The six questions I ask myself before I do a startup, and how finding a problem worth solving helped me find my purpose again. My TEDx talk Glasgow Caledonian University, October 12 2019

Why startup founders need to start trusting themselves and recognise the blindspot that may encourage them to seek out expensive and counter-productive "adult supervision"

Work smarter not harder, learn fast not perfectly, don't wait for permission and when you fail - as you will - fail fabulously. Advice to my 22 year old self, after a career as a CEO and entrepreneur

I have achieved more in the first 6 months of my current startup than I did in the first 3 years of any of my previous ones. I credit this progress to three particular things. 1) Being deliberate in what we do and do not do, and the order in which we prioritise our eff...

The pain of any kind of startup failure cuts deep. Good people and good companies don't always win, that isn’t always right or fair. Here's some of what I learned on my startup journey from high to low and back again.

Boards make the most important decisions about companies. Hard decisions are often made by individuals with no more than a few dozen hours in the job, and no day to day involvement in the company. As founder you will be just one vote on that board, and as a non-founder...

One of the most inspiring podcast conversations I've had, transcribed in full. Entrepreneur Pheona Matovu shares the story of how she and husband bounced back from a paperwork error that left them unable to work in the UK to found Radiant and Brighter to provide em...

I want to challenge the assumption that an acquisition or exit is always good, and the ultimate success outcome that entrepreneurs and their teams should aspire to. Let's be more honest with ourselves and each other on the reality of what most exits look like, beca...

Get Market Fit, my 4th startup, made its debut yesterday. I launched at EIE18, Scotland's grand-scale technology investor showcase. 6 months ago, when I was sure my next great idea would come to me at any moment, it made complete sense to commit to pitching my name...