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The Sharing economy marketplace - A memo

29/11/2019

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The sharing economy narrative:
  • Technology was supposed to unlock all of our assets
  • We were supposed to borrow each others stuff easily
  • Stores were going to need a new business model as people stopped buying stuff

Market trends I’ve been thinking about that make this relevant:
  • There is growing movement towards early Financial Independence
  • Buying a bunch of stuff is no longer a satisfying consumer past time
  • Being able to rent/borrow should make life easier

But I find myself disillusioned with the state of the sharing economy so far. This whole story overlooked the key principles in human nature and business building.

The problems. 
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Introductions happen in the darkness - problem thoughts

12/9/2019

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So after several intros that I never hear back on, and using several people in my network for intros I’m fed up. This has to be easier. I finally got frustrated enough to map out an MVP solving this, this month and then through the power of introductions - found something better.
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Problem Exploration - Cruises

15/8/2019

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I sat down during a cruise to mull over my thoughts on the experience so far and to write some comprehensive feedback to the CEO/head of experience for Royal Caribbean (RC).

Little did I know this writing was going to take on a life of its own.

It was a 2 week family cruise with a party of 16. We took the Explorer of the Seas.
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Product Exploration - Yoga Mats

9/8/2019

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As someone who exercises and travels regularly I have encountered a repeating issue over the last year. I’m going to explore this into products.
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Marriage, a 60th Birthday and memories as a product

17/7/2019

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Within the space of a month is my wedding and my dad's 60th birthday. Both feel like pretty major life milestones. Both have me feeling nostalgic and yearning for a way to store memories better.

For my dad's 60th I spent 100+ hours digitising, cataloguing, storing on the cloud and organising all physical tapes of our family memories. Memories from as far back as 1950, which were locked away in a VHS, that were guaranteed to never be seen again, can now be accesses in my fathers palm any time he is connected to the internet.

This present and these life events got me thinking about a company a friend of mine started and an entirely new category that can be created. Enter Kinecho.
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This stuff is terrible - who writes it anyway?

9/5/2019

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Less than half way through the year and I'm already questioning why I started writing again
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Housing is a mess - where is the tech

8/4/2019

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Can we talk about how messed up the UK housing market is?
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The innaccuracy of a common language

25/2/2019

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Last week, I had a conversation with someone where we clearly had a different understanding of the same term.

That term was “Imposter Syndrome”.

After the chat, I found myself obsessing on how annoyed I was. I think this difference in understanding is symptomatic of a greater issue we face.


The inaccuracy of the language we share.
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Techstars A Year On

7/2/2019

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It’s been a year since I boarded the plane from London to Denver to spend 3 months in Boulder for the Techstars 2018 program and it feels like the right time to structure and share the thoughts I have been working on for the last month.

​If you’re considering Techstars and you feel the equity deal might be a little raw or an MD hasn’t gotten you to drink the kool-aid yet, I implore you to read on.
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My Day One adventure & outcomes

4/1/2019

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At the end of 2018 I picked up This Is Day One by Drew Dudley. As soon as I finished the book I turned it over and started reading it again. Yes I, Matt Quinn read the same book twice in a row in 2018.

This post is a hefty wade into the exercise at the end, my values and what I am committed to operationalising in 2019. Strap yourselves in folks. It's an authentic, vulnerable and long read.

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