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Books & collected practices

Peer Learning Is - a broad look at peer learning around the world, with a focus on practical program design
Mentor Impact - researched the practices used by the startup mentors that really make a difference
Decision Hacks - early-stage startup decisions distilled
Source Institute - open peer learning formats and ops guides, and our internal guide on decentralised teams

Blog posts

Samo Aleko (2024)

Don't miss The Floop (2024)

Some kind of parent (2024)

Retreats for remote teams (2023)

What do you need right now? (2023)

Building ecosystems with grant programs (2021)

Safe spaces make for better learning (2021)

Choose happiness (2021)

Working 'Remote' after 10 years (2020)

Emotional Vocabulary (2020)

Project portfolios (2020)

Expectations (2019)

Amperage - the inconvenient truth about energy for Africa's off-grid. (2018)

The history Of Lean Startup (2016)

Three Skinheads are running at me, and all I can think to say is, “Here Dan, hold my kebab for a sec.” (2016)

Get your loved ones off Facebook (2015)

Entrepreneurship is craft (2014)

Peter Thiel vs the science fiction masters (2013)