Jan 28, 2015 | Investing & Saving
Which do you think is better worth your time: spending less or earning more? It’s actually a harder question than I initially thought. There are some important pros and cons to both, and they’re not immediately obvious. A pound saved is worth more than a pound earned...
Jan 9, 2015 | Best, Entrepreneurship, How-To
“What did you do this Sunday?” “Well, I went to church” “Oh… cool.” Well, churches aren’t cool. He doesn’t think they’re cool. That’s the end of that conversation. In November 2012, after a little over a year of on and off preparation we met with the...
Dec 26, 2014 | About Me, Income Reports
Merry Christmas! A time for reflections and resolutions. It has been quite a year. I have played table tennis almost everyday in the Expert in a Year challenge, started a coffee shop, jointly bought a buy-to-let flat in Sutton, became the best selling table tennis bat...
Dec 22, 2014 | Investing & Saving
Warning. This post is a bit of a rant. It really bugs me when we read about the households “enjoying house price rises”. Really who apart from landlords enjoy rising house prices? Well people like me who would like to buy a home at some point certainly don’t, everyone...
Dec 20, 2014 | Investing & Saving
This article was written in 2014 and quite a lot has changed! A lot about this article is still relevant, but you may be more interested in my most recent post on peer-to-peer lending and why I am moving my money from Funding Circle to Ratesetter. Out of all the...
Dec 12, 2014 | Entrepreneurship
It’s 6am in December 2012 and I’m sitting in our office waiting for a prospective angel investor to arrive. Normally I hate getting up early in the morning but I’m currently so stressed out and not sleeping I would be awake anyway. I’m on my second...
