back to Wolverhampton, I got a flat tyre. So instead sat waiting for the breakdown guy and I’m going to give you

anxious ambition used to rule my life.

One of the most common things I hear from founders when I suggest therapy is, “I’m worried it’ll make me soft.” What they’re really saying is, “I’m worried it’ll take away my edge.” Because many of us know exactly where our ambition comes from. We

summertime and the living is easy

The more time you spend around the 1%, the more you realise that everyone just disappears for the whole of August. Actualy, this isn’t just a wealthy people thing. It’s more of a cultural thing. People in Europe do not seem to work in August. A few years

What I Learned From Designing 39BC’s First Men’s Bathing Event

Founders always ask about funding. Lately, they've been asking about guest lists. That tells me something has shifted.