I’m not a parent, but I suspect that starting a business is a bit like having a child. Life-changing. A shuffling of priorities. Being kept awake half the night. Networking is the new sex. Or the new black. Or perhaps the new running. I’ve attended plenty of hand-shaking festivals in my time but what was, in a previous life, often an onerous, awkward duty, now seems like a self-reaffirming recreation.… READ MORE.... …
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An unseasonably hot, claggy day in central London today. 29 degrees might be the sort of temperature that would make an Aussie reach for his overcoat, but for us, it’s just on the uncomfortable side of warm — unless you’re in a beer garden. I wasn’t in a beer garden. Instead I was sardined on the London Underground system, floundering in a forest of armpits and hissing headphones, and can attest that it’s a less pleasant spot from which to enjoy the heat.… READ MORE.... …