This is the fourth in my series of blogs on the ‘Bonfire with Soul’ course I did courtesy of Duke Stump and the Do Lectures late in 2020. This is about the third of the twelve principles that Duke shared and illustrated through a 15-minute video synopsis and then a 45-minute video of a call … Continue reading Bonfire Blogs #3

This is the third in my series of blogs on the ‘Bonfire with Soul’ course I did courtesy of Duke Stump and the Do Lectures late in 2020. This is about the second of the twelve principles that Duke shared and illustrated through a 15-minute video synopsis and then a 45-minute video of a call … Continue reading Bonfire Blogs #2

This is the second in my series of blogs on the ‘Bonfire with Soul’ course I did courtesy of Duke Stump and the Do Lectures late in 2020. This is about the first of the twelve principles that Duke shared and illustrated. Each principle was explored as a 15-minute video synopsis from Duke and then … Continue reading Bonfire Blogs #1

At the tail-end of last year I took an online course – ‘Bonfire with Soul’ (‘Bonfire’ in this context is a kind of team-meeting) through the folk at the Do Lectures. Why? I was already crazy busy and running on fumes after one of the most draining years of my life, so why also take … Continue reading Bonfire Blogs: Introduction

I have finally read the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson over the last couple of weeks. It is really good and highly recommended reading for anyone with an interest in entrepreneurship, technology, or design. I am not entirely sure why it took me so long to get round to reading it - but it … Continue reading Jobs Done

Right now, here in the UK, we’re in COVID-19 lockdown, which is all kinds of weird. Some of us have more time on our hands stuck at home, others of us have less time particularly if we’re entertaining small children whilst still trying to work from home! I’m in that later camp so I’ll keep … Continue reading The Lockdown Side Project

It’s been a while, sorry. This side-project of mine sadly succumbed to the day-job rather dominating the last few months. However, it’s time to get back in the saddle with a great exemplar of side-hustling. This particular story takes in personal passions, transferable competences, a future plan that recognises some sensible personal preferences, and more … Continue reading Side Project Stories #17: Eat Better with Briony

The academic team from the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CFIE) ran an interactive seminar at the International Enterprise Educators Conference (IEEC) annual conference in Oxford in September 2019. The subject was central to our core mission of enabling innovative and entrepreneurial students and how to handle the inevitable failures that arise from the process … Continue reading How to succeed at failing

I recently presented my initial work on this idea to the International Enterprise Educators Conference (IEEC) in Oxford and this blog is intended as a written summary and supplement for that session. It is very much a work in progress, so feedback is gratefully received. It’s based largely on my own experience and the experiences … Continue reading Entrepreneurial Alignment: Finding Founder-Fit

In my own experience side projects don’t always appear outside of the day job; a lot of my own projects are fundamentally interwoven with my job, even if they’re rather on the periphery of my actual job description… so this time I found a friend and peer who is possibly even more prone than me for … Continue reading Side Project Stories #16: The day-job side project