Archive - James’s Blog

Some thoughts on AI, DeepSeek and its implications for Energy

The history of a technology is a history of its decentralisation

Jan 30 •

April 2024

Projects, Problems, Opportunities

If we are unaware we have a problem, we will not believe we need to fix it - Thoughts on customer awareness in sales and marketing

Apr 27, 2024 •

Save the grid, save the world

We have the technology to decarbonise our energy usage, but why aren’t they being deployed?

Apr 4, 2024 •

February 2024

What drives decentralisation?

Some rough thoughts on network decentralisation and the forces driving it

Feb 26, 2024 •

Towards an Internet of Energy, Part II: Steps to building Autonomous Distribution Grids

The future of the grid will be a network of interconnected distribution networks. To achieve that, we need to map the network in real-time; a more…

Feb 12, 2024 •

Towards an Internet of Energy, Part I: The grid of the future is Autonomous

There’s been a lot of talk about the “Internet of Energy”. Many of these analogies miss how the internet actually works. While an Internet of Energy…

Feb 2, 2024 •

January 2024

Map of opportunities in Energy

Based on the assumption that anything that decreases the cost of electricity at the meter is a potential opportunity in the sector, I've looked at the…

Jan 15, 2024 •

October 2023

Prioritising to Product-Market Fit

Some thoughts on the steps taken to achieve product-market fit and how to prioritise your activities at each stage (also applies to product building, as…

Oct 1, 2023 •

August 2023

Unlocking the next wave of value creation with data operating systems

The development of operating systems caused huge amounts of value to accrue to the OS layer. Data operating systems will unlock a new wave of value…

Aug 3, 2023 •

December 2022

Build The Refinery, Not Just The Well

Why I’m excited by Time to Spare

Dec 9, 2022 •

November 2022

Furrow - Why We Failed?

As many of you will know, I recently made the decision to shut down Furrow.

Nov 1, 2022 •

January 2022

The‌ ‌Chemistry‌ ‌of‌ ‌Conversion:‌ ‌Customer‌ ‌Inertia‌ ‌and‌ ‌Activation‌ ‌Energy‌ ‌

As the founder of Furrow, I’m no stranger to the challenges of building and growing a startup.

Jan 15, 2022 •

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