Viewing profile — petesmithy

These folks at The Onion are too good .. I clicked this thinking it for a moment that I’d missed an egregiously-named real tech company and this was a serious article. It’s been a …

Shadow Divers ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9530.Shadow_Divers ) - story of amateur deep sea divers who discover a sunken German U-Boat and spend years trying to get into i…

Additional context for Americans: we basically don’t have guns in Britain. The most dangerous thing these guys did was nearly get run over by the stalker fleeing in his car.

this ^^ I'm afraid; I used to do feedback for everyone if they got to phone interview or beyond; it's time consuming but I thought it would be a better candidate experience; maybe …

"Default Alive" - http://www.paulgraham.com/aord.html "pre-product market fit" - links to a list of resources: - The only thing that matters by Marc Andreessen https://pmarchive.co…

I get what you're driving at, but have you considered that sports teams, athletes are also optimising for 15+ year long careers (or even a long season)? Sports teams help players a…

SEEKING FREELANCER | London | Remote or partial on-site in London getcoconut.com iOS contractor for 3-9 month full-time project email pete@getcoconut.com

The bit that you can still see (ie. mobile app, website) is owned by Warner now actually, acquired by them in July 2017. The bit that Ticketmaster/LN 'acquired' in 2018 was, by the…

There are never any future guarantees of liquidity, so take this opportunity.

I get that this shit is hard but who thinks that saying "[o]ur in-house attorneys will shift to have the option to become preferred providers in our professional services network" …

This is bad advice. No one should have all their (paper) net worth tied up in one investment. Selling secondary shares is just sensible, even assuming you believe in your company.

https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/

Alex Ferguson would do the same, and reporters would curry favour with him in order to maintain access. This is just bully-boy press relations.

For all those looking for new development and data science roles in New York: check out my new startup The Round NYC. (I previously co-founded Songkick.com, YC s2007) theround.com …

you seem threatened and unsettled by a woman whose reaction to sexism in her industry (building a platform for herself from which to fight it) demonstrates intelligence and strengt…

>>My advice? Given bad choices... ...get fired up, quit your job, and go into politics.

Agreed.

great to hear it! do you think you'll find a new job as a result?

i agree that that kind of transparency would be amazing for candidates. tough to get all startups to sign up to a public declaration of their runways, however! but it's usually pos…

cheers peter the event brought so many great London tech start-ups together..

i had great fun doing this interview -- we were all on a real high at the end of the event, and sam asked some great questions the event goes from strength to strength!