Image thanks to Freepik.com When we make comparisons, why do we only ever look up? We only ever consider those who seemingly have more rather than less. Bigger, faster, better, richer rather than smaller, slower, worse or poorer. Among the people I know, the pool of people below is much larger than the tiny pool … Continue reading Comparison for startups
The market will correct itself
Image thanks to Freepik When we first bought our house, back in the day, we took out an endowment mortgage. I don’t know if such a thing exists these days yet they promised the earth. Basically, if I recall correctly, you borrowed the money for the house, paid the interest only and took out an … Continue reading The market will correct itself
Have you got your tickets yet?
Image thanks to Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock Well, have you? Unless you’ve been living on the moon over the last few months you cannot have missed the much hyped reunion of 90s band Oasis. It’s been everywhere, social media, magazines, radio and even the television news. To be honest, they are not my thing. I was into … Continue reading Have you got your tickets yet?
Where’s the money come from?
Image thanks to pixels.com Talking to a potential business partner over the last few weeks I found that the question of how they make their money came to my mind. It’s an old chestnut for me, partly because I am interested in different business models but, more importantly, I don't want to enter into a … Continue reading Where’s the money come from?
Eldon Square 5G
Throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s I spent a large amount of my life in Newcastle. Although I didn’t live in the city, or town as we know it, I went to school there from 1971 to 1978 and the university from 1978. At the back end of the decade I did live in … Continue reading Eldon Square 5G
The simplest of things
Humans are amazing creatures. We’ve plumbed the depths of the oceans and have sent crafts billions of kilometres into space. We’ve created beautiful works of art and developed evermore complicated ways of killing each other. There seems to be no bounds to our curiosity and intellect yet it is the simplest of things that continue … Continue reading The simplest of things
Waiting, waiting, waiting.
If you’ve been following my blog, you will know that we have been getting some building work done at the back of the house. It wasn’t a big job but went on longer than it should. Anyway, the structure is up now and the gardener has arrived to relay the patio. As I write this … Continue reading Waiting, waiting, waiting.
Where are all the flies?
Image thanks to Jenkins Pest. Back in the day, a drive down the motorway would have meant carnage on your windscreen as you ploughed your way through millions of flying insects. A long journey would require a good wipedown of the front number plate. Indeed you could even buy ‘fly squash remover’ at your local … Continue reading Where are all the flies?
Strike out
I can’t let the debacle with CrowdStrike go by without comment. It is so ironic that software designed to protect businesses from cyber security attacks caused a huge amount of disruption. Its strapline after all is: Stop breaches. Drive business. According to Microsoft, 8.5 million Windows hosts were affected by CrowdStrike’s blunder, which is 0.6% … Continue reading Strike out
A funny kind of business
The strange thing about being involved in running a cluster organisation is that it is not like a normal business, if such a thing exists. Every day I get spam emails telling me how I can grow the business, get more leads and turn them into customers, have a more sticky website and drive traffic … Continue reading A funny kind of business
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 