BLOG 50 #sharingeconomy coffees in London This is the formula I have been looking for. I want to put my balls on the line in a decent way. I am no longer feeling depressed and crushed I have suddenly become a balanced and realistic human being. The last few years of depression have taught me when to say no, when to go home and what to eat turning me into an invigorated 'thing' that is loving making a ruckus in 2015. My love for my Wordpress Rainmaker FM site grows deeper every day and I am still gagging to do a little podcast on my o
BLOG Just another 30 day blog challenge… #8 It is October and I have started to get the winter blues. I know they are just the winter blues and that sunshine all day does a lot more for your vitamin D levels than being wrapped in a coat and shivering. I have always taken a dip in the winter time, at school it was the run up to Christmas and plays and reports and the I'd just started a new school year. School years always seemed to start with a sense of 'don't fuck this one up too'. No one actually ever said that to me but it was the sens
BLOG Five Start-Ups I LOVE that are Crushing it.... I know there might be bigger, faster, stronger and more hip stuff going on, but for me this is where the fun is. I have seen these guys start, grow, fall over, get back up and - unlike many Start-Up founders - they LISTEN. 1. The Food Assembly - Supported OuishareFest in France and they opened here at 90 Mainyard in the canal side restaurant in our coworking space, they connect food producers with customers and organise a weekly event to pick up your order and meet the people that make your fo
BLOG #globalsharingday - Final Cut Pro - House of Commons with Marks and Spencer's Our HUGE day rounded off at the House of Commons with a deliciously informal speaker session. We all crammed into one room and were treated to insights from a rapid fire line up. This picture here shows Mike Barry being interviewed. Who is Mike Barry? He is the very active Head of Sustainability for Marks and Spencer's, and solid supporter of our quest at The People Who Share. Quite frankly in the world of gigantic corporations that take longer to turn than an oil tanker in a ocean storm M&S ar
BLOG Learning to share.... So there I was tweeting away and suddenly I'd fallen into building the sharing economy. Not single handedly of course - lots of faster, taller and smarter people with letters after their name started long before me. I was not looking for it, nor was I particularly mad about it. I joined Zip Car because I think owning a car that you drive once a week is nuts, I used Spotify and Love Film early on because the thought of buying CD's and DVD's and then buying furniture to keep them on was a pain in