In 2002 I faced one of the biggest decisions of my career. I had a successful corporate job with a great salary, company car, pension, and expense account. Then an opportunity arose to set up my own business and build something. It meant walking away from the security of a…

In 2002 I faced one of the biggest decisions of my career. I had a successful corporate job with a great salary, company car, pension, and expense account. Then an opportunity arose to set up my own business and build something. It meant walking away from the security of a…

An incredible social experiment took place on a cold January morning in a Washington DC metro station. A busker played his violin to commuters on their way to work. Few paid him any attention and after an hour, he had collected a few dollars. …

Anne Boden is one of the most extraordinary fintech entrepreneurs on the planet who, against the odds, disrupted the multi-trillion-dollar global banking industry. The story of her struggle from bootstrapping a crazy idea to building one of the most successful challenger banks in Europe — Starling Bank is captured in…

One Shot — What would it mean to you to double the value of your business before you sell it? As an entrepreneur, you probably have one chance of a successful exit and maximising your sale value could mean the difference between a good exit and a life-changing one. Creating economic security for…

A Lot of Zeros — A trillion is a million million or a thousand billion. It has 12 zeros and is a very big number. So, 30 of them is hard to compute. And that’s what the United States owes to its creditors currently. Let’s bring it back to reality with a short story. The…

After 18 years in business, we’ve just completed our best month ever and there’s one reason for it — Intentionality. The origins of our progress can be traced back to last year when I took the opportunity to reflect on our current business model and how I defined success over…

Pause to Reflect — Taking 2 hours out on the last day of every month to review, recharge and recalibrate is one of the most important things you can do as a business owner. Over the years, I’ve fine-tuned a strategy based upon insights from productivity gurus such as David Allen (Getting Things Done)…

When the world fell apart. — Eugene O’Kelly was at the peak of his career, living in a beautiful home in New York, happily married with two daughters — when his world fell apart. In his early 50s, the CEO of the global accounting firm, KPMG, had been feeling unwell and went for a check-up. After…