Source: MarkMapstone.com I normally save the “In the Media” heading a tag (yes, tag – you can use these to track common articles on my site, like all of my media appearances) for news publications and websites, but I’ll make an exception in this case. It’s a blog post by UK based web designer (that’s underselling him)...

As an international business coach and speaker who specialises in working with young entrepreneurs (we have things in common!), I would love for every week to include an opportunity to speak to a group of energetic business people who have global awareness. This coming week I have been invited to just such an opportunity, and I’m excited! I...

Paul Graham continues to be one of my favourite business writers – I estimate that I’ve been reading his essays for a decade now. In many ways, even without having met him, pg (and Hacker News, which he built and originally named Startup News) is a key influence in my enthusiasm for tech startups, capital...

Here’s a question I get asked from time to time: why, when I write, do I always refer to my beautiful wife as “my beautiful wife”? And it is something I do deliberately: Here’s an example from Hacker News in 2010; here’s an example from my ‘About Jacob Aldridge’ page; and here’s a recent tweet....

I’ve selected a handful of heuristics in my life that I credit with making me happy(ier). Here’s one of the big ones: Never Run for Public Transport. I developed this decision-making framework in my final year of university. (That was a happy year for a lot of reasons, but I don’t want to digress). Brisbane...

Source: MortgageLoan.com I’m not only asked to comment on small business news stories – sometimes my wider life experience leads to some expert requests. In this article, Aaron Crowe examines the tough decision for many 20-something and 30-something year old couples: Do we spend our savings on the Wedding we want, or as a House...