Hi, I'm Chris.
I have 25 years of experience running tech teams and founding startups. I’m co-founder/CTO of Cherrypick, the best meal-led grocery shopping assistant on the market.
I also advise startup founders on tech strategy, and coach first-time CTOs & solo startup devs - if you think I might be able to help you message me to book a free 30 minute call.
Previously I spent three years in charge of film and technology teams at Gower Street, consulted widely in technical architecture and agile management, and trained and coached teams in agile, BDD, automated testing, clean code, and great team practices. I ran the team that released the indie game Sol Trader in 2016, and I was CEO of Eden Development, a client services software company, from 2005 to 2011.
Past clients have included large organisations such as the BBC and Cabinet Office. I worked at GDS on the new GOV.UK platform and the first version of e-petitions).
You can find me on BlueSky and on LinkedIn. Here are some of my more recent articles - subscribe with RSS to keep up with the latest.
Blogging again after a long hiatus
It has been a long time since I wrote on this blog. Roughly 10% of the world’s population wasn’t even alive yet when I last posted - that’s sobering!
Read moreA new adventure
Since I wrote last month, I’ve been doing a lot more thinking about the future and have finally decided what’s next for me.
Read moreWhy Ealdorlight's Kickstarter might have failed
It’s now been over three months since the end of the Ealdorlight Kickstarter campaign. I’ve deliberately been taking some time to think and learn from the fact that it didn’t reach the target, and to work out what to do next. Frankly, I was pretty upset that the campaign didn’t make it, and it’s taken a while to get over it.
It’s also taken a while to think through the campaign properly. Some things are obvious in hindsight, and others less so. A lot of post-Kickstarter analysis feels like a stab in the dark. Nevertheless I’ve given it a lot of thought, and these are my best guesses for why I think Ealdorlight’s Kickstarter failed:
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