Feb 1, 2021Why Have We Gotten So Weak?With the benefit of relativity, is it that hard to stay indoors? — I watched Saving Private Ryan on Netflix last night. What a classic. An All-Star classic led by Tom Hanks, it is a film that has stood the test of time. Certainly, it was ahead of its time in terms of cinematography. I think I last watched it in 2002 when…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Jan 17, 2021The Mexican FishermanRecently, I had lunch with the CEO of a company that had just been acquired. It was a real good news story. George, the guy involved, is the most humble, down to earth, honest and conscientious man I have ever worked with. Over lunch, he showed me his bank balance…Entrepreneurship4 min readEntrepreneurship4 min read
Jan 10, 2021Blame Adam SmithLife is a bit rough right now, isn’t it? If you are reading this in the UK, then the claustrophobic embrace of lockdown is upon us. Again. With vaccines being administered at a good rate of knots, that gives us hope, but nonetheless, life’s rich tapestry, of which we have…Capitalism5 min readCapitalism5 min read
Jan 9, 2021Do you know how many dollar millionaires there are in the UK?I wish there some sort of interactive guessing capability available with Medium. I would love to hear the guesses. Personally, my guess would be around 700, 000. Out of a UK population of roughly 67,000,000, that would just be just over 1%. 1 in every 100 people would be millionaires…Millionaire4 min readMillionaire4 min read
Published in The Startup·Dec 31, 2020HUSTLE- 8 Weeks Left“If 2020 didn’t bring the hustle out of you, it ain’t in you” Seldom do I find myself agreeing with Mr P. Diddy. I would not consider myself an aficionado of his music, nor a keen scholar of his literature. …Covid 194 min readCovid 194 min read
Dec 27, 2020Why Alcohol Should be a Class A DrugMy God, I am excited to write this article. I have been searching for a reason to complain about alcohol for a long, long time. Hating alcohol is about as unpopular as puppy genocide. If you say it out loud, people look at you funny. Whispers and rumours start; “that…Alcohol4 min readAlcohol4 min read
Dec 26, 2020An Empty Seat At ChristmasI don’t remember much of last Christmas, to be honest. That’s not to say it wasn’t memorable. I loved it and cherished every moment. it’s just that, after 32 years of familiar tradition, they tend to blur together a little. We had turkey and pulled crackers, just like every other…Christmas3 min readChristmas3 min read
Dec 21, 2020My Favourite Day of the YearLife ain’t great right now. Another Covid sponsored lockdown looms large. Mr Grinch has won this Christmas, for sure. It gets dark at 3 PM right now. It doesn’t get light until 9 am. Light is good. We take it for granted. Those lazy summer evenings where options are limitless…Winter Solstice3 min readWinter Solstice3 min read
Published in The Startup·Dec 20, 20205 Stocks to beat Deliveroo“There is nothing new under the sun” That’s the kind of statement thrown around by middle-aged men halfway through their pint of stout. It’s an axiom — a self-evident truth. Boiled down, it means that there is nothing new in this world. Nothing that is happening now, hasn’t happened before. …Deliveroo4 min readDeliveroo4 min read
Published in The Startup·Dec 17, 2020Why Craft Beer is a ScamPyramid schemes, Nigerian princes, timeshares and craft beer. This is a list of industrial scams that I am acutely aware of. Of that list, unsurprisingly, the most palatable and inoffensive is your local IPA. It may not hurt quite as much as the fatal disappointment I suffered, aged 13, when…Craft Beer4 min readCraft Beer4 min read
