Dec 11, 2020Sick of endless Zooms? Get ready for that 2020 holiday party!2020 has ruined pretty much everything fun and the festive season is about to fall prey to the pandemic. In a normal, “non-pandemic” year, we would be gearing up for some enjoyable festive spirit. The corporate world would be preparing to put on celebrations, whether they’re lavish gala parties, in-office…Zoom3 min readZoom3 min read
Sep 9, 2020Chaos, mass protests and resignations. What we can learn about using algorithms from the UK’s diabolical student exam gradingOn the morning of 13th August, as has been for generations, British students with eager anticipation opened envelopes and checked emails to find out their A-level results (school leaver exams). These exams have a huge impact on what the students do next. …Education5 min readEducation5 min read
Published inOneZero·Jul 23, 2020Member-onlyA Former Googler Explains Why the U.K.’s Contact Tracing App Was a DisasterAnd what everyone else can learn from it — On June 18, the British government suddenly abandoned development of its contact tracing app, which was intended to tell people if they had come into close proximity with someone who tested positive for Covid-19. It worked 4% of the time. That completely unacceptable result came from poor decisions based on…Covid-197 min readCovid-197 min read
Jun 25, 2020Marcus Rashford and the playbook for athletic activismOn 15th June, Marcus Rashford, one of Europe’s hottest prospects in football, wrote an impassioned letter to all 650 British Members of Parliament asking them to reverse their decision to cancel the food voucher scheme that feeds 1.3 million school children over the summer holidays. The free school meals program…Racism5 min readRacism5 min read
May 13, 2020(A)PMM ListA place to find APMM and PMM programs to apply to, and advice on breaking into the field. Associate Product Marketing Manager (APMM) programs are special new grad roles designed to train young top talent to be great product marketing leaders. Programs are usually a couple of years in length…Product Marketing1 min readProduct Marketing1 min read
Nov 13, 20185 things I learned when Google let me work at a startup for 2 weeks…Earlier this month, I spent a fortnight working at Campus London, a space for startups, run by Google, as an advisor for Campus Experts Summit. This program brings Google employees to Campuses across the world (Madrid, Seoul, Warsaw, Sao Paulo) for 2 weeks to provide hands-on mentoring for startups. For…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Jun 27, 2018Is Uber’s “commitment to improving safety” enough?Three and a half years ago I wrote an article titled “Why Uber needs to roll out its safety measures ASAP”. Uber was facing a tirade of safety calamities and I had just founded a start-up, Luna, that aimed to be your personal assistant for safety. We had conducted surveys…Uber4 min readUber4 min read
Jun 18, 2018What I learned from visiting hundreds of Indian small businessesAfter trudging through the dilapidated streets of Howrah, a suburb of Kolkata, India, for a good 35 minutes in the sweltering summer heat, I finally reached Mr Kapil Goenka’s small plywood store. His oldest son, Hari, immediately offered me a chair and a cup of tea. …Small Business4 min readSmall Business4 min read
Mar 22, 2015Start-ups in the LabAn old friend once told me, write about what you know rather than what you aspire to be. Working since late September in a University of Oxford lab 9 to 6pm gives me some confidence in my knowledge of what everyday life is like for the science researcher. — Over the past few months, what I’ve noticed most about the difference between the start-up and academic worlds is the pace of change. Although there have been small breakthroughs in recent years and growing interest in ‘lab start-ups’, the world of research cannot deny it has been too slow in…Science3 min readScience3 min read
Feb 15, 2015Why Uber needs to roll out its safety measures ASAP!It’s now almost a year ago, since I was wondering around London late at night, using Google Maps to get back home when it led me down a dark alley way and I started to get the spooks. …2 min read2 min read
