I share what I learned bootstrapping my company from 0 to 5m users. I blog at theantistartup.com
Joined February 2007
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4 Aug 2023
I’ve read 20 books on creativity. I love the topic.
One thing that barely get mentioned is being ready to record your thoughts in detail when inspiration strikes.
Creativity is often fleeting, but if you can trap the essence of the idea when it hits you with the strongest waves, you can revisit it later and refine your thoughts.
Here’s my 5 shortcuts: 🧵
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May 23
Found in the wild, euro 2000 terrestra, greatest football of all time
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Jan 22
I’m not saying marketing claims are getting out of control but I just read that a WiFi password is being changed as part of a brand refresh.
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22 Dec 2025
I wanted to give the people who pick up our bins a bonus for Christmas so I put some money in an envelope and then I thought what do I write on the front of it?
I started with ‘dear bin men’ and I thought what if there are women? So I changed to ‘bin people’ and immediately realised this was insane so I finished with ‘recycling guys’. This is my life now.
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2 Nov 2025
@MotorclaimGuru Hey Tim, I wondered if this link ever worked?
Or were there reasons you had to remove the service?
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13 Dec 2024
I get sensational headlines attract attention, but if you asked 100 people to guess you the result of this game from the headline, I wonder how many would successfully guess it was 1-1.
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14 Nov 2024
This is what my mind tells me when an invite says "business casual"
14 Nov 2024
Wishing His Majesty King Charles III a very happy 76th birthday!
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9 Nov 2024
“Monkey tennis? Stacey Dooley shoplifting? If you don’t do it Sky will.”
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19 Mar 2024
Wife: What have you been doing today?
Me: Keyboarding. Intensively.
From HermanMiller manual.
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10 Sep 2023
The greatest lost football in the whole of the UK?
ALT Football stuck in a huge circular bowl structure
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4 Aug 2023
I’ve read 20 books on creativity. I love the topic.
One thing that barely get mentioned is being ready to record your thoughts in detail when inspiration strikes.
Creativity is often fleeting, but if you can trap the essence of the idea when it hits you with the strongest waves, you can revisit it later and refine your thoughts.
Here’s my 5 shortcuts: 🧵
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4 Aug 2023
5) Build your OWN system.
Success is born on repeated strides, work out what works for you, it will rarely be identical to someone else. Ensure your system requires no extra effort (for you). Congratulations you just formed a creativity habit.
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4 Aug 2023
That’s all folks, here’s my breakdown of the last book I read on creativity by a British legend: theantistartup.com/creativit…
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