Founder turned AgriFood investor. Previously an early investor in @RevolutApp @TheHut_com @PaddleHQ @GoCardless etc. Pianist. Psychologist. Optimist.

London, UK
Joined December 2010
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“Any crisis over Taiwan would be utterly devastating for AI, cloud computing and the manufacturing of smartphones, PCs, cars, medical devices, and telecoms and defence equipment.” - @WilliamJHague thetimes.com/article/89a7cf9…
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Meanwhile UK airports are embracing technology to reduce processing time from 20 seconds to 10 from next year. The EU EES is stuck in the last century. thetimes.com/article/e736b8a…
Another day, another example of EU EES incompetence. (For EU citizens too in this case) Why do we tolerate it? Who has been fired in the EC for the waste of billions of hours of citizens’ time..?
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Is this the ultimate Mail front page..?
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Another day, another example of EU EES incompetence. (For EU citizens too in this case) Why do we tolerate it? Who has been fired in the EC for the waste of billions of hours of citizens’ time..?
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It’s not just the 1-3 hour queues that put people off travelling. It’s the fact that the system is so dumb. The UK reads passports in 15 seconds. The EU takes 2-3 minutes per entry. And you have to repeat it every time because the systems don’t talk. Heads should roll.
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AI scaling from plates to tanks...
There are two versions of 2050. / In one, fossil carbon still makes most of our chemistry. / In the other, biology makes it. In tanks. From renewable feedstocks. Anywhere on Earth. / The hard engineering problem between them: scale-up. / We're on it — and we need tanks. 🧵
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For nearly 15 years, I sent @tim_cook a weekly report every Sunday night on the global App Store business. My team and I packed it with data, charts, and commentary on what was happening around the world. Most weeks: silence. Every so often, a probing question would come back about a specific metric or market. Or, better, a note congratulating us on a strong quarter. Those reports taught me a lot about discipline and accountability. No matter where I was in the world, I sent that report. Tim expected his leaders to know their businesses cold. Whenever I put anything in front of him, I needed to understand not just the numbers, but what was driving them and what we were doing about it. His expectations made me a much better leader. On my last day at Apple, Tim and I had a 10-minute 1:1 scheduled. We talked for 30. Reflecting on my 21 years at the company, he told me my greatest accomplishment wasn’t helping build a $1 trillion App Store ecosystem or helping scale the business to more than one billion customers. It was the team I had built and the leaders I had developed who were ready to step up after I left. That meant the world to me. We took this photo together right after that conversation. Today is Tim’s last day as CEO of Apple. Much has been written about what he and the company accomplished under his leadership. But perhaps his greatest legacy is the one he taught me to value: the people he developed, the culture he shaped, and the leaders ready to carry it forward. I’ll always be grateful I got to be a part of it.
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Staggering that @ASA_UK allows this ad (being shown at UK cinemas) - basically saying these diabetes/obesity causing ultra-processed foods are “better” than a healthy salad. @pepsi you make me sick. And you’re making the world sick. youtu.be/2opZZtAzgp4?feature…
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Update: have reported to the ASA... Complaint regarding Pepsi Cinema Advert – Misleading Health Claims and Promotion of Unhealthy Eating Habits. This is the ad: youtube.com/watch?v=2opZZtAz… Complaint: I am writing to lodge a complaint regarding the cinema advertisement for Pepsi Max titled "Your Meals Better with Pepsi" under the BCAP Code Section 13 (Food, food products, diet and health) and Section 3 (Misleading advertising). Key Issues: 1. Discouraging Healthy Eating Choices: The advert depicts an individual eating a plain meal/salad [00:09], describing it negatively as "meh", and replacing/pairing it with fast food items (burgers, fried food) alongside Pepsi, accompanied by the voiceover "Don't make it meh... make it tasty, make it refreshing, that's better." This directly disparages healthier options (like salads) in favour of high-fat, high-salt, or ultra-processed foods. 2. Misleading Nutritional Context: By framing ultra-processed fast food paired with a soft drink as superior or "better" than a wholesome salad, the ad undermines general public health guidance surrounding balanced diets, nutrition, and the prevention of health issues like obesity and diabetes. 3. Responsibility in Advertising: Under BCAP Rule 13.4, broadcast advertisements must not encourage poor nutritional habits or disparage healthy diets. The tone of the advertisement explicitly encourages viewers to reject balanced meals in favour of high-fat/processed alternatives.
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The UK has the wealthiest 66-75 year olds in Europe (apart from Luxembourg). @andyburnham surely it’s time to ditch the Triple Lock.
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PS why not base pensions inflation on the middle of the three “triple lock” measures rather than the highest?
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“Celebrities monetise their brand by selling consumer commodities like tequila. Our version of this in Silicon Valley is starting a Venture Fund - all these people who have the ability to raise gobs of cash and do really hard things, they sit on the roof like BigHead from HBO’s Silicon Valley and raise a venture fund, and piddle around with AI, but we really need them to be founders, we need them to be heroes.” Trae Stephens on @jaltma podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Is OpenAI the new Netscape? [and Google Gemini = Microsoft IE]
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