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Stef Lewandowski
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Mar 14, 2020

The goal isn’t to run the marathon, it’s to become the kind of person who runs marathons

So, the London Marathon is postponed. As are lots of other races, and I’m sure I’m feeling similar emotions to many folks who were looking forward to racing. To be honest, today I’m actually feeling some sense of relief. I’ve been waking up at 2 AM and checking the feeds…

Marathon

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The goal isn’t to run the marathon, it’s to become the kind of person who runs marathons
The goal isn’t to run the marathon, it’s to become the kind of person who runs marathons
Marathon

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Jan 18, 2020

Autism, kids, self-reflection and why I’m running the London Marathon for #Autism

It was the end of the Summer, and a switch labelled “go for a run” seemed to flip on in my head. That switch is still stuck in the “on” position six months later! This week I heard that I have a place in this year’s London Marathon, so I…

Autism

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Autism, kids, self-reflection and why I’m running the London Marathon for #Autism
Autism, kids, self-reflection and why I’m running the London Marathon for #Autism
Autism

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Jun 16, 2017

✔︎ See the kids during daylight hours

We should put what really matters at the heart of how we work — A year ago I left a well-paid tech job to turn a side-project into a business. I’ve started and grown several businesses, with some success, some failure and a lot of learning in between. This time, though, I’m taking a very different approach. Makelight, the learning community we’ve set up…

Startup

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✔︎ See the kids during daylight hours
✔︎ See the kids during daylight hours
Startup

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The Thread

·May 15, 2017

Introducing The Thread on Medium

For the last couple of years, Makelight, the learning community that I help run has been really growing. It’s turned into a wonderfully supportive and collaborative membership. Each month we pick a topic to focus on. A theme for us to explore that will help us grow as people and/or…

Work Life Balance

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Introducing The Thread on Medium
Introducing The Thread on Medium
Work Life Balance

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Dec 28, 2016

Ephemeralds

Today I was flicking through a book on the Japanese artist Hokusai with my daughter. He’s most well known for this image, which I’m sure you’ve seen: We looked through his images, talked about the beautiful way he captured the movement of water, the sense of space and depth, how…

Art

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Ephemeralds
Ephemeralds
Art

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Nov 23, 2016

Do what you love (and pay the bills)

On growing a passion project into a passion business without taking investment. — This time last year my wife, Emily and I were kicking off an experiment to answer a fairly big question: Could we combine both of our creative energies to find a way to make a living that lines up with family life, working on what we both enjoy and are…

Startups

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Do what you love (and pay the bills)
Do what you love (and pay the bills)
Startups

12 min read


Jun 7, 2016

Quietly getting on with business

For the last few months I’ve been unusually quiet online. I’ve been keeping up my usual rate of life-observations and banter on my Twitter account, but other than that I’ve been keeping myself to myself. “What have you been up to recently?” has become a common conversation starter from friends…

Startup

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Quietly getting on with business
Quietly getting on with business
Startup

7 min read


Oct 18, 2015

Hacking happiness into the daily commute

Commuting, for those of us who must do it every day, is generally not an experience to be relished. The hours lost in a useless limbo travelling to the workplace and back, day in, day out, are not generally ones that are well-spent or enjoyable. In the past, my family…

Travel

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Hacking happiness into the daily commute
Hacking happiness into the daily commute
Travel

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Founder Stories

·Mar 16, 2015

If software is eating the world, who‘s running the restaurant?

There’s a gender gap in tech. Can we narrow it? — Prompted by an invitation from Women Shift Digital to speak on a panel at Nesta FutureFest, here are some thoughts on the subject (as a man). Cooking in progress by Jaume Escofet Growing up in the eighties I was lucky to be part of a generation that was encouraged to…

Gender Equality

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If software is eating the world, who’s running the restaurant?
If software is eating the world, who’s running the restaurant?
Gender Equality

7 min read


Feb 5, 2015

Getting back to the drawing board

What‘s next after Makeshift? I’m leaving Makeshift The idea of Makeshift was to try out many tiny “hacks” and turn the best ones into digital products that could become businesses. Year one was all about invention — we sketched up about fifty ideas, and did twelve prototypes. Year two was all about choosing what to focus on…

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Getting back to the drawing board
Getting back to the drawing board

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