The Happy Startup School

A tale of serendipity and success

From our most popular Friday Fireside show to date

Join us with Oliver Burkeman this Friday 21st April at 12pm UK time on Crowdcast

Move over, hygge. There’s a new Scandinavian concept to embrace, and it will give you more of a natural high than candles and cushions ever…

This was a question put forward by someone at last week’s Ideas Café.

1. Simplify my offering 2. Do less, but better 3. Hone my one thing 4. Stop chasing so many ideas 5. Focus focus focus 6. Stick at…

Everyone around you will benefit

I’ve always been obsessed with the deep questions.

When Laurence and I started our digital agency we didn’t believe we needed any help.

And getting paid to be you

This was the question I posed to my little group at our Ideas Café meetup last week.

Some people are radiators, others are drains. Be conscious of where you devote most of your precious time.

In his fascinating book How Music Works, David Byrne (best known as the front man of the band Talking Heads) has a powerful message.

When most people start a business they focus on their idea, the company they want to create and/or the needs of the market.

Despite what many people think, most entrepreneurs don’t start a business because they want to retire on a desert island.

When I sat down to write a similar email 3 years ago almost to the day, little did I realise we’d be in 2022 before we’d be planning this…

We are the cusp of a special moment.

For those of us born in the West today, living to 100 will be the norm not the exception. I wrote a post about this recently.

For the last 7 years Joshua Coombes has been a man on a mission.

A blueprint for a meaningful life

Start with what moves you, not what moves the market

Do you find it challenging talking about money?

If you’re going to be a successful entrepreneur you’re supposed to think big.

And why we do what we do