Usually: CEO & Co-founder @Hubble 🚀 | Often: Talking about the future of *where* we work📍 | Always: Blasting old school hip-hop 🎧 | Politically: homeless🤷🏽
I’ve *NEVER* shared this story in public before.
This is a story about LOSS, FAILURE and sheer perseverance.
I told this story to a few fellow startup founders last night, and it resonated - so I wanted to share on here.
Odd @FT hit-piece on @matthewclifford.
Sounds like it was conceived (poorly) by an opportunistic bitter rival.
Disappointed that the FT decided to publish such a biased piece, full of hearsay and desperate straw-clutching in order to weave a specific narrative.
Having known Matt for over 10yrs, I'm sure there's 1000's of people who would attest to his character, integrity and patriotism towards the UK.
How the hell is this country going to recover from the wreckage of the past 10yrs, if we are tall-poppy-hatchet-job-ing the individuals with the smarts, gumption and work ethic to turn this sinking ship around? Ridiculous.
https://t.co/1ypmUWuduF
@Vitality_UK - member for over 5yrs; the one time I actually need to your service: (1) The bill I am sent is completely wrong (2) I have wasted hours trying to get hold of someone on your phone lines, with no success (3) your online portal is broken & I can't log in. Please help
@Alicebentinck@join_ef@matthewclifford Huge congrats @Alicebentinck. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (and again), EF was the single most transformational thing I’ve ever done in my life. I’ll be eternally grateful for you guys taking a chance on me and the life skills I learn in such a short space of time.
@HarryStebbings Hands down @matthewclifford . No question. Despite how busy and in-demand he is, will always go out of his way to help and give advice, 9yrs after he invested. STILL get a happy birthday message on WhatsApp every year without fail.
I said it yesterday and I’ll say it again: the UK startup community has no idea how lucky it is to have Dom going to bat for them behind the scenes. Superb work.
"There are, according to 20-odd top tier European VCs, just two accelerators really worth getting into: Entrepreneur First and Y Combinator"
Nice piece in @Siftedeu on why @join_ef is the top choice for exceptional talent https://t.co/I1FPHJJgAL