Acceptance and Adaption
Investors, founders, the market is how it is.
There's no point complaining.
How are you going to adapt?
Listening to Fred Destin
Can you spot me listening to Fred Destin at this British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) event?
Great to catch up with other managers and to grab a quick coffee with Fred before the event. Thank you for your time.
People, Planets & Purpose
At Guernsey Chamber of Commerce People, Planet and Purpose dinner with Mary Portas OBE.
Thank you Stuart Phillips and BDO Limited - Guernsey for hosting me.
Data and doughnuts
Thank you Katie Inder for organising the first ever "Data & Doughnuts" meetup. And thank you Cortex for hosting and Bragi for sponsoring.
It was definitely doughnuts (plural) for me.
Amazing improv intensive
An amazing four days away improvising with AndAlso Improv and The Maydays.
6.5 hours a day of lessons, a show to watch and improv jam to perform in every evening, an article to write, a set to prep for, and bau to manage.
These things are called Intensives for a reason.
Now, I'm back.
Away for improv
I may not be posting for a few days because I will be in my happy place, improvising, with the wonderful AndAlso Improv and The Maydays team.
There may even still be a few tickets available, link in the comments.
All the casual coffees
#YesterdayI
Got up at 4.15am
Got a taxi to the airport at 5am
Flew to City Airport at 6.40am
Arrived at 8am
Had Casual Coffees in town from 10am to 5pm with the below wonderful people. Sometimes we talked business, sometimes we just chatted. Thank you all for coming.
Guillaume Barb
Edward Page
Ann-Marie Kinlock
Max Cotton
Manish Sharma
Jai Patel
David Gelberg
Jamie Hearne
Mario Velasco
Mark Curran
Nick Forde
Rumeesa Rais
Jon Turner
Arjun Singh Deep
Dr. Vanessa Awong Eya'a đź©ş
Kish Parmar
Alice Ivanoff-Boardman
Sam Brown
Jamie Anson
At the airport, see you later
It's 5.15am, the airport's not really open yet, see 21 of you later in London for Casual Coffee.
Ctrl Alt in Dubai
Coffee in Dubai with Robert Farquhar who explained the amazing progress Ctrl Alt is making here.
Great things lie ahead.
Thank you for your time today, Robert.
It’s not personal
I meet a lot of people.
I'm bad at remembering faces. I'm worse at remembering names.
If I forget yours, it is me and not you. And it's not personal.
I should get this laminated and hand it out instead of business cards.
So much to do
I have so much to do today. I won't give you the list, but... here's how I'm trying to manage it.
- Make a list
- Make sure to include everything, even the small things
- Tick off everything as you go along, even the small things
- Don't delete from the list as you do stuff, important
- If there's additional stuff that happens during the day that you have to do, add it to the list even if you've already done it. It's real and you'll forget what you've achieved otherwise
- You can really see what you've done, that you've done a lot even if there's a lot left
- When you can see what you've already achieved, it's easier to do the rest, no matter how much there is
Anyway, this is what I'm trying. See some of you tomorrow in London for Casual Coffee.
Casual Coffee
Who'd like to join me for a Casual Coffee in London on Monday?
Edit: and we're full. Will share again if there are any drop outs.
Innovation is not enough
My latest for Business Brief. Great new ideas will not get you there on their own. You need a great entrepreneur to drive them. And they need to focus on figuring out the customer need so they can deliver the right product.
Also, how this mindset influences me at unbundled vc.
what’s odd about marc
"Yeah, but what's 'really' odd about Marc?"
My GPT - Ask Marc Anything - has been updated with all my podcasts I have transcripts for.
You can get interesting answers, for example "what's odd about marc".
Have a go, let me know what you think, share some interesting responses please.
All the skills are learnable
I used to be an introvert. Most people would now describe me as extrovert.
Still a nerd, but an extrovert nerd.
All the skills are learnable, no matter your natural aptitude.
Impractically perfect
If it's perfect, you waited too long to do it.
I guarantee it's not perfect, and you won't know how until you have feedback.
And you can't get feedback until you do it.
Best of British
Good luck to all founders and entrepreneurs in today's budget 🤞 .
Otherwise, see you in Guernsey.
How do you see me
It's hard for us to see ourselves how others see us. I find it hard too.
What do you see when you see me? No positives without a negative, please. I value your honesty.
Keep 'em coming.
Marmite in print
My article in Guernsey Press on tax and what it will take to get my vote.
Answer: a first principles approach and an understanding of the way it will impact our economy.
