Coolest (and free!) hangouts at Cannes Lions 2016

Hi Guys,
Just thought I'd share with you some of the great places I've found so far at Cannes Lions 2016. I hope this will give you a head start and boost your valuable networking (and drinking!) time...
(Both locations are situated along The Croisette, just a few minutes' walk...

What I learned in 24,000 Steps last Thursday

Without wishing to sound too much like an old relic, the last time I pounded the streets of Soho with such fervour was in 1986.
I was looking for my first job in commercials and spent the
best part of six months walking from door to door, talking to anyone...

Share - Learn - Build

One of the most amazing things about the internet is its ability to build itself. Not in a ghastly 'Skynet' way, but simply by providing its human creators with the ability to easily share information, learn how to do things better and then build on other people's experience.
Years ago,...

How did we get here?

Patience.
After years of planning, waiting, more planning, hoping and more waiting, the first version of Indibook now exists and it works really well.
It's hard to believe how fast things have turned around in the last few months, largely thanks to my original business partners who I first approached...

The best £2 I've spent so far...

Yup, on a cup of tea.
Not for me, but for a highly experienced film and TV Production Manager who had agreed to meet me to discuss Indibook and our plans for the service. A cup of tea seemed the least I could provide, given that he was sparing me...

Getting to the next lamp post...

At Campus last week, I heard Carl Dawson from Proversity explain how he thought running a start up was very like running the marathons he did on a regular basis.
The best piece of advice he received as he hit the pain barrier was "just get to the next lamp...

Hello World

"Every great web company has two O’s in its name"

Stefan Fountain, Soocial

Pounds Dollar Billionaire

I heard an interesting article on the radio this morning which wonderfully illustrates the whopping difference in scale which exists between the millions, billions and trillions of pounds that we tend to talk about so glibly in these dark days of the credit crunch.
It was explained using a common...