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Stop chasing a gold standard in Product Management

Whilst doing an interview for a product-centric recruiting firm, I was posed the question: What is something new which you have learnt this year? For context, we were discussing the hiring and growth challenges experienced by startups and early-stage companies due to the impact of Covid-19 (is anything NOT about…

Product

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Avoiding a gold standard in Product Management
Avoiding a gold standard in Product Management
Product

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Mar 20, 2020

Chasing opportunity in the face of adversity

One of the most common questions I have received from friends and family in the wake of the covid-19 (aka ‘coronavirus’) outbreak has been: “Will your company survive?” Whilst there is certainly something to be said for the amount of cash a business has remaining in the bank to support…

Inspiration

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Chasing opportunity in the face of adversity
Chasing opportunity in the face of adversity
Inspiration

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Apr 30, 2019

Routine Porn

It should be noted that the points I make here also apply to the posts found on Medium too, but because I’m a biased bugger I won’t chastise this lovely platform. There’s a bizarre trend emerging from the depths of YouTube and Instagram at the moment. People seem to want…

Productivity

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Routine Porn
Routine Porn
Productivity

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Feb 16, 2018

My love-hate relationship with Vox

This article was originally published on my personal blog. Who is Vox Media? Vox Media has always garnered an enormous level of respect in my eyes. Not only for its high quality publications, but as a media company in general. They have a tech-first approach to delivering their content to their readers across different…

Journalism

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My love-hate relationship with Vox
My love-hate relationship with Vox
Journalism

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Jan 3, 2018

Why I Deleted Snapchat

One of my (many) goals for 2018 was to begin spending less time procrastinating on social media, consuming pointless content, and to start spending more time on reading thought-provoking pieces and so-called ‘intellectual’ publications. As part of this, I decided that on New Year’s Day that I would delete Snapchat. …

Snapchat

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Why I Deleted Snapchat
Why I Deleted Snapchat
Snapchat

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Nov 22, 2017

Living with the Apple Watch Series 2 pt. 2

This article was originally published on my personal website. Back in March, I wrote a piece on how I had been enjoying living with the Apple Watch Series 2. In light of Apple’s new cellular Apple Watch release, it’s now time for a reprise, and a look back at the…

Apple Watch

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Living with the Apple Watch Series 2 pt. 2
Living with the Apple Watch Series 2 pt. 2
Apple Watch

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Jun 12, 2017

6 Things I Learned From Travelling With Airbnb 🏡

This article was originally published on my personal website. We recently spent just under 4 weeks travelling across the western half of the United States, going up from Los Angeles to Seattle through Las Vegas (NV), Salt Lake City (UT), Boise (ID) and Portland (OR). We decided to use Airbnb…

Airbnb

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6 Things I Learned From Travelling With Airbnb 🏡
6 Things I Learned From Travelling With Airbnb 🏡
Airbnb

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Mar 26, 2017

Living with the Apple Watch Series 2

In all honesty, it took me a good 2 to 3 months of convincing, researching and testing before I finally decided to purchase a brand spanking new Apple Watch Series 2. I kept hearing about the unbearable notification spam, the slow app loading speeds and the bulkiness of the watch…

Apple Watch

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Apple Watch

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Feb 13, 2017

FOMO — The Curse of Social Media

The past few years of my life have been an interesting one. Going from travelling around Europe, to launching a failed startup, to then travelling around Indonesia, and then to deciding not to go to university, in order to pursue the world of business. …

Society

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FOMO — The Curse of Social Media
FOMO — The Curse of Social Media
Society

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Dec 6, 2016

Why you shouldn’t listen to ‘passive income’ marketers

I recently locked horns with an online marketer on his video where he listed 10 different ways you could earn what is referred to as ‘passive income’. In the interest of not ostracising this particular YouTuber, I won’t link directly to the video or him, but instead refer to the…

Blogging

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Blogging

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