Amazing concert at Wembley last evening grace @ Red and Seb ... I first met Seb through the work that we did at Espotting in 2003 ... I love how U2 make you want to be a better person, live more passionately, care about the world more ... I came away feeling phenomenal ...
With Or Without You
See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you
With or without you
With or without you
Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away
My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you
Good chat with a portfolio company CEO of mine this past week who Ariadne has just advised on a funding round set to be announced soon ... with 7 direct reports, he was saying that the good thing about 7 direct reports is that you have to lead, you can no longer manage. A lot of truth in that ... get the people who manage themselves, and lead the team.
More good chats this week with journalists and entrepreneurs who are privately in support of SpinVox, and feel that the media controversy reflects the fact that here we love to tear successful people down. What will they say when it is acquired or goes public? Will they be happy or say, damn we built a global leader - wish it hadn't happened?
We have to create a "better story" - a common psychology that says - it's simply a better place to be to be charting our success as a nation by how many global leaders we build as opposed to how many we prevent from happening by tearing them down.
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