Hello, I’m Mr Kirkland.
Since graduating from university, I’ve never had a job and opted for a life of working on my own terms. I’ve founded several businesses, lived between Tokyo, Berlin, London and a few spots in South East Asia. I’m a fan of bullet points, I’m sure you are too so:
Founded artweb.com web hosting platform and gallery for over 30,000 artists
Co-founder of the media company Fast Train Limited, whose flagship site is tokyocheapo.com, a popular Tokyo blog with over a million monthly page views
Occasional speaker and occasional headstands
Mentor/LP at Calm Company Fund and Shizen Capital
20 years working remotely and fan of using tightops for managing teams
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Founder artweb.com, co-founder of Fast Train Limited, LP and mentor at Earnest Capital, and Shizen Capital.
Musings on media, entrepreneurship, SaaS & flitting about between UK/EU/Asia