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Experience.
Written down.
Every founder has a story that’ll make your toes curl, your stomach turn or a fist that pumps the air. These are mine.
Claude saved miPic from Engineer sabotage
After years of sabotage and stalled development, I used Claude Code to uncover what had happened and deliver four years of miPic’s roadmap in four weeks.
Founder Mode
Founder Mode is a relentless, deeply involved management style push the vision forward building a startup. Paul Graham Y-Combinator
You’ll be surprised the people you can meet on a train in London.
I was watching Dhiraj Mukerjee, co-founder of Shazam present his inspirational story at a conference. Three months later, he got on a train carriage and stood next to me... Read how he became an advisor and trusted friend.
Having Purpose
12 years ago, I received a phone call at 5am telling me a close friend had tragically died. This later became my 'why' and purpose for building a company.
Behind the scenes of raising £1.1 million
I received a text from my lawyer. It read; “Carl it’s in… I need you to sign a document to initiate the transfer.”
You’re not a real CEO until... you go through a near death experience.
“Until you go through a near death experience.” Says Hayes Barnard – Cofounder of Goodleap (via Forbes)I read this post by forbes on what a real CEO is, so sharing […]
A One in One Billion Chance
The chances were 0.000000001% Building a Product or Startup? Read This. - Investment
UK Founders are Way Too Posh! (apparently)
Apparently UK Founders are Way Too Posh. So here's my take as a working class Founder from Liverpool running the gauntlet in London.
Beware of the Great White Shark
I was 6 months in from quitting my day job in architecture. My £12k bank loan and survival funds were quickly drying up.It was clear that building a website and […]
Why You Need a Technical Co-Founder
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Crowdfunding: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
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