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MP | Education, Product, Philosophy, Good Life https://www.productnerd.space MP | Education, Product, Philosophy, Good Life Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:36:30 +0000 https://www.productnerd.space en Story http://www.productnerd.space/Story Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:36:30 +0000 MP | Education, Product, Philosophy, Good Life 399191 tl;drNOMAD Roaming around with a laptop, burning through crypto earnings to build digital education products that teach life skills. GENERALIST LIFEBeliever in a generalist(80%) approach to work and life. PRODUCT 10+ years in product. In particular digital tech and startups. Worked in aerospace, VC, blockchain, fintech, APIs and marketplaces in London, Berlin and Singapore. I want to help build the future of adult lifelong learning via Afterhours THE GOOD LIFE Small circle. Good food. Deep experiences. Souldful creation.Slow, quiet, simple at home; powerful, courageous and ambitious at work.  <img width="1136" height="1133" width_o="1136" height_o="1133" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ced5a6e8d04844daba9488ee09198813e4c4ad4c6d9d8753ce74014bfb14dadf/Untitled_Artwork-9.png" data-mid="1071966" border="0" /> (long version) Born in Cyprus.At school: high marks & low behaviour scores. Cared more about hobbies & athletics than academics.Consumed by tech through tech magazines and video games. Decided to study engineering. Hated maths and physics until they clicked and then fell in love with them. Got into Imperial College London studying Aerospace Eng. Worked on Future Projects at Airbus. 10 year design cycles were hard to swallow so I left aerospace. Discovered Design though the RCA and transitioned from hardcore science to eng design. Started reading about startups, decided to break into digital tech.Countless rejections. Emailed Roberto at InReach Ventures, a VC fund in London. Offered to work for free. We had coffee. He gave me a job as an Analyst and -in retrospect- openned the door to tech and startups. With time I realised I wanted something that combined tech, design and business. I thought that was utopia. He pointed me towards product. It has since become my abs passion. Moved to Berlin to join Neufund, a blockcahin startup tokenising equity. Was paid in BTC. It was 2016.Then back to London as a Technical Product Manager at Nexmo, a communications’ API company. 6 month traveling then moved to Singapore to join GRAB Deliveries as their youngest SPM. Absolutely loved my PM career yet decided to abandon it in 2022 to build edtech products with cool people while exploring the world. Countless failiures, disappointments and 50 countries later, eyes are still on the ball. Let’s go! ✌️ the good lifeThe ultimate objective. Philosophy: x Alain de Botton x Epicurus x Aristotle x Ralph Waldo Emerson x Jordan Peterson philotimoeudaemoniaauthenticitylimted f*cksbalancewide open heartquiet slow monastic lifedangerous but in control ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Greek Ethos▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Slow Movement▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩ Virtue Theory ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩ Essentialism edtech & learningClosest thing to a mission. <img width="637" height="579" width_o="637" height_o="579" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fccc2716969896cfd3eb3e3c93912cf8c4c1d4da957611311e91e7a65b2a70d9/Untitled_Artwork-9-3.png" data-mid="1071967" border="0" /> My biggest dream is to build the future of adult learning. I do that via Afterhours: Duolingo for life skills. Transdisciplinary education (generalists)Game design x learningBeliever that edu is the most powerful tool we have to shape the future ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢▢ Game Design ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Instructional Design ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢  Science of learning ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Edtech building▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Edu x AI product buildingMy meraki.<img width="632" height="681" width_o="632" height_o="681" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/da74969c8239f9d97eddf1870dd60f43c20a7b9cf520f4d7050ffb9bddc4bef6/Untitled_Artwork-9-2.png" data-mid="1071968" border="0" /> Product is my passion and Marketing is my love affair. Design for human not userCraftsmanship.Attention to DetailForgiveness > ApprovalPeaceful ExecutionRich intimate delightful experiencesEmotion-lead designPrinciples first, Art second, People thirdSoft spot for typographyCV→ PRODUCT BUILDING▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Technical + Analytics▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢▢ Systems Design ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢  Psychology & Behavioural Econ  ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢▢ Design MARKETING▩▩▩▢▢▢▢▢▢▢  Branding ▩▩▩▩▢▢▢▢▢▢  Growth athleticstravelfood Gym, adventuring, hunting down food spots. 20% city - 80% wild Water PokemonLove cooking, love eating moreCollector of designer toys and boards ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢Freediving 66m 4’static 3xNRs▩▩▩▢▢▢▢▢▢▢Skydiving (~80-B) ▩▩▢▢▢▢▢▢▢▢Wakeboarding▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢▢▢Snowboarding ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩Swimming f&fFamily & Friends. What’s most important and precious. What makes everything possible and worth it. Partner in life and biz with people you love, respect and trustQuality over Quantity   ping me   tl;drNOMAD Roaming around with a laptop, burning through crypto earnings to build digital education products that teach life skills. GENERALIST LIFEBeliever in... Now http://www.productnerd.space/Now Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:11:54 +0000 MP | Education, Product, Philosophy, Good Life 329426 living→Trying to move to Cape Town building→Afterhours Coffee Conversations Mountain Cabin learningAI AI AI Game Design fascinatedGame Design x Learning  How to make learning ‘cool’ Ethical soulful capitalism Entrepreneurship as creative expression living→Trying to move to Cape Town building→Afterhours Coffee Conversations Mountain Cabin learningAI AI AI Game Design fascinatedGame Design x... 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