I like writing, making music, playing chess and writing chess programs, fitness geekery, and learning languages. I am from Bolton, but tend to move around. I've lived in the UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, and the USA.
I've worked in and thought about startups for a long time. Some of my career privileges:
Was an early sales and marketing person at The Student Housing Company. I generated millions in sales for them, and later TSHC was bought for ~$2.1bn.
Became the first employee at Entrepreneurs First, later setting up and running EF across multiple countries as Managing Director / General Partner and on the Executive Committee. EF grew from 0 to ~$250m AUM and a portfolio worth tens of billions during this time.
Set up costreaming sites Watch With & SML, which were used by >2000 streamers to create ~9000 hours of content watched millions of times.
In some form or other I’ve been advising and investing in startups for more than 10 years. I angel invest sometimes - if we worked together in the past and you're building something new, reach out.