CEO & Co-founder at SPLENTO. Entrepreneur, athlete & knowledge addict with a particular interest in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
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Just got back from Miami.
Big energy. Big ambition. Serious momentum. Also… colder than London.
Coldest January in 50+ years.
So we did what founders do best: re-imagined reality and shipped it anyway.
#Truthvisually
December was all creating. January finally gave us space to look back.
These were our 5 most-viewed videos of the year 👇
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Guinness — personal favourite🍺
Every generation thinks it’s witnessing “the future.”
Most of the time, they’re just seeing better tools.
Occasionally, they’re watching an interface change
so fundamental that nobody notices it happening.
Until later.
Truth, visually.
#truthvisually #startups #founderlife
“Where do you see yourself in five years?”
Once a real question.
Now it’s basically sci-fi.
Careers reset. Industries shift.
So my plan?
Hopefully not still explaining it.
And definitely not in the Upside Down.
Truth, visually.
To mark the winter solstice, we made a small #TruthVisually piece.
When you’re in a dark stretch - in startups or in life - what matters isn’t certainty, but direction.
From here, the days get longer.
Progress is slow, but real.
Sometimes, that’s enough to keep going.
Apparently AI lets everyone meet celebrities now.
Brad Pitt. Keanu Reeves. Al Pacino.
All in London. As restaurants.
We didn’t use AI.
… or did we? ;)
Sometimes the joke writes itself.
#TruthVisually #LondonEats #FamousFoodies
Today is #ChristmasJumperDay
Walking through London, I realised landmarks look like founders in December:
Gherkin in a jumper = pretending it’s under control
Shard in reindeer = pitch deck at 23:59
Big Ben knitwear = team trying to stay festive under chaos
#SaveTheChildren
There are two types of people in the corporate world.
Which one are you?
#TruthVisually #Startups #FounderLife #Entrepreneurship #BusinessLife
Pivoting feels exactly like @gilpenchina’s line:
“One foot on the train and one on the station…”
Every founder knows that pain.
Letting go is the hard part - and the smart part.
Focus wins.
#FounderLife #TruthVisually #Startups
Startup life in one phrase: 6-7.
Technically fine… actually chaotic.
Held together with optimism, caffeine & denial.
Founders know...
#TruthVisually #SixSeven #Startups #AI
Some lessons only show up when things get uncomfortable.
@WarrenBuffett said it best:
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”
#TruthVisually #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #Startups #Strategy
“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.” - @sherylsandberg
Sometimes the biggest wins come from saying yes before you feel ready.
#TruthVisually #AI
In the words of @elonmusk:
“Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.”
Here’s that truth - visually.
#TruthVisually #AI
Been off social fighting startup dragons.
Launching #TruthVisually - short AI videos on the messy, funny, painful reality of building big things.
@reidhoffman said it best: “Starting a company is jumping off a cliff and assembling a plane on the way down.”
Here’s that, visually.
#MyTwitterAnniversary @Twitter tells me I joined it 13 years ago. I thought I had a pretty good run since 2009, but there’s always someone who works harder and smarter than you, no matter how hard you try ;) @elonmusk who also joined in 2009 bought the company 13 years later 💪
Putting the Boom back into Boomf boomf.com/blog/putting-the-b… – at Greenwich, London