Dec 31, 2020What I read in 2020I read far fewer books in 2020 than in any year for at least a decade. Partly this was a conscious decision to shift my reading away from books, as I discussed last year, but mainly the pandemic was to blame. …Books5 min readBooks5 min read
Dec 31, 2019My favourite books of the 2010sAs we’re about to enter a new decade, I decided to look back at which books that I first read since 2010 (ignoring publication date) stand up as my favourites (For reviews of the last five years, see 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019). My top five in fiction are: …Books3 min readBooks3 min read
Dec 31, 2019What I read in 20192019 was a good reading year, with several books among the best I’ve read this decade (see here for a separate post on my favourite books of the decade; my reviews of the last four years are here: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). It turned out, though, that finding time to…Books8 min readBooks8 min read
Published inEntrepreneur First·Jan 23, 2019Announcing EF+HAX — funding the world’s best hardware foundersEntrepreneur First (EF) exists because the world is missing out on some of its best founders. We’re a talent investor: we support…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Dec 31, 2018What I read in 2018This year was a slower reading year for me (my previous annual reviews here: 2015, 2016, 2017). …Books7 min readBooks7 min read
Published inEntrepreneur First·Dec 28, 2018What we did in 2018Entrepreneur First is the world’s leading talent investor. We back exceptional individuals before they have a company and then support them to build a globally ambitious startup from scratch. As we reach the end of 2018, we wanted to report some of the highlights from our busiest year yet… Taking…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Published inEntrepreneur First·Oct 15, 2018Introducing Entrepreneur First BangaloreToday we’re excited to announce Entrepreneur First Bangalore. Applications are open now. Entrepreneur First (EF) exists because we believe that the world is missing out on many — perhaps most — of its best founders. We believe that there are at least thousands of people who could start world-changing companies…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Published inEntrepreneur First·Jul 5, 2018Introducing Entrepreneur First Paris…Today we’re excited to launch Entrepreneur First Paris. It’s the fifth EF office and the third we’ve opened this year, following Berlin in January and Hong Kong in March. When people ask me how EF decides which cities to open up in, my answer is very simple: we want to…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Published inEntrepreneur First·Mar 22, 2018Introducing Entrepreneur First Hong Kong…Today we announce that Entrepreneur First is opening an office in Hong Kong. The first programme there will kick off in July and we couldn’t be more excited. You can apply here. When we announced our latest funding round in September, we reiterated that our mission is global: the world…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Published inEntrepreneur First·Jan 17, 2018Introducing Entrepreneur First Berlin…We’re delighted to announce today that we’re opening a Berlin office and will be kicking off our first programme in April. You can apply here. As I’ve said before, Entrepreneur First’s mission is a global one: the world is missing out on some of its best founders. We want to…Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
