I designed Buildings to enrich peoples lives ~ Architect. I build Products to empower Creators ~ Founder.
UK Founders are Way Too Posh! (apparently)
After reading a Wired article which struck a chord, I felt like getting out the fountain pen for UK Founders, we’re apparently too posh.Let’s start from the beginningMy father was a Japanese shipping clerk turned manager who earned a modest £40k until retirement, my mother worked in the probation service and NHS on not much less. I’m from Huyton in Liverpool, (a savvy part of the city 😉) Comprehensively schooled, before Art college with a childhood ambition to become an architect and design ...
UK Founders are Way Too Posh! (apparently)
After reading a Wired article which struck a chord, I felt like getting out the fountain pen for UK Founders, we’re apparently too posh.Let’s start from the beginningMy father was a Japanese shipping clerk turned manager who earned a modest £40k until retirement, my mother worked in the probation service and NHS on not much less. I’m from Huyton in Liverpool, (a savvy part of the city 😉) Comprehensively schooled, before Art college with a childhood ambition to become an architect and design ...
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 app for a year was one mountain to climb, the next would be to build a team, launch a company and start shouting about it. This required cash! Or what the industry calls: Angel Investment. I had spent the last 10 years in Architecture designing buildings and drawing pretty pictures– I had absolutely no clue about Angel Investment, nor...
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 app for a year was one mountain to climb, the next would be to build a team, launch a company and start shouting about it. This required cash! Or what the industry calls: Angel Investment. I had spent the last 10 years in Architecture designing buildings and drawing pretty pictures– I had absolutely no clue about Angel Investment, nor...
