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Peter Ballard

One of the founding partners of Foolproof
Peter Ballard

I co-founded Foolproof back in 2002 with Tom, two laptops and a phone. Eight years on both Tom and Foolproof are still going strong, but sadly the laptops gave up long ago.

I have a simple outlook on my work: enjoy the people you work with, have fun but obsess about quality, and never forget who the customer is. This was partially shaped from my previous life, where I spent eight happy years in Virgin’s Financial Services businesses, heading up Marketing and launching virginmoney.com and the Virgin Credit Card.

I’ve been interested in digital marketing ever since I first saw the word Yahoo!, and the pace at which we see genuine social change occur is inspiring. I can’t think of a better business sector to work in (I finally gave up my hopes of a career in the NBA when I turned 40!).

Outside of work, my time is mainly dedicated to perfecting my role as ‘embarrassing dad’ and migrating to sports that more become my age.

Peter's recent blogs
27/01/12 Mobile apps: Context, context, context... read blog
25/01/12 Caleb voted onto UK UPA Committee read blog
06/12/11 Who’s dreaming of a Mobile Christmas? read blog
24/11/11 Flow appoint new Director of Design to lead brand refocus read blog
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The Art of Choosing

Sheena Iyengar's take on how too much choice is a bad thing! more
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The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less

OK, so I've recently been interested in this whole 'choice' debate. More from Barry Schwartz in this easy read more
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