ponderings and work-related miscellany from sam michel
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Way back in 2015 I was on the hunt for accountants that wouldn’t flinch at the idea of working with ‘tech-related firms: Fintech, Adtech, Martech, Proptech. You get the gist. When I asked friends and on… [read more]
Each March over 70,000 conference delegates descend on Austin for the SXSW Conference. The breadth of programming is vast, featuring 20 tracks for the 2020 event with everything from familiar territories such as Startups, Design, Advertising &… [read more]
<tl;dr> Saying please and thank you really works. Actual real-life professors say so. Not only do you get a better response, but it’s good for you, too. I am definitely a novice at… [read more]
<tl;dr> My New Year’s resolution is to try and write a blog post, or something not entirely work-related every day for 30 days. Some simple, and slightly questionable maths1, leads me to the… [read more]
2021 Update: Just published a new list of 25+ tech, startup and SME friendly accountants and bookkeepers. Unless you have a penchant for number crunching and government-related form-filling, tax returns, VAT returns, cashflow forecasts, balance sheets… [read more]
A couple of weeks back I was asked to speak at TechWorld, a conference and expo organised by UK Trade & Investment. This year’s event included the addition of the first TechCity Entrepreneur’s Festival. The week-… [read more]
RIP Steve Jobs. I saw the news in the early hours of yesterday morning (UK time), whilst I was sitting cross-legged on the bedroom floor trying to force conference badges through my (non-Apple) printer without much… [read more]
The Vickers report on the future of the UK’s banks has been published to the predictable wailing from the banks, and gnashing of teeth from politicians. Whether the rapacious tendencies of testosterone-fuelled traders (men and women… [read more]
Each morning I try and blot out the involuntary sauna of the Central Line by feeding my addiction to TED lectures. I love the brilliant speakers and the massive variation in topics. Keeps the old noggin’ ticking over.… [read more]
In the midst of the frenetic activity of Social Media Week London #smwldn, I popped along to the BBC’s Sport & Social Media panel and caught up with Adam Mountford, producer of every cricket fan’s audio… [read more]
I like a ‘to do’ list as much as the next person. I’ve dabbled with systems like Getting Things Done (anything with a tickler file, must be good, right?) and even managed to make some progress towards… [read more]
Cross-posted from my Chinwag blog. I was working late when the news started to come in about the earthquake in Haiti. The sense of something major unfolding on an unimaginable scale reminded me of listening to the… [read more]
