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Jan 15

Key Person of Influence

What’s your tagline? Where are your ideas published? How can I learn from you? Here is a guide to be eminent. — First impressions — this book really pushes to sell itself. The language is a little like self-help books. “Keep doing X and…”, “In 6 months you will…”, “just trust it and…” Reading past that, it is quite interesting! It gives 5 true suggestions that would help make you eminent in…

Key Person Of Influence

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Key Person of Influence
Key Person of Influence
Key Person Of Influence

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Jan 1

Reviewing every hour of 2022

One of my habits each year is to review the year publically, using my personal productivity app everyhour.xyz. Why? A nice review of progress while also a good place to make targets from. Publically so I can’t skimp on effort. TL;DR: ❄️ Joined OnDeck Build for Climate 🌱 Got engaged while…

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Reviewing every hour of 2022
Reviewing every hour of 2022

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Jan 1

Is Entrepreneur First going to be good for you?

Love island for founders -> A honest and impartial review of my EF experience and tips on how to do it better. — Who am I to say? I joined Entrepreneur First (EF) for the most recent cohort, in October 2022. We go for investment with vula (to help African founders and SMEs find funds easier) in 2 weeks, so this article hasn’t been influenced by whether or not we’ll get funding!

Entrepreneur First

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Is Entrepreneur First going to be good for you?
Is Entrepreneur First going to be good for you?
Entrepreneur First

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Dec 12, 2022

❌📐 6 rules to build a “no rules” culture

A dummy’s summary of the book explaining Netflix’s culture — “It was not obvious to me at the time but we had a culture that valued people over process, emphasized innovation over efficiency and had very few controls.” — Reed Hastings CEO Netflix This book is essentially 6 points: Work only with the best. Everyone must give each other feedback—a framework to keep surpassing yourselves, improving…

Netflix

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❌📐 6 rules to build a “no rules” culture
❌📐 6 rules to build a “no rules” culture
Netflix

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Sep 30, 2022

The world is fucked *but* it is the least fucked it has ever been

Here’s 3 ways to get through it — from Factfulness by Hans Rosling — This book is written by Hans Rosling — a doctor, statistician and science communicator. Look at him go here: The thesis is that our world view froze 60 years ago in the west, and we need to learn new methods to understand facts. First things first The book makes you take a…

Factfulness

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The world is fucked *but* it is the least fucked it has ever been
The world is fucked *but* it is the least fucked it has ever been
Factfulness

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Jul 10, 2022

Relative imports in Python — for js people.

My background is js. It’s where I feel at home. I am working in python lately and generally am finding it good (great number of packages — especially in data science and ML — with good tutorials) but the environment system, imports, package management etc are not as intuitive or…

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May 29, 2022

Eastern philosophy was misunderstood.

Confucius, Laozi, Xunzi, a sprinkle of Eastern history and more. — My main knowledge of eastern philosophers was genuinely from Epic Rap Battles, before this book. You have to watch it: I then read the book explaining them better, here’s a TL;DR: We can and should try to improve ourselves (Confucius, Xunzi) Aim to improve every aspect of yourself equally and at the same time (5 Virtues) Behaving “as if” something…

Philosophy

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Eastern philosophy was misunderstood.
Eastern philosophy was misunderstood.
Philosophy

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May 25, 2022

A satellite view of PWAs and why you should build them instead of an app

A progressive web app — Cheap to develop, tiny file size, no app stores — The problems of Native apps App stores They take a percentage cut (15% typically), can have questionable ranking and reviews, and can require users to jump through multiple hoops to download the app. PWAs are websites that work on mobile and can be downloaded from that website on the users browser — in one click on Android.

Pwa

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A satellite view of PWAs and why you should build them instead of an app
A satellite view of PWAs and why you should build them instead of an app
Pwa

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May 20, 2022

De Nada Nights — an evening you don’t need to worry about planning

Coming soon — a cultural evening plan from around the world just for fun! — Every month there are countless important celebrations around the world. Let’s join in! Get a food, music to listen to while cooking and a movie to watch for one night every month, for free. Emma and I started doing this on Cinco de Mayo 2021: a big and colourful mix…

Culture

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De Nada Nights — an evening you don’t need to worry about planning
De Nada Nights — an evening you don’t need to worry about planning
Culture

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Apr 22, 2022

Is OnDeck going to be good for you? An honest and impartial view.

Who am I to say? I have just finished OnDeck Build for Climate! As a cohort we have crafted some great ideas and strong connections across climate tech. See my top 5 ideas here: Alex Goff on LinkedIn: #help #climatetech #ondeck the top 5 ideas from OnDeck Build for climate! or at least my favourites! if you like their ideas reach out to them and…www.linkedin.com What you will get from OnDeck A slack channel invite

On Deck

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Is OnDeck going to be good for you? An honest and impartial view.
Is OnDeck going to be good for you? An honest and impartial view.
On Deck

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