Remember the “debate?” The art of constructing and carrying out an argument. I find myself seeking those out more and more recently and I finally realize why. During another car ride this weekend it struck me: If done well, arguing makes us smarter I have to give credit where credit…

Part III: the Future of Ownership Welcome to the third and final part of the Future of Acceleration series. …

Part II: Future of Mentorship This post is a part of a three-part series. If you missed “Part I: The Future of Work (for start ups)”, you can access it here. In Part III, the Future of Ownership, I tie together the trends of decoupling of talent / mentorship / funding and location. In the…

Introduction + Part I: Future of Work If you sit long enough amongst fellow tech peers at an event in London (or listen to them chit chat on ClubHouse, now that we are not allowed to play in covid), startup founders agree there are three main reasons why they join accelerators: Capital, Network, and Mentorship. In 2015…

What if 2020 wasn’t such a waste after all… The World Economic Forum called for The Great Reset in 2020. Following a fundamentally changing context for decision-making, we have an opportunity to rectify inadequacies in our systems (from healthcare to finance) with the purpose of making them work for our…

We have just completed our two-day European Start Up Showcase for WeWork Labs. In a day and age, when it feels like we were pushed into the open air midway through a flight (ghm ghm covid) — i.e. …

Why getting through the global pandemic is less about runway and more about resilience. In my current position, I get a lot of questions from the WeWork Labs founders about “how to cut costs to survive this pandemic?” There is a mix of despair, optimism, fear, hope, and heightened emotions…