Patagonia, a business that began with one man’s passion
Companies like Patagonia are a shining example of how building a business centred around passion forms the basis of long term success. We’re big fans of…
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Happiness boosts for a more positive approach to business
Lots going on at The Happy Startup School this week. Firstly, welcome to the new blog if you haven’t seen it yet. Posterous closed down last week (boooo) so we’ve…
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You only get one shot
Imagine on your deathbed you were able to see two films of your life: One showed highlights of what you actually achieved. And then the other showed highlights of what you could…
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Next workshop announced: ‘Stop dreaming, start doing’
Stop dreaming, start doing half-day workshop May 17th 1.30-5pm Strategy Lab, The Hub Wesminster, London If you’re at the idea stage and need some focus to help you validate…
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10 steps to happiness in business
We're at the start of our journey to change the way that startups are built, for the better. We want to give business a better name by creating more purpose-driven companies that…
10 must read articles for aspiring entrepreneurs
For last week’s happy startups meetup in London, we put on a taster session to our ‘Stop dreaming, start doing’ half day workshop, introducing the lean canvas…
5 articles for a happy startup
Here’s another batch of articles we’ve found inspiring here at the school, hope you do too. 1) Ang Lee and the uncertainty of success “If you’re an aspiring author, director, musician, startup founder, these long stretches of nothing are a huge re…
“In the absence of values, all decisions go to profits”
via startuphappiness.com
Stop trading meaning for money
But as he points out, that doesn’t mean we should solely trade money for meaning 
It’s about balancing purpose and profits. Both, all in.
Happiness or success – which comes first?
via actionforhappiness.org
5 must-read articles for a happier startup
This lovely image is by kylesteed 1) Lightening Lean: how to take a business idea from lightbulb to launch We had our first Happy Startup School workshop last week where we taught aspiring entrepreneurs how to take the next steps in their business…
Lightening lean startup
Here are the edited down slides from our first Happy Startups workshop last week. Enjoy! Lightening lean startup from Spook Studio If you’d like to attend any of our future workshops then our workshops page.
