



Jonny Burch dot com
I'm a co-founder of Progression, building a career development product that employees actually want to use. I know right?
Before all that (amongst other things) I led consumer design at Deliveroo for a bit, helped to build a bank for children that made ahem, headlines, published 6 issues and 15,000 copies of a sweary magazine for creative graduates that my dad disapproved of and organised a 30 day creative festival on a dime in boxpark. I also interviewed Goldie and watched him chainsaw a tree, which was nice.
I can mainly be found online on Twitter, as of 2021 writing my newsletter The 500 Word Founder or adding occasional longer musings and updates on my blog (see below).
Writing, speaking etc.
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Two years of progressing →
On the eve of a launch, a reflectionArticle • 29 Apr 2020
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Growing at work – the importance of progression →
A conference talk at Jam LondonTalk • 29 Oct 2019
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Climbing your mountain →
Talking about my personal journey at Jam BarcelonaTalk • 30 Sep 2019
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The power of naïve optimism →
When is it OK to believe that everything will be OK?Journal • 21 Sep 2019
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Am I a Junior Content Designer? →
On writing becoming my highest leverage skillJournal • 24 Aug 2019
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Lost, but making good time →
Switching to sales as a non sales-personJournal • 10 Aug 2019
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I have a co-founder! →
It's taken a long time but is totally worth the waitJournal • 01 Jul 2019
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Holding My Breath →
The Alpha begins. What the hell happened for the last six months?Journal • 17 Mar 2019
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Designing your Design Career (on Youtube) →
A talk at Design Club in LondonTalk • 17 Jan 2019
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Startup Van Interview (on Youtube) →
I was interviewed about bootstrapping and progressionInterview • 06 Dec 2018
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Progression update: From pilot to alpha (on the Progression blog) →
Moving from Pilot to Alpha, and whyArticle • 02 Dec 2018
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Week 17: An Indian Summer →
It's been a wild couple of months. Still haven't launched.Journal • 06 Oct 2018
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Week 9: Revenue! →
First paying customers! It's alive...Journal • 11 Aug 2018
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On Focus →
I’m struggling to stick to a plan…Article • 24 Jul 2018
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Week 5: Bad Goals →
Becoming comfortable with doing lots of things I don't know how doJournal • 08 Jul 2018
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Week 3-4: Progression →
Journal • 29 Jun 2018
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Week 2: Lifestyle business →
Journal • 13 Jun 2018
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Week 1: Doubling down on risk →
Journal • 05 Jun 2018
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Building conviction– how one false assumption changed my founder journey →
My first 100 days as a (kind of) startup founderArticle • 26 May 2018
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ShellsuitZombie, this is the end. You’re all legends. →
A letter to everyone that ever helped with our little creative graduate magazineArticle • 17 Dec 2017
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Go out and empathise! →
How we’re using Experience Principles to keep each other honest at Deliveroo.Article • 23 Nov 2017
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The Deliveroo Design process (on Youtube) →
A talk at Ironhack in MadridTalk • 28 Sep 2017
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Deliveroo x Framer–One Month In →
An honest look at how our design team is incorporating Framer into our workflow.Article • 22 Mar 2017
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4 principles for shipping good design when everything’s on fire →
Or how to make friends and influence (product) peopleArticle • 09 Dec 2016
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We know how Hangry you were last summer →
...and we're working out how to feed youArticle • 23 Aug 2016
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Aspiring to design in a product team? →
Drop your one day side project and stick with something for a year.Article • 03 Jan 2015
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Observe Orient Decide Act (and repeat) →
How anyone can use an O.O.D.A. loop to get to answers quickerArticle • 03 Jan 2015
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Meeting Mr. Goldie →
An interview with Drum n Bass legend GoldieInterview • 22 Mar 2014
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It's really Nice That →
An interview with Will Hudson and Alex Bec of It’s Nice ThatInterview • 14 May 2013
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Not bowling with Tim Key →
Tim Key is weird.Interview • 14 May 2013
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Skyping Vince Frost →
An interview with British ex-pat design legend Vince FrostInterview • 06 Aug 2011
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Placement Man →
He does the placements so you don't have toArticle • 06 Aug 2011
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The great ape Dave Brown (Bollo) →
An interview with Dave Brown, AKA The Mighty Boosh's Ape 'Bollo'Interview • 05 Jun 2011
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Pool with Creative Review →
The team behind one of the most successful non-celebrity twitter accounts in the UKInterview • 09 Mar 2011