Raising $22 billion in funding by reducing execution risk
In the 9 years since it was conceived, Uber has had $22,200,000,000 invested in it. That’s alotta dough… In that time, its core business has not made a cent of profit. Let’s break down how this scale of investment gets made. If you find yourself…
8 tips to get your app from idea to stores in 1 month
Recently, we launched Lumen – the first dating app only for the over 50’s. We took it from business plan to iOS and Android stores in 1 month. I’ll share some of the tips from my experience: 1) Get leadership in a room and dont…
Most useful product resources
Here is a list of resources I rely on most & some great blogs & books too: Tools JIRA – full project and issue management tool. If you’re working on a serious IT project, you’ll need it. Sketch – the easiest way to create simple,…
Welcome to the product blog
As I’ve grown as a product manager, I’ve come to realise that collective knowledge sharing is remarkably bad. Probably, it’s because its a role that is more fluid than any other, meaning different things in different companies. In other professions, people often blog to help…
About Toby

Toby is a product leader with experience managing products at all stages of the lifecycle. Currently he is focussing on four dating apps Bumble, Badoo, Chappy and Lumen - with millions in DAU and revenues. Before this Toby spent time in strategy consulting at Deloitte, where he advised companies across industries on their digital strategy.