Dan Kieran

Setting out on the entrepreneur s path can be intimidating. It will not only test your creativity and commitment but push you further than you thought possible. It s also one of the most rewarding journeys you will ever make. Dan Kieran, co-founder and former CEO of an award-winning publishing platform and self-confessed accidental entrepreneur', takes you through all aspects of running a business: from initial idea to getting started, building a brand, growing a team, raising money and dealing with investors, and perhaps most importantly, developing a founder s mindset and managing your own mental health. When you are unsure of who and what to rely on, Do Start will be your trusted guide. Until, finally, you discover that the real win is not the company you build or money you make, but the person you become.

The Surfboard is Dan Kieran's account of a week he spent in Cornwall building a seven-foot surfboard, even though he had never surfed a day in his life. He did this at a time when he felt he had reached his personal and professional limits: he needed to find a way to break through. Interspersed with the story of making the board – the intricate craft he had to learn, and the clarity of mind that came with that challenge – are the reflections on the obstacles, rewards and realisations he encountered while starting and running a successful business. This startlingly honest book is a finely crafted meditation on the importance of making things for their own sake and pushing beyond our preconceived limitations.

Nopein lento internetistä, taksilla lentokentälle ja sieltä pois, pikaisesti hotellin suojiin. Kuulostaako tutulta? Dan Kieranin mukaan olemme menettäneet matkustamisen taidon. Kiireessämme levähdyshetkeen arjen murheista, emme enää kiinnitä huomiota matkaan itseensä. Joutilas matkailija on innostava kehotus mielekkääseen matkailuun ja matkasta nauttimiseen. Kieran arvostelee pikaruokalomailua kärkevästi. Hän väittää, että todella nauttiaksemme ja oppiaksemme jotain merkittävää meidän tulee rikkoa rajojamme. Heittää matkatoimiston esite roskiin, sukeltaa seikkailuihin, valita leppoisa matkustaminen lentämisen sijaan ja tutustua niihinkin paikallisiin, jotka eivät tarjoile mojitoja. Rohkeilla matkasuunnitelmilla ja epäjärjestyksen sallimisella matkustaminen voi olla elämää muuttavaa. Dan Kieran on kirjoittanut matkustamisesta muun muassa The Timesiin, The Guardianiin ja The Observeriin. Hän on pitkän linjan hitaan matkustamisen puolesta puhuja. Joukkorahoitteisen unbound-kustantamon perustaja Kieran on kirjoittanut myös usean bestsellerin.

Nopein lento internetistä, taksilla lentokentällä ja sieltä pois, pikaisesti hotellin suojiin. Kuulostaako tutulta? Dan Kieranin mukaan olemme menettäneet matkustamisen taidon. Kiireessämme levähdyshetkeen arjen murheista, emme enää kiinnitä huomiota matkaan itseensä. Joutilas matkailija on innostava kehotus mielekkääseen matkailuun ja matkasta nauttimiseen. Kieran arvostelee pikaruokalomailua kärkevästi. Hän väittää, että todella nauttiaksemme ja oppiaksemme jotain merkittävää meidän tulee rikkoa rajojamme. Heittää matkatoimiston esite roskiin, sukeltaa seikkailuihin, valita leppoisa matkustaminen lentämisen sijaan ja tutustua niihinkin paikallisiin, jotka eivät tarjoile mojitoja. Rohkeilla matkasuunnitelmilla ja epäjärjestyksen sallimisella matkustaminen voi olla elämää muuttavaa. Dan Kieran on kirjoittanut matkustamisesta muun muassa The Timesiin, The Guardianiin ja The Observeriin. Hän on pitkän linjan hitaan matkustamisen puolesta puhuja. Joukkorahoitteisen unbound-kustantamon perustaja Kieran on kirjoittanut myös usean bestsellerin.

Originally intended to be a simple Christmas humour book, I Fought The Law ended up becoming something rather different. The premise was simple enough. Dan was going to spend a year trying to break as many stupid old laws as he could find, for your amusement. You see there are loads of ridiculous laws on the statute book... It is still illegal to beat a carpet in the Metropolitan Police District, to take possession of a beached whale or to get within a hundred yards of the Queen without wearing socks. The list goes on and on. But in the process of researching these silly old laws Dan found a glut of stupid legislation that was equally ridiculous, but these laws had one thing in common - they'd all been passed by our current Government. And when he met a man who has a criminal record for eating a cake that had 'Freedom of Speech' written on it in icing in Parliament Square the idea of breaking the Adulteration of Tea Act of 1776 started to seem a little frivolous. Lifting up this legal concrete slab in the garden of England, however, caused all sorts of creepy crawlies to emerge that began to cast doubt on the health of the nation, so Dan's adventure began to change tack. His journey ended up taking him all across the country where he found some unlikely heroes fighting back. Meet... * Dorothy, who spent days living on the roof of a bus station in Derby * a group of pensioners, who were forced to let off stink bombs in a court of law* the man who dresses like Chaplin's tramp and keeps getting arrested outside Downing Street * one woman who got an ASBO for being naked in her own home - and a Tourette's sufferer who was given an ASBO for swearing. So, whether it's fighting to protect our environment, our freedom, or the right to live in an unconventional way, I Fought the Law is an unashamedly patriotic call to arms to all those for whom enough is enough.