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Mar 26, 2021

Introducing Work Near Home — Why I’m building Patch

Patch is building co-working clubs for commuter towns across the UK, local spaces to work, meet and support local enterprise.

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Aug 3, 2022

My community: Founder friends

Starting a business alone is lonely. Lots of things can be lonely or scary by yourself. That’s why we seek others out to champion our…

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Aug 9, 2021

Work should be who you are, not where you live

Work Near Home will unleash a wave of opportunity for the long tail of overlooked talent, and a better quality of life for all of us.

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May 5, 2021

What makes a Patch?

In a word, it’s our customers. But this doesn’t tell you about how we are making Patch.

What makes a Patch?

Freddie Fforde

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Nov 16, 2018

One of those days

This essay first appeared as part of my newsletter series, We Still Believe, on 16/11/18. See more here…

One of those days

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Sep 13, 2018

The party is over

This piece was originally written in June 2017, in the aftermath of the General Election. It was first posted in September 2018, as a…

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Jun 10, 2018

The Richard Branson bias for execution

A short story about how successful entrepreneurs understand that traction is a unit of progress and debate is a unit of waste.

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Jun 10, 2018

Equity heart attack — Dead on Arrival

Stop worrying about founder splits and early investment numbers for their own sake. Just work with good people.

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Dec 4, 2017

Reinforcement learning

This is the fifth part in a 10-part series celebrating EF’s 10th London cohort, which starts in April 2018. Freddie Fforde — cohort member…

Reinforcement learning

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Aug 30, 2017

A ‘career move’ in to entrepreneurship?

This is a post on how to learn about building startups, whilst de-risking the opportunity cost of leaving your promising-but-safe career to…

Freddie Fforde

Freddie Fforde

Founder of Patch, I care about people and get excited about things that make their lives better. www.patch.work

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